Recently, I had the occasion to have to re-visit Photobucket using some links in my Threads to all of my Old Albums. After *clicking* on them... The "New" Refreshed Photobucket Home Page popped up on screen instead.
Being suspicious, I did some research first and after churning through the sordid history of the site and re-visiting my own discomfort with how much disruption they've caused in the past for me and millions of other "Free" Users, I found
THIS article to be most edifying:
After a disastrous year, Photobucket wants people to trust it with their memories
www.theverge.com
Armed with the information from this site, I decided to try this process all over again and met with some success that will have positive implications for other
GMT Nation Members with any
Non-Paying Photobucket Accounts who have lost their historical links in Threads that were supposed to link back to to their own Stored Imagery.
I followed these simple procedures with the net effect of allowing me to copy-paste the opened links to my Sub-Albums right back here...and be able to View those related Photos
WITH NO PHOTOBUCKET WATERMARKS OR BLANKED IMAGERY:
(1) Visit any of your Old Links to Photobucket you have previously added in your own Threads and after *Clicking* on them... sign in at The New Photobucket Site using your
Original User Name and
Password.
(2) Visit your Original Email Account and open the Photobucket Email and read the Message and then *Click* on the
Confirmation Link provided.
(3) Access your Old Photobucket Albums, Select the URL at the Top of the Page and Copy-Paste THAT Line of Code over your Original Link to the specific Threads with your Photos
(4) Return to the Open Thread at GMT Nation and *Click* on the Photobucket Link(s) to confirm that they can be Opened and Viewed
...just like Nothing Bad Ever Happened.
(5) Please know that regardless of what the prior links you've added to your Threads were meant to do in order show the various sections and images from your various Photobucket Sub-Albums....
until you follow this procedure... ALL of those Links from your Old Messages will lead you right back to the "New Main Photobucket Web Site".
(6) At least for now... This technique did NOT require having to Sign up All Over Again as a Paid Member of Photobucket.
(7) Please....
Read the Information in the Link provided above and ground yourself with this Knowledge as MUCH is explained there that is well worth knowing.