you have to go to the settings on the photo bucket page and click on the setting that says account options (its on the top of the page)then go down to where it says edit my album settings then click on the box where it says my album is: private will be in the box just click on the box and change to public. Then remember to save the changes and that should work.

This has to do with pictures that belong to other people and websites where people are paying for the bandwidth that they use. Like cell-phone minutes, sort of. If, for example, you go to my website and see an orchid picture you want to use on your website. There are two things you can do. First option is to simply copy it to your website. If you don't have permission, that is simple theft of intellectual property but is not an actual out-of-pocket expense for me. Second, you can put the full URL of the picture in you web page. That is not only theft of the picture, but doing it costs me money, because every time it is loaded by anybody in the world, it uses my bandwidth. Insult to injury, so to speak. FYI, on Snapfish using Firefox, if you put the cursor over the picture, right mouse click and select "Copy image location" you will get the full URL. Paste that in the browser and you will see the picture. Snapfish probably wants people to see the photos on their page not included in other web pages. I see their point since they are selling a service. It may be your picture, but it is their bandwidth. BTW, I am incredibly easy with giving permission for my pictures if they are copied and I am given credit as photographer. Ask, tho, non-commercial purposes only especially not eBay. ;-> Back to posting pictures. If you have your own pictures on your own website, then add links all you want. Use a photo editor to reduce the size. I do many of my pictures 432px (6 inches) wide with a quality level of 4 (the low end of medium).

Anna - The 961kb is the size of the file. What you want to do is to decrease the dimensions of the photo (in pixels.) This, in turn, will decrease the file size and make your picture much easier to view online. I don't know what software you're using to manage your pictures, but almost any of them should provide a way to resize your photos. There should be an option to change the dimensions, which are likely now much much larger than the numbers I gave you. If you want to, feel free to email me with specifics about your software and if I'm familiar with it, perhaps I can walk you through the process. Maureen

I'm going to pass along what Spike, the original owner of GW told me about 6 years ago. If you're concerned about controlling any photo, don't post it on the internet. Once it's up, there is no way to take it back. Like it or not, our copyright laws have been pretty much shredded by technology in the past 5 years. They're technically there but not enforceable as a practical matter. It's an area that needs dramatic overhaul and a way to embed ownership in the original photo. It can be done fairly easily but has not been done yet. Folks on this forum tend to know this but in case someone doesnt -- if you sign up for a photo site like Photobucket -- use a handle, not your real name. I cannot tell you how many times I've clicked on a link and gone to someone's photo album and been horrified because that person has basically posted their last name and address on the internet. Ditto for YouTube. And I know you all are aware of being doubly careful with pix of the kiddos. No names, locations etc. As for Pinterest, I know they are pinning from everywhere but it's a very nice community (at least for the moment) and most are surprisingly good about sourcing IME.