Manage Photos
Every chapter will have photos of rides and events that they will want to share. Below is an overview of several free photo hosting services:
Facebook Photo Albums
Recommended!
Photobucket
Not Recommended! After three months of not logging into the account, all linked images become dead links. After one year of not logging into the account, all photos become inaccessible. If the account is not upgraded to a Pro (paid) account within three months, all photos are deleted.
Photobucket may be useful for temporarily gathering photos for an event from multiple members but they should be downloaded and then added to a web album on Picasa for safe storage. See collecting photos below.
Flickr
NOT Recommended! Flickr will only display the most recent 200 photos. If a chapter has 300 photos, the first 100 photos can never be viewed again until a Pro account is purchased.
Tips, considerations and recommendations:
- Appoint Someone – Consider appointing one person to be in charge of managing the club’s photos and ask everyone to send their photos to them.
- Create a generic google account – Picasa Web Albums are linked to a Google Account. Instead of using a personal account, create a generic address (e.g. 1-52_photos@gmail.com or photos@yourdomain.org) that can be passed on to the next member who manages the photos.