Virgin Stealing my Webspace

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Virgin have just sent me a letter saying that they are no longer going to be offering free webspace which is something that I've relied on for the past 20 years to host files that I can link to in forum posts i.e. my forum sig and photos of items when I post in the Members Market. Instead they are offering a free year with GoDaddy after which I'll have to pay for a service I used to get for free.

Is there a reliable hassle free alternative, preferably for free?
 
OK so I have Google Drive and a photo uploaded how do I post it as an image in this thread? All I get is a link that I can send to people who then open it !!
 
I don't seem to be able to generate links from Google Drive or Photos that will work within IMG tags however it looks like I can use Flickr to share via BB Code which gives me a .jpg URL so that will work.

Thanks for your help.
 
Thanks, I'm going to use Flickr, I still can't get a link to work from Google Photo's maybe because I'm using Edge?

Next up is zip files - would someone be willing to see if they can download this it's just the BIOS tweaker for Kepler cards that I posted on a thread in the Graphics Card forum.
 
ED209 said:
seems to download fine :)

click on link and then click thew download button at the top
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That's great thanks very much for checking.

So I've managed to find a workaround but I'm seriously angry with Virgin. I've written product reviews, published extensive benchmarking results and written animal welfare guides which will all now be broken or unavailable.
 
Following Mysterae_'s info here are extracts from my web chat with GoDaddy which I assume Mysterae_, Psypher5, ED209 and other folks in the same position will find interesting;

Me: "can you tell me what the charges will be after the first year"
GD: "For the renewals, it is about £110/yr"
Me: I have documents and photo's on my Virgin webspace that are shared on internet sites via URL's is there anything you can do so that if I move to you these links are not broken?"
GD: "No, we do not support the move of the content."
Me: "the letter I have from virgin says that there are 'extras' including "tools to help you move your existing site""
GD: "Virgin's letter was poorly worded regarding that. You are able to move your content yourself, but we do not have any tools or offer to move it for you"
Me: "If I just want a small amount of space so that I can move my files and share them via URL's is there anything that you offer that would achieve this for as little cost as possible?"
GD: "That is not included with the current offer. You would need to purchase standard web hosting separately to host your own files outside the website builder."

I wrote a letter of complaint to Virgin explaining that articles and information I have published online for healthcare, animal husbandry, flight simulation, computer guides will all now be either unavailable or the images supporting this work will no longer be available rendering the many hours of work I have put into these wasted. I got an acknowledgement letter back saying they wil investigate the issue for me but it's been weeks since and nothing .........
 
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RussD said:
Posting images the way you do here is way out of date. Surely it's easier to post from ones pc just like lots of other forums do.
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I don't think you quite understand the mechanics behind this. If you publish anything to the web it has to be hosted on a web server so it is permanently available. Hosting requires infrastructure (i.e. servers, LAN & ISP connectivity) and resources (i.e. disk space, electricity), this is not without cost especially when you are dealing with many thousands or even millions of images and documents. I doubt that many forums would be willing to pay for this out of their own pocket and I actually don't know of any that do so. Most forums therefore expect the poster to link to images and documents that are hosted externally and the easiest way to do this is to have your own webspace where you can store these items and easily link to them via a direct URL. You can either rent this webspace from an ISP or as was the case with Virgin you got a small amount as part of your bundle with them.......
 
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