Can anyone recommend a photo hosting site that can only be viewed with a password? I've been taking photos of Li'l Z's preschool class at their fall festival and today's Halloween parade, and I'd like to share them with the other parents. Rather than send a ton of emails with attachments, I figured it would be easier to create one spot I can update as the year goes on, but only be able to be viewed by people with the password. (The school has a policy about not publishing pictures of other children, so I want to keep access to this only among us parents.)
The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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GasBandit
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Uh... the only one I know of is GasBanditry.com. I can set unique passwords on individual folders, no problem.
Of course, this information is pretty worthless to you, isn't it?
Errrmmm... I'd rather not have to explain Gasbanditry to the other parents. Li'l Z's life will be tough enough with me as his mom.
I'd prefer a site only because they change emails sometimes and I'd like to keep this set up as simple as possible. I really don't know how tech savvy they are.
GasBandit
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Heh, that's kinda what I thought.
I think Photobucket does what you want. The only problem is you have to use Photobucket.
I've never used it. Is it that bad?
GasBandit
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It's pretty awful.
GasBandit
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Alright, that's enough, I'm going home. It's god damned FRIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
What about a private flickr page where the parents follow you and only they can see the pics?
I completely forgot about that thread, but I think Dropbox might not be it. They'd all have to set up a dropbox, and that's too much work. I really don't want to have to coordinate things with 11 sets of parents. (Not for just exchanging photos, anyway.)
I *think* this comes a bit close to breaking the school's rules, and I'd rather not toe that line. I may have to look at Photobucket. Ah, well.
Good thing we have phenylephrine as a drop-in substitute, right?
...except that it doesn't actually work, faring no better than a placebo in actual, researched studies.
Thanks a lot, 2005. At least you failed at plugging the analog hole.
--Patrick
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You can do this on Shutterfly, I think. Noah's flag football team and Lily's Daisy troop had group pages set up there. The parents would need a Shutterfly account and the admin/creator would be able to approve them as members.
figmentPez
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If you have Dropbox Pro you can password protect a link, and they shouldn't have to have a Dropbox of their own.
Google Drive might be another option, you can limit a file to only being viewed by specific users, but they will have to have a Google account (which is more common than Dropbox).
You could also publish them to a password protected Tumblr, or other blogging service.
Really I think the biggest question is one of whether this is a question about password-protecting access to some pictures, or password-protecting access to a file that is full of pictures. Is it OK to just have people download a .ZIP that they open on their computers? Or do these people want to be able to view the pictures immediately online? Just about any Dropbox-like service will work for the file method, but you'll have to look at other methods if what you're doing is putting a bunch of pictures behind a wall.
--Patrick
--Patrick
GasBandit
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It's really too bad gasbanditry is so soccermom-unsafe. It would almost literally be the easiest thing in the world for me to create a password protected folder in the Image Hoard that required no other login or signup, and that pictures could just be FTP'd directly into, and everything would just go automatically from there.
I guess that's a ringing endorsement for the TinyWebGallery software if ever there was one.
I guess that's a ringing endorsement for the TinyWebGallery software if ever there was one.
Damn good day today, went to Locust moon fest, got positive feedback on my Halloween costume, stopped a potential bike robbery, and met Chris FUCKING Claremont! Really I felt sad for the panel after him, NO-ONE can top Chris Claremont shit talking John Carter of Mars.
On the topic, Kryptonite locks are easily fuck-with-able and you should invest in chains-AS THE SKY BEAST INTENDED!
On the topic, Kryptonite locks are easily fuck-with-able and you should invest in chains-AS THE SKY BEAST INTENDED!
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There's this vote on the ballot in Houston concerning transgendered people and bathroom usage. The proposition is one to allow people to use the bathroom they feel like they should, and of course there's a bunch of backlash. Because you know. Dudes only rape little girls and are of course going to rape little girls. Anyway the funny thing is that TX law already allows you to use any restroom as long as you have no intent to disrupt the peace. On the one hand, that makes the law redundant, and on the other it means the protesters don't seem to realize this.
So I'm gonna try participating in NaNoWriMo (November Novel Writing Month) this year. I actually went to a write-in today with other participating writers in the city. Good group. Even a couple of cute girls. Not that I expect anything to come of that, but still, it was nice to chat and throw some ideas around, that sort of thing.
I just got back from sitting in Starbucks tonight and my word count for today is 1,535, finishing off the first chapter. Not a bad start. Not sure how I feel about it, yet. It's outside my comfort zone because it's not Dill. It's actually a young adult fantasy/horror novel. I'm worried I'm still writing the character like Dill, but hopefully that'll change as I progress.
I just got back from sitting in Starbucks tonight and my word count for today is 1,535, finishing off the first chapter. Not a bad start. Not sure how I feel about it, yet. It's outside my comfort zone because it's not Dill. It's actually a young adult fantasy/horror novel. I'm worried I'm still writing the character like Dill, but hopefully that'll change as I progress.
fade
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I don't have it right now, but my wife just pulled it up. She had it referenced for her sexuality class since before this prop was introduced.
Ugh. Perfect way to know a girl isn't interested in you on a dating site? When they give you short answers to your questions and don't follow it up with any questions of their own.
A simple, "Thank you, but I'm not interested" would save me more time.
A simple, "Thank you, but I'm not interested" would save me more time.
Why is it the first thing Christian conservatives minds turn to is raping kids? I am fucking sickened by the political ads that have the man following the cute little girl into her stall.
If it wasn't for God Watching You, all the time, always, and Big Brother keeping you in check, all men would be rapists, murders and thieves. At least that's what oh so many people seem to think. It's the same reasoning as the "But what's keeping you from murdering, you atheist monster?". It always surprises me more people don't seem to feel this speaks volumes about the people leading them.
I'm still a credit short from graduating Shego University.
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...-thrift-store-chains-charitable-deeds-n452541
Hurm. When I worked for them, I could never get a straight answer about how much money exactly went to charities. This article just further reinforces some of the concerns I had.
Hurm. When I worked for them, I could never get a straight answer about how much money exactly went to charities. This article just further reinforces some of the concerns I had.
BananaHands
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Hiiiiii.
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