photobucket been litter with ads upon ads, it sometimes freezes the javascripts behind as layers upon layers of ads racing against each other to pop up to grab our attentions. Was tempted to subscribe, but back-down when I started to receive many emails pushing for subscriptions...
and now thanks to the policy change, this is the push I needed to move on. I subscribed to ImageShack (I took the 50% discount offer) and signup an account with imgur.com. Still in the process of moving most of my photos that I have the original backup to the new host, slowly but surely.
I share my posts to a few forums, CPF, BLF and TFF, CPF and TFF both uses bbcode, while BLF seems to go the plain HTML route. So in order to save time migrating my picture posts, I created the utility to help me with the process...
Here is a PDF document for the tool ==>
See buttom of this post for an updated version 1.0.4...
Flowchart of the design (it's in the document as well):
See previous post for main program flow... here is the saving imgur or ImageShack repository to local storage flow:
as explained in my earlier post, the tool is to address the different way of how imgur, ImageShack (and apparently many other image hosts) store the file as hashed id compare to photobucket and help semi-automate updating my forum posts. it will not work if the image host does not keep the original filename somewhere, in this case, imgur and ImageShack does and the original filename as one of the file property. it is with this information that the tool can compare and update the photobucket link to imgur/ImageShack link.
If you think the tool can assist you in migrating forum posts with photobucket links to imgur/ImageShack after reading the document and you are interested, below is a dropbox link to the latest v1.0.3 version. It's a Windows Desktop application written in C# and requires .Net Framework 4.5 installed.
But before you download, please read the disclaimer below and be advised that you should run this tool in a sandbox environment (virtual machine) to test if it helps. Do keep your anti-malware and OS up-to-date and scan for malware. With the rampant of malware (viruses, worms, ransomwares, etc.) on the Internet nowadays, one can never be too careful. Also read the manual for the imgur requirements as you need to register a security token for the tool to access your imgur account to download your image properties. ImageShack do not have such requirement tho...
DISCLAIMER
YOU agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless "MigrateFromPB" application creator
and its affiliates, officers, agents, partners, employees, licensors, representatives
and third party providers from and against any liability, loss, injury (including injuries
resulting in death), demand, action, cost, expense, or claim of any kind, including but
not limited to attorneys' fees, relating in any way to your use of the "MigrateFromPB"
application. Meaning that no claim relating to such losses or injuries (including special,
indirect and consequential losses) shall be asserted against the application creator from
any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind resulting from the
"MigrateFromPB" application and acceptance of any output "MigrateFromPB" application
produces, including without limitation, personal injuries, death and property damage.
END OF DISCLAIMER
Check Sum (use these to verify the authenticity of the file):
| MD5 | SHA1 |
Zip File | - | - |
Exe File | - | - |
See buttom of this post for an updated version 1.0.4...
Default application set to only download less than 2,500 images' properties either from imgur or ImageShack (just the image properties, not the actual image itself), you can increase this limit via a setting in the config, please read the manual for details.
oh, btw...
Btw, the manual only details the steps for CPF post editing, if you on BLF, you need to switch your Text mode to "Simple Post Editor" to copy and update.
and... try not to curse me if the tool doesn't work for you... it's just life... my excuse is... hey, it works on my computer... LOL!
Update 2017-07-05:
Check Sum (use these to verify the authenticity of the file):
| MD5 | SHA1 |
ZipFile | - | - |
ExeFile | - | - |
Documentation: -
MigrateFromPB: -
Update 2017-07-15:
See post #61 for updated link to download.