• Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning old domain name stealing credentials

  • Special Server Maintenance

    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

    1. November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
    2. November 5th Continue with Backups and download same until complete.
    3. November 6th 7:00 turn over server to hosting company to move system to new server
    4. November 7th - 8th restore backups and upgrade forum software.

    If all goes well we should be back online on November 8th.

    To keep you updated we will post updates on AVSIM forums.

    Thank you for your support.

Screenshot storage

Bushpounder

SOH-CM-2026
Hi, all. Where is everyone parking their screenshots / links at now? I had Photobucket, but that's dead. I then had FSSnaps, but that is not accepting uploads. Anyone have a new place? I appreciate the help!

BP;) Don
 
Bushpounder, in what sense did you mean Photobucket was dead? I just logged into my account there and all is well. I use it all the time, have for years now.
 
[SUB]You cannot link to your pictures anymore, unless you pay $399.00 a year. They took that away about mid-year.

Don

EDIT********* I just checked Photobucket, and they must have reversed their decision!!!!! It is back to free and it works (links)!!! Thanks, all.

Don

EDIT 2*******Went to their site and it seems it will go away again! Here is a FAQ.

"[/SUB]What users are affected by the changes to our 3rd Party Hosting policies?Moving forward, new and legacy free account users will NOT have third party
hosting available.
If you were a Plus Account subscriber in good standing as of June 1, 2017,
you will continue to have all the privileges you have enjoyed including 3rd
Party Hosting until December 31, 2018 as long as you maintain your
subscription.
Non Plus 500 Account subscribers that purchased after June 1, 2017 will not
have access to 3rd Party Hosting."


 
At this point I'm using ImageShack and paying USD29.95 per year, mostly it is good, but it does annoy me at times.
Occasionally the site goes slowly, but I've never had it go belly up (yet!).
:encouragement:
 
Got an email from Photo#uckit:

This message is to inform you that we discontinued the Plus 20 plan in June of this year. We have grandfathered your expired plan for several months as a convenience.In order to keep your account current and all of your content available, we are asking that you migrate over to one of our current Plus plan offerings: Plans Failure to do so within 30 days will result in your billing to be suspended, and your account will be reverted to a free account.​

​
I've had a paid account for several years now, and had just paid for another full year in June, days before they introduced the new options. I removed all of my images from their site, and switched to Imgur for now. Even though I paid for a full year they will not even give me what I paid for (And no refunds) which would have been the nice thing to do, and I would have to jump through hoops to get my account cancelled. F%%% 'em. Their service over the last year was crap anyway.
 
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