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How to Fix Dead Photobucket Pic Links in Your Threads
Will (w4rkry) has been helping me fix the dead photobucket links my build thread. We've come up with a way to transfer the photobucket pics to Imgur, then get the Imgur links swapped out with the old photobucket links.
To start, open two separate windows, one with the topic you want fixed and one with Imgur, and arrange them side by side. Click on the dead photobucket picture to open it up in photobucket (you'll need to be logged in to PB).
Once open in photobucket, click the zoom icon to open the picture, then drag the picture over to the Imgur page to upload the image to Imgur.
Open the topic you want to fix, then use the "Reply with quote" button to open a reply. This opens a reply box with the complete text and pic links from the post you want to fix. Delete the old/dead links and insert the new Imgur links. Don't forget to also delete the "quote" tags.
To add pic links from imgur to your post, click on the pic you wish to use, click the copy button beside the "bbcode" option so the link is already in the proper formatting for the forum. Paste the link into your post in place of the photobucket links.
Once you have finished editing the post, copy/paste it over to a private message to Will (w4rkry). This way all Will has to do is copy/paste the complete post when he edits the original post. This saves him a ton of time compared to individually copy/posting each pic link. He has to attempt to fix dead pics on the entire forum... so please do as much as you can to reduce the load on him. It's also a good idea to send him a link to the topic in your first private message so he can easily find the topic.
This will be a bit of work on your end but once you get the hang of it it'll go more quickly. I actually hit the limit of one PM per 60 seconds once I got going, so it can be done quickly once all the pics are transferred.
****Make sure to post the topic title and the post number in the subject for each post you submit for editing.****
The post number is in the upper right hand corner of each post.
To start, open two separate windows, one with the topic you want fixed and one with Imgur, and arrange them side by side. Click on the dead photobucket picture to open it up in photobucket (you'll need to be logged in to PB).
Once open in photobucket, click the zoom icon to open the picture, then drag the picture over to the Imgur page to upload the image to Imgur.
Open the topic you want to fix, then use the "Reply with quote" button to open a reply. This opens a reply box with the complete text and pic links from the post you want to fix. Delete the old/dead links and insert the new Imgur links. Don't forget to also delete the "quote" tags.
To add pic links from imgur to your post, click on the pic you wish to use, click the copy button beside the "bbcode" option so the link is already in the proper formatting for the forum. Paste the link into your post in place of the photobucket links.
Once you have finished editing the post, copy/paste it over to a private message to Will (w4rkry). This way all Will has to do is copy/paste the complete post when he edits the original post. This saves him a ton of time compared to individually copy/posting each pic link. He has to attempt to fix dead pics on the entire forum... so please do as much as you can to reduce the load on him. It's also a good idea to send him a link to the topic in your first private message so he can easily find the topic.
This will be a bit of work on your end but once you get the hang of it it'll go more quickly. I actually hit the limit of one PM per 60 seconds once I got going, so it can be done quickly once all the pics are transferred.
****Make sure to post the topic title and the post number in the subject for each post you submit for editing.****
The post number is in the upper right hand corner of each post.
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