# Where can I store pic' files online to link to?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-store-pic-files-online-to-link-to/145242>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 27, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-store-pic-files-online-to-link-to/145242 "2002-12-27T22:19:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-store-pic-files-online-to-link-to/145242/1 "2002-12-27T22:19:53Z")

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Is there anywhere (free preferably 🙂 ) that I can store picture files online to link to in message boards? I think I tried a Microsoft online site but I didn’t seem to be able to link to the files.

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**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-store-pic-files-online-to-link-to/145242/2 "2002-12-27T22:39:39Z")

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Does your ISP give you any free web space? If so you can simply ftp your photos there and link to them.

I use Webshots ([www.webshots.com](http://www.webshots.com)) to store photos on-line for other people to look at but have never tried to link to them from somewhere else, so I don’t know if they allow that or not. I know a lot of the free webspace providers (like Geocities and Angelfire) don’t allow off-site linking.

Offhand the only other place I can think of is Photoisland ([www.photoisland.com](http://www.photoisland.com)) but I have heard mixed reviews of them.

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**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-store-pic-files-online-to-link-to/145242/3 "2002-12-27T23:05:19Z")

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My favorite website to store pics is [picturetrail.com](http://picturetrail.com). It’s $20 a year, but you can make really nice on-line photo albums. The best free one out there is probablt [shutterfly.com](http://shutterfly.com). I don’t know about linking though.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-store-pic-files-online-to-link-to/145242/4 "2002-12-27T23:06:25Z")

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I just set up a free website at [www.freeserve.co.uk](http://www.freeserve.co.uk) (‘build a website’ and use the ‘FTP My Site’ utility) - it gives you a few MB to store whatever you like.

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**Author:** ![twelfthsign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@twelfthsign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twelfthsign)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-store-pic-files-online-to-link-to/145242/5 "2002-12-27T23:47:06Z")

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