Post #286321 by Aaron's Akua on Sat, Feb 17, 2007 8:33 PM

Unfortunately the images that show up as red X's are lost. Shutterfly had at some point migrated/renamed many of their files and those links are no longer any good. The same images will still show up on the individual users' Shutterfly accounts, but the file names are now different than what was originally posted here. The only way to repopulate the images would be for each of the original posters to edit their old posts and replace the images. Not impossible, but it would take a concerted effort on the part of many. You will notice the same problem with the "Carving Post" locked at the top of this Forum, which is also a real shame.

Many of the old Shutterfly links have become broken, but then again many of them are still in place. And it's not just Shutterfly links that have been affected, but they have had the biggest effect because 90% of the older images posted here were linked to Shutterfly accounts. Remember, outside image hosting is inherently less reliable than using the Tiki Central "Add Images To Your Post!" feature, so we'd encourage members to use that route when posting images moving forward.

Here's a thought. For all of the Creating Forum users who have "Here's my Work" type threads, consider doing some editing to convert the images over to TC hosting. It's a little work, but the images will be there as long as TC is up & running, and you can avoid those pesky red X's.

Cheers,

A-A