Free Image Hosting on Blogger : Issues
June 27th, 2005Blogger has finally implemented the facility for free image hosting. No more looking around for free web image hosting.
Juck click on the “Add Image” to upload an image. You can upload images images in JPG, GIF, PNG, TIF or BMP format. The images can be resampled and resized according to the size you choose in the upload form. You can fill up to 300 MB of server space with images.
Those using FTP and Blog*Spot Plus blogs, the images are uploaded to the FTP account hosting the blog, rather than to Blogger’s image server. Images will be uploaded to an uploaded_images/ directory within the main blog directory.
This is applicable to images used in posts only and makes blogging much easier. However, if you need an image for your template or profile, upload it to a post first, then grab the image url and then add it to the template or profile.
All my images are currently hosted on an excellent free image hosting service – Imageshack. After registration, you can keep track of all your hosted images. I dont know how to manage all my images in Blogger, though I think that feature will be comming soon. Anyway, it was a long awaited feature and will give tough competition to free image hosts for blogs.
Thanks Blogger! May I now request categories please.
Update: I went through all the image hosting stuff at Blogger. There are still several limitations of blogger image hosting.
1. How do you manage all uploaded images at Blogger? What if I need to delete an image and upload another image instead.
2. How to find out how much space I have filled of the allowed 300MB. Suddenly they might say the webspace is full.
3. The code generated is pretty complex
This code gets disturbed with my WYSIWYG editor to create a corrupted code4. The uploaded image is of poorer quality than the original image, even at the large image setting. So Blogger is trying to compress and upload the image.
5. The image gets attached to the top of the html code, despite the cursor location. So if you have multiple images hosted, keep track where they went.
6. For FTP users, There is an arrowed icon for “if you do not want to use the extra features of the image upload tool, or if you want more control over where the image is stored.” – But that icon is not present on my edit or compose screens.
So till these issues are fixed by Blogger, I am sticking to Imageshack for my free blog image hosting needs.
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Good going! Yes, now for the Categories feature.
Thank you… :). Contact Imageshack Team if you have ideas or suggestions on how to improve our service.
-Macbeth
Looks cool! But I am still using ImageCloset.
I use Ekono.net they give 100MB space, 1MB file size, allow hotlinking and they are the fastest free image hosting service I have used so far.
Hey !!
Great blog you got there. Thanks for taking the trouble to put up all that info.
I use Blogger’s photo service on my blog a bit and I am amused at the fact that I am not able to see the photos on my posts at all – in my office, that is. When I go home, all the photographs come out just fine. But in office, I only see a small rectangle with a red cross in it. You have any idea why this happens?
I was also wondering how I can give a hyperlink to an image that is present inside a post. Can you help me on that one too?
Thanks and do visit my blog & leave a comment.
-PeAcE
–WiTh
—GuNs
Don’t know why you all like imageshack..
I use ImageSafer. up to 2mb, hotlinking and no registration required. Good alternative for me.
anouther alternative http://www.largeimagehost.com unlimited storage with 1gig cap for hotlinking for free members.
Try my website which gives you unmetered uploading. Ad free and hotlinking is allowed.
I always use http://www.photobucket.com for my image hosting. It’s free but if you want unmetered bandwidth, I’d recommend upgrading to their Pro package. It’s only $25/year so it’s well worth it.
~David
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Free Image Hosting Service – Pic4us
is online again and open
http://www.pic4.us
Pictures For Us is a free gallery and easy to use pictures and images hosting service. You are welcome to use our simple form to upload your photos, images, and videos and share them with other people on the Web. For uploading your photos and pictures, please use our free registration service to open an account and start creating your own images and photos gallery.
nice site
Nice free image hosting site – http://www.imgir.com . You can also host adult photos.
I use :
Free Image Hosting Service – Pic4us
http://www.pic4.us
Pictures For Us is a free gallery and easy to use pictures and images hosting service. You are welcome to use our simple form to upload your photos, images, and videos and share them with other people on the Web. For uploading your photos and pictures, please use our free registration service to open an account and start creating your own images and photos gallery.
http://xtupload.com/ is one of the most advanced one , moreover its free .
i always use photobucket.com
it helps me in creating templates easily
mymobigallery.blogspot.com
I also use: http://www.pic4.us/
I find its simple layout easy to use
I use http://www.g4vault.com no annoying ads and you can upload anonymously or create a free account and make it private
i would go with auctionwallgallery.com they offer one template but its made from flash and its really easy to use.
Iv used many free image hosting sites out there and i must say auction wall gallery is the best and most apealing. It resizes your images for you so they fit the right format. If your looking to promote your ebay store or auction store i would also look into their banner placement promotion system. Very simple to use site. Highly recommended
I use imageplanet.us really fast site no registration required and upto 4Mb hosting allowed