Users who have media, such as screenshots, family photos, or movies, may want to post them on the Internet so that they can be viewed by others. Below is a listing of different locations on the Internet that allow you to post pictures, movies, or other files for free on their servers.
Your Internet service provider or company you use to connect to the Internet gives you a small amount of storage space on their servers for free. Before trying any of the below recommendations, you may want to check with your ISP and see what space they give you and how to access it.
If available, you can almost always connect to the server over FTP and upload the pictures to their server. Some companies also have easy to use Internet web interfaces that allow you to send files to the server from a web page.
Once the files have been uploaded, they are accessible by opening your personal homepage or directory.
This directory commonly consists of the domain of your ISP followed by your home directory. For example, if your ISP's web page is "example-isp.com and your username is myname, your home page could be http://www.example-isp.com/users/~myname or http://www.example-isp.com/users/myname.
Of course, all the above information is just an example and can change depending on who you use to connect to the Internet. Ask your ISP what your home page would be.
E-mail
Free e-mail services are giving more and more storage space to their users. If you only want to share files with friends and family, try using these free mail services.
For example, Google's Gmail gives its users 25 GB of storage space.
If you plan on using this method to share your photos, videos, and other files with friends and family, make sure they can receive e-mail attachments as large as your files.
If the files are large (greater than 2 MB) and your recipient's e-mail service does not support large e-mail attachments, you may not be able to send them the photos or files this way.
Social Networks sites like Facebook and Twitter are a great place to upload photos. Every day, over 200 million new photos are uploaded to Facebook.
Flickr - https://www.flickr.com
Supported files: Photos
Description: An excellent site and community that enables its users to post their personal photos on their site. It allows you to upload photos and share them with others online. It a huge user base and millions of photos to view.
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/
Supported files: Video
Description: An excellent site with a great community that enables users to post their own movie files on their server for everyone to view.
Google Drive - https://drive.google.com/
Supported files: Photos, Documents (e.g. PDF, DOC, and XLS)
Description: Another great free online service provided by Google that gives you 5 GB of free storage and allows your files to be shared with anyone.
Dropbox - https://www.dropbox.com
Supported files: Any file
Description: A fantastic service that allows anyone to save their files online. Dropbox is available for Windows, macOS X, Linux, Android, and iOS. The Dropbox software allows you to not only store your files online easily, but also share them between all devices.
ImageShack - http://imageshack.us
Supported files: Photos, Other Image files
Description: A good site for posting small image files that requires no registration.
Photobucket - http://www.photobucket.com
Supported files: Photos, Other Image files
Description: An excellent site that supports a wide variety of image formats. Operates an extensive network of servers to host the files. Download time is always extremely fast.
SpeedSmart.net - http://speedsmart.net/
Supported files: Photos, Other Image files, Video, Audio, Other
Description: Another great place to post files up to 100 MB that you may need to transfer, move, or share.
Internet service provider (ISP)
Your Internet service provider or company you use to connect to the Internet gives you a small amount of storage space on their servers for free. Before trying any of the below recommendations, you may want to check with your ISP and see what space they give you and how to access it.
If available, you can almost always connect to the server over FTP and upload the pictures to their server. Some companies also have easy to use Internet web interfaces that allow you to send files to the server from a web page.
Once the files have been uploaded, they are accessible by opening your personal homepage or directory.
This directory commonly consists of the domain of your ISP followed by your home directory. For example, if your ISP's web page is "example-isp.com and your username is myname, your home page could be http://www.example-isp.com/users/~myname or http://www.example-isp.com/users/myname.
Of course, all the above information is just an example and can change depending on who you use to connect to the Internet. Ask your ISP what your home page would be.
Free e-mail services are giving more and more storage space to their users. If you only want to share files with friends and family, try using these free mail services.
For example, Google's Gmail gives its users 25 GB of storage space.
If you plan on using this method to share your photos, videos, and other files with friends and family, make sure they can receive e-mail attachments as large as your files.
If the files are large (greater than 2 MB) and your recipient's e-mail service does not support large e-mail attachments, you may not be able to send them the photos or files this way.
Social networks
Social Networks sites like Facebook and Twitter are a great place to upload photos. Every day, over 200 million new photos are uploaded to Facebook.
Other third-party websites
There are dozens of companies and websites that allow you to store your pictures, images, movies, and other files on their site for free. Below is a listing of sites we've found useful and family safe, as well as the files they allow you to post.
Flickr - https://www.flickr.com
Supported files: Photos
Description: An excellent site and community that enables its users to post their personal photos on their site. It allows you to upload photos and share them with others online. It a huge user base and millions of photos to view.
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/
Supported files: Video
Description: An excellent site with a great community that enables users to post their own movie files on their server for everyone to view.
Google Drive - https://drive.google.com/
Supported files: Photos, Documents (e.g. PDF, DOC, and XLS)
Description: Another great free online service provided by Google that gives you 5 GB of free storage and allows your files to be shared with anyone.
Dropbox - https://www.dropbox.com
Supported files: Any file
Description: A fantastic service that allows anyone to save their files online. Dropbox is available for Windows, macOS X, Linux, Android, and iOS. The Dropbox software allows you to not only store your files online easily, but also share them between all devices.
ImageShack - http://imageshack.us
Supported files: Photos, Other Image files
Description: A good site for posting small image files that requires no registration.
Photobucket - http://www.photobucket.com
Supported files: Photos, Other Image files
Description: An excellent site that supports a wide variety of image formats. Operates an extensive network of servers to host the files. Download time is always extremely fast.
SpeedSmart.net - http://speedsmart.net/
Supported files: Photos, Other Image files, Video, Audio, Other
Description: Another great place to post files up to 100 MB that you may need to transfer, move, or share.
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