Okay, so maybe it took me a while longer than initially expected, but here it is, Zelaron's own image hosting service! I decided to separate it from the Zelaron forum database to save some storage space, and brand it as a stand-alone service, so you have to sign up for it.

The service name is Picaroni, as a result from combining Picture with Macaroni. Not to mention that it sounds kind of like Zelaron. "Hey, anyone care to pass on the Zelaroni pickles?" Or maybe not.

So what kind of great features does this service offer?

1. It's perfectly free. You're not obligated to flash your Visa. In fact, you don't even have the possibility to pay anything as-is, even if you like the service. I'll probably put a PayPal donation button in there soon enough.
2. Upload images up to 1024 kb (1 mb).
3. Easy-to-remember URL for all images! For instance, a file named "myself.jpg" would be stored on the address picaroni.com/myself.jpg.
4. Browse your images on a list with small thumbnails, about the size of an avatar on this forum.
5. Image browsing of images you have uploaded is restricted to your own account.
6. No bandwidth restrictions. In case we would hit the roof (which we won't in the foreseeable future), I would pay extra to expand the capacity of the service.
7. No storage capacity for individual accounts. Should we run out, I'll invest in a new hard drive to store the images on.
8. Friendly tech support; myself! Okay, so maybe that isn't really a great advantage.

So what's the catch? Free image hosting? Free? Of course it's free. I put relevant ads on the site to hopefully help the service get by. And every 10th view of a large image will display a small, discreet watermark in the bottom right corner, hopefully to make the service popular. But it's still free, at least for you; the happy, innocent user.

It still has a few bugs, so I could use some help beta testing the service. If you find anything that needs to be patched, let me know.

Without further ado, here is the site address:


http://www.picaroni.com




Known bugs:

• Mozilla doesn't allow .jpg uploads. - FIXED
• Trying to upload a file without filling out the form causes an error - FIXED
• Gif images do not animate properly. - Requires new version of GDLIB to fix.
• Spaces in the file name, or capitalized file extensions breaks the displayment and/or image deletion. - FIXED
• Image auto renaming doesn't work after ImgName9.ext.

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