Photobucket Problems?

[aly]

I've been having Photobucket problems galore today! On another forum, I haven't been able to see ANY Photobucket pictures all day. I even tried going to Photobucket's website and couldn't connect to the main page. I have no clue what is going on with it, but I hope it gets fixed soon! I'll try Firefox and see if it works.

[DJFyrewolf36]

It could be an internet explorer issue. I know that in the past, Photobucket has had problems displaying images in IE but not in Mozilla or Netscape.

[Kfamr]

It's been the same for me. No photobucket on ANY forums or even if I try copy and pasting the URL.

[Anita Cholaine]

This is weird I've uploading pics on Photobucket the whole day, and I'm not having any problem with it..........

[Jessika]

I CAN NOT STAND Photobucket!! Their servers are always going down, or are so slow that pictures take forever to load!!

As an alternative I STRONGLY suggest you guys look into using zoto.com You get TWO GIGABYTES of space in which to store your images!!

PS: And PB has more than one server, so if one server goes down but not another, that's why some images will show up and some won't. Likewise, accounts are located on different servers, which is why some are able to access their accounts and upload images and why others can't.

[catnapper]

No problems at all today or the past few days... which is odd because I always seem to have problems when nobody else is!

[luvofallhorses]

I see everything just fine. I hope they can fix this problem.

[finn's mom]

PS: And PB has more than one server, so if one server goes down but not another, that's why some images will show up and some won't. Likewise, accounts are located on different servers, which is why some are able to access their accounts and upload images and why others can't.

Is that why certain people can't see any photos on Pet Talk, though? I mean, you're saying some can access their accounts, and, some can't...and, then, you're saying you can see some pictures, but, not others. That's not really the problem some of the people are experiencing...unless I'm misunderstanding...that might be why people are still puzzled. Not because they didn't read your reply, but, maybe because they're experiencing a different scenario than what you're referring to...just a thought. I can see all of them fine, by the way.

[Jessika]

finn's mom, I don't know how familiar you are with the term "propogating", but when a website or server goes up or down, it might take awhile for the changes to be reflected world-wide since the change has to hit every server in every country, and that takes some time. It can take up to 72 hours sometimes.

When you first purchase a domain name and "point" that domain to your hosting, it can take up to 72 hours for every server world wide to be updated with the change. So when some people visit it within that time, some will still see the old host while others will see the new host.

I really don't know how to explain it, I mean, I know exactly what I'm talking about and that IS what is going on. It all has to do with servers being updated with the change from photobucket's servers being up or down, where you're located, etc.

[finn's mom]

I CAN NOT STAND Photobucket!! Their servers are always going down, or are so slow that pictures take forever to load!!

As an alternative I STRONGLY suggest you guys look into using zoto.com You get TWO GIGABYTES of space in which to store your images!!

PS: And PB has more than one server, so if one server goes down but not another, that's why some images will show up and some won't. Likewise, accounts are located on different servers, which is why some are able to access their accounts and upload images and why others can't.

Jessika, this is the only post I was going by. I don't understand all the technical stuff you're talking about causing these problems...you're right, I'm not computer savvy like you obviously are. But, the problems you're stating here...some images showing up and some not, that's not the same as only certain people not seeing any photos from photobucket on pet talk, because it's not that they're only seeing certain images and not others, they're saying they're not seeing any of them...and, some people being able to access their accounts and upload images and others not being able to...also, not the same as certain people not seeing any photos from photobucket on pet talk. And, yes, it is the same as the people saying they can't access their accounts and upload images, sorry I missed that some people were experiencing that problem. I was only referring to the fact that there are some people not seeing any images from photobucket. And, if we're just going back and forth, not making sense to one another, that's all right. It's hard to get my point across to you and vice versa. So, if this doesn't explain what I was trying to say, I give up, because it's not that big a deal, anyway. I'm just bored, and, thought I'd point out why people might still be questioning what was going on. Not necessarily because they hadn't read your post. The End.

[Jessika]

My original reply DOES explain the problem.

If they aren't seeing images on Pet Talk, then they won't be able to see images on other websites either. If they're not seeing ANY images, then.. once again, servers are down for them. It's all about server up and down time and photobucket's servers have been known to go down a lot.

LOL I understand you don't understand, I DO understand what you're saying, and my original reply does explain the problem. O_o

EDIT: Ah well, you're right its just talking in circles and obviously I can't explain it well enough to make you understand and vice versa so instead of just talking back and forth lets just call it a day because, honestly, is this really something to get frustrated and worked up over??