Shipbucket

Google Sites is a free low-end webhosting service (very limited javascript & CSS) that offers 100megs of free space.

The great part is, they have a nice way of managing uploads, and for years I used them as my image host before I moved to dropbox.

Here is how to use it!

First, you need a free google account, and then go to http://sites.google.com, and make sure your account is set up.

Once you have a home/index page, click on "New page"




Once you have that, enter the new page's name, and select that you want to use a "File Cabinet". The File Cabinet type will let you upload files from your PC to their servers.




Now you can add new files, like I did here. Once a file is added, right click on view and select to copy the link location.




Once you have the image location, remove the last string from it:


So this: Becomes this: Or even this:



Downsides:

• Capitalization, Spacing, and non-standard characters don't work well.
• It's google.
• Total site size is 100 megs, which is not a lot.

Upsides:

• It's free.
• Because it's google, I have never seen it go down.
• Because the pages can be in hierarchies, you can manage different projects easily.
• You can Queue multiple files to be uploaded in a row

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Thanks Timothy, I had never thought about it.
What about the Google Drive hosting? wouldn't it give you some more space, and I believe it is also free?

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Hi Novice,

I think there's some sort of share-and-authentication mechanic that goes on with google drive that makes it impractical for disseminating pictures widely.

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As apdsmith notes, google drive isn't a good tool for sharing images.

One thing I forgot to mention is that old copies are saved for a period of time (I've never tested how many or how long) allowing for recovery of overwritten files.

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As I've never tried Google Drive , I stand corrected by my peers. I think I'll stick with Dropbox for now, or Photobucket (Photobucket, after all is the reason for the name Shipbucket)

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That might be an interesting solution, at least as "interim backup". Thanks for this tutorial!