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Best sites for uploading and sharing digital photo albums - Suggestions?

post #1 of 9
9/24/05 at 4:10pm
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Features of the site.

- Some good, fast and efficient way to upload multiple pictures instead of one by one. Maybe also the ability to upload complete folders themselves.
(Some plugin or app.. from what I guess)
- Not as many limitations on:
Number of albums
Number of pictures
Picture sizes
Picture quality / resolution (does not show lowQ images like yahoo photos)
- Hierarchical Album Folders if possible.

Ability to have private, public albums and also invite people by e-mail addresses etc. Some access control.

(free ofcourse)

(Last item ...super low priority.. maybe has good/cheap print & mail facilities)
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post #2 of 9
9/24/05 at 7:44pm

sony imagestation

I use sony imagstation ( www.imagestation.com ) for its excellent print quality. However the site's software sux big time

Good:
Print quality!
Free unlimited storage (for basic subscription)
Allows album creation and email invites

Bad:
Very slow upload
Full resolution preview only with upgraded ($$) membership (though I got it free for several months for some reason)
No hierachal folders
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post #3 of 9
9/25/05 at 3:13am
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Originally Posted by rollacorolla
I use sony imagstation ( www.imagestation.com ) for its excellent print quality. However the site's software sux big time

Good:
Print quality!
Free unlimited storage (for basic subscription)
Allows album creation and email invites

Bad:
Very slow upload
Full resolution preview only with upgraded ($$) membership (though I got it free for several months for some reason)
No hierachal folders
Thanks . But u gave me exact opposite priority features of what I asked
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post #4 of 9
9/25/05 at 3:18am
Take a look at Flickr. You can use the free version and see if you like it or not.
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post #5 of 9
9/26/05 at 11:22pm

Try smugmug

Crashnburn,

Try smugmug.com
They have a free trial and have all the features you're looking for, except that there's an annual fee. I think it's 30 bucks. But for me that was well worth it, since I have about 9000 pictures online and I didn't like the way that most sites display images

- You can upload an unlimited number of pictures and the upload can be done via drag and drop via explorer
- Each upload can be up to 100Mb at a time and it's pretty quick
- Images can be viewed at full resolution (my favorite feature)
- Images can be shared without others having to sign in. You can just provide a link and continually add galleries to this link i.e seperate links for family, business, special occasions etc
- Nice layout i.e the way that the albums are organized
- Support is very good. They respond via email within an hour/two

I don't work for them, but I know a few people who have signed up for a trial and they've stayed

I've tried others in the past i.e imagestation, pbase, ofoto, snapfish etc, but they're not really designed to showcase pictures like smugmug

Richard
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post #6 of 9
9/26/05 at 11:26pm
I vote for Flickr.com
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post #7 of 9
9/26/05 at 11:38pm
Flickr
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post #8 of 9
9/26/05 at 11:49pm
photobucket has what you want. There is a piece of software you can download called photobucket uploder, you can upload whole folders at a time.

No limit on # of albums

There is a mb limit, not sure what it is though, but you can always get another account

Not sure about sizes, I've had pictures there that were around 1000*1500 before

photobucket shows a thumbnail on the album page, and the full size image is a click away.

The albums are hiearchial

you can have guest passwords

and you can order a photocd
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post #9 of 9
9/27/05 at 12:33am
http://www.OFOTO.com
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