Lost all my pictures?
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Antoine
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Post attachments should still exist but the attachment manager, file hosting and album feature did not make the move. We did have an announcement up for a while explaining what will and will not make the move to XenForo including a notice to back up files hosted on the site because they would not be carried over.
We wanted to find a way to move everything over but it just wasn't going to work. We had worked on the move for over two years and unfortunately a practical solution could not be found for keeping everything from the old site and merging it into the new one.
We wanted to find a way to move everything over but it just wasn't going to work. We had worked on the move for over two years and unfortunately a practical solution could not be found for keeping everything from the old site and merging it into the new one.
Damn, I guess missed the announcement and lost over a decade worth of pics. Pics of my P5, my MSP, both FCs, the FD, the Miata and my kid growing up too.
Some how-to threads that included pics are gone/worthless now too, I imagine.
That was one reason I kept donating money. Because I was grateful for the hosting. When photobucket took a s***, I moved most of the pics here since my car pics had been here for so long with no issues
Stupid move.
Some how-to threads that included pics are gone/worthless now too, I imagine.
That was one reason I kept donating money. Because I was grateful for the hosting. When photobucket took a s***, I moved most of the pics here since my car pics had been here for so long with no issues
Stupid move.
Antoine
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You don't have copies anywhere else? Maybe somewhere you forgot about? Other sites and or usb sticks, sd cards, internal camera memory..?
Please note the file hosting was a custom feature I believe and only offered limited capacity (especially by today's standards). It was not meant to be a backup solution. As I mentioned before, attached images should still remain in posts. So old threads with attached pics should still be displaying those pics.
Our file / image hosting solution now is an official solution (not custom) and it should provide us with a better chance of being able to move files / images if we move in the future. That said, it's unlikely we will move from the current platform (it's really good and well supported), at least not for a really long time (unless we need to).
I may have some good news though although I don't have confirmation it's possible yet...We might be able to retrieve the old hosted files. I will continue to look into this and post updates here...Can't make any promises but it may be possible.
Please note the file hosting was a custom feature I believe and only offered limited capacity (especially by today's standards). It was not meant to be a backup solution. As I mentioned before, attached images should still remain in posts. So old threads with attached pics should still be displaying those pics.
Our file / image hosting solution now is an official solution (not custom) and it should provide us with a better chance of being able to move files / images if we move in the future. That said, it's unlikely we will move from the current platform (it's really good and well supported), at least not for a really long time (unless we need to).
I may have some good news though although I don't have confirmation it's possible yet...We might be able to retrieve the old hosted files. I will continue to look into this and post updates here...Can't make any promises but it may be possible.
Antoine
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Thanks for the quick response and offer, I really appreciate it but no need...Just trying to help out here...Dude, if you get those files back I'll be donating another 50 bucks with a quickness.
Thanks for even thinking about it Antoine. Much appreciated!
I'll be in touch via this thread or PM, hopefully we can make this happen!- Status
