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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 11:51 AM
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Is there a way to post photos to share online without having a personal website?

My husband took some beautiful digital pics of our recent trip through Germany, Switz, and Austria. I'd like to share these but not sure how, short of building a web page. And, since we can't leave our computer connected online (we have dial up) this wouldn't be feasible. Any suggestions?
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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 11:52 AM
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How about ophoto. I've seen other put their photos here:

http://www.ofoto.com/Welcome.jsp
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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 11:55 AM
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I just used www.worldisround.com to upload pictures we took in Paris this Christmas. It's simple to use, free, and I did it with a dial-up as well. You have to register and get a password, but I've had no "junk" emails as a result.
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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 11:55 AM
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It sounds like you think that if you build a web page that you have to leave your computer connected to the internet all the time. You build a web page on a server, not on your hard drive. Many ISPs give you server space to do this.
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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 12:05 PM
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Snapfish.com and shutterfly.com are great for uploading digital photos. You can then e-mail your "photo albums" to your friends, manipulate your pictures (turn them into black and white, fix colors, fix redeye, etc) and even order prints from there at extremely reasonable rates. I am hooked, and now everyone actually gets to see all of my pictures!
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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 12:11 PM
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I've found worldisround.com to be very useful and easy, too.
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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 12:12 PM
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Try www.pbase.com. Their user interface is easy, and they offer a 30 day free trial with 10 megs of space to upload photos. Check out mine at www.pbase.com/tpatricco Trish
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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 12:19 PM
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I use ofoto.com but there are lots of other photo sharing sites out there.
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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 12:55 PM
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Another one at Sony Image Station: http://www.imagestation.com/
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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 01:10 PM
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I've used Picture Trail to share my vacation photos - Once you sign up with them your photos stay on line for 30 days for free, after that they want you to pay. If you decline to subscribe to the pay service your photos go bye bye, but you can always start over next time with a different ID name.

There's also Webshots, which I've used to download photos for my srceen saver but I haven't posted photos to it. I don't know if their free photo posting has a time limit or not. You can check these two out at www.picturetrail.com and www.webshots.com
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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 02:11 PM
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Try www.webshots.com
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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 02:13 PM
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I have found webshots to be a nice format; they have good features. If you haven't seen albums there and want an idea of what an amateur's stuff looks like, copy and paste
http://community.webshots.com/user/missalg
and you'll see my albums. It's a little time consuming but very simple...and free.
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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 04:56 PM
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Great photos Amy...we're going to some of those same places in Austria in Sept...can't wait!

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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 05:00 PM
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smugmug.com
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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 05:43 PM
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shutterfly.com is great, easy to use and free!
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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 06:19 PM
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Thank you all for the great information. Hope to have pictures up soon for you all to see. And, adrienne, I did think that about the website. This old dog can still learn new tricks!
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Old Jun 30th, 2004 | 06:21 PM
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Let me cast my vote for snapfish.com. Easy to use, and if you use their services to print, they are quite inexpensive-- as little as 15 cents a print. We even had a great hardbound book of photoes made form their from our recent London-Paris trip. The sharing of photos is what originally attracted me to the site.
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Old Jul 1st, 2004 | 04:53 AM
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Another option is pbase.com

I've posted a few of mine there.

http://www.pbase.com/dickp
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Old Jul 1st, 2004 | 06:59 PM
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Amy, your pictures are a treat! Interesting composition. I especially liked "Hallstatt reflected," but there are just a lot of neat photographs in your grouping.
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Old Jul 1st, 2004 | 07:26 PM
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Thanks again for all the help. I've started a trip report/ photos with Worldisround.com Look for "in search of the perfect bratwurst...
However, as I say in the article, my computer takes a long time to upload, so I've only got 2 photos thus far, plus I'm tired. So, I'll write in installments!
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