[johnfowles]

Originally Posted by youngstranger

Hi guys,

could somebody re-post these or point me to another source?

Thanks!

The problem with nearly all of these free file storage sites like the one young Mende used here
(http://www.sendspace.com),

whilst they most certainly have their uses , they very often have restrictive limits/rules you must follow to avoid the site owners, not wishing to host many ultrabytes of files until the end of all time, (or at least beyond the12th of Never). delete them.
I have in mind another of my famous tutorials on the subject of free web sites for which there are almost literally millions of hosts.
The problems with most of then are that they have one or more of the following disadvantages/nag factors:-

1. Obscure or unatractive website names
2. Obscure or lengthy linking file names
3. Obtrusive banner or popup advertising
4. Limited bandwidth ( so that the site is locked if too many downloads take place in a specified period)
5. Limited total free storage
6. Limited maximum file uploads allowed
7. no "hotlinking" allowed (useless for most file storage/sharing)

Having spent many hours googling for suitable free sites
(If you google for "free web sites" you will at the moment get a staggering 171 million results
and there is not enough time left on my slate to look at more than a few of those.)
I have used a great variety and discarded most, but two stand out as being most useful and reliable
they are run by the same internet outfit
Ripside Interactive, Inc.
P.O. Box 541246
Omaha, NE 68154-1246
they are
http://www.ripway.com

and the almost identical
http://www.fileave.com


and these are my reasons for recommmending them

1. Easy site names examples
2. http://h1.ripway.com/johnfowles/
   http://johnfowles.fileave.com/
3. in their "my files"feature every file is listed together with its address (URL) which is a logical use of your original filename in whatever folder on the site you have set up
   example (1.17MB only)
   http://h1.ripway.com/johnfowles/T-12...oAustralia.mp3
   and it is a simple task to create folders and then to move any file from one place to another
4. absolutely no advertising
5. reasonably generous bandwidth limits of
   (ripway 150MB daily)
   (fileave 1024GB per month)
6. ample total web/storage space:-
   (ripway: 30MB)
   (fileave 50MB)
7. 10 Mb maximum uploadable files (both) (covers the majority of mp3s even at 192KBPS quality)
8. Hotlinking definitely allowed

There is only one caveat that I can think of. One has on be on the ball and set up a schedule for logging on because

Note: Accounts that are inactive for over 30 days will be removed. Please log in at least once a month to keep your account active.
Obviously they hope that some users of the free service will want to upgrade to one of their hosting plans , which are by no mean the best available.
Of course if all you want to do is store pictures then the free picture hosting sites are probably better and easier to use as well as providing other useful features like resizing and the necesary codes for linking on a forum such as this one
Moreover if you register then you can also readily see thumbnails of every picture you have uploaded there
I have never had a problem with
http://www.imgeshack.us/

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