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Image Hosting On The Web
An Image Host is a specialized web service that allows you to
upload images on the Internet. The host site stores the images
on its server and provides the uploader of the image with code,
allowing him or her to share photos with other people on the
internet, without having their own webspace. There are a variety
of these services, both free and paid available.
Functions of image hosting services
The image hosting services offer a place to the images on the
Internet, so that they can be utilized in different forums,
message boards, online auctioning, blogs, online journals, photo
gallery, interactive pages and exchanging. Generally dedicated
servers operate on free web hosting services owing to their
popularity and the high bandwidth usage needed.
Features of image hosting services
Image hosting services offer you to upload multiple files at
once. The host then allows you to show the images in a number of
ways like linking with BB code, linking with HTML code and
clickable thumbnails that are linked to the full size images.
The image hosts usually restrict the image size, image space or
the bandwidth allowed. Due to the high cost of bandwidth, free
web hosting services usually do not offer very large size limits
per image compared to the paid services. If you wish to upload
large images then it is always better to go for paid hosting
services. You can take your pick for paid image hosting service
from websites like www.alstrasoft.com, www.advancescripts.com,
www.sitescripts.com and
so on. Your image host can allow creation of
photoblogs/galleries with your images or a slideshow for better
viewing. You can also add notes to an uploaded image,
transloaders or browsers sidebars. Some web hosting services
also allow the users to resize the images.
There are a number of free image hosting sites on the Internet.
Some of the websites also offer optional paid image hosting
facilities. If you compare the costs of purchasing paid image
hosting, the latter will turn out to be cheaper. Most of the
free images hosting sites are supported by advertisements.
Uploading images on image hosting websites
The uploading of an image on a free hosting site is quite easy.
Free web hosting services like, www.pixpond.com can host image
files with the extension of jpg/jpeg, bmp, gif and png.
Uploading images on this site is quite fast and easy. You just
need to click on the Browse button to select the image saved on
your computer and next click on the Upload button. You do not
need to bother about other hassles. However, there are a few
restrictions imposed on uploading images, so go through them
before you begin uploading.
About the author:
Ms.Otwald is a web designer, who has designed many web pages,
e.g. Missy Elliot, Hilary Duff, Logo Generator, Wintec Sattel.