Picasa problems

[Lucky_Star]

hi there, folks

 

I'm a private forum administrator and have been having problems while posting images from picasa

 

I used to be imageshack user but since they started to be a paid service I tried to find other free service

 

I have to use code and it works but after a while the pics from one of the folders stop showing up on the forum. Only the most recent one stays visible. This is odd because the pics from another folder (hosted at same place with same privacy settings!) didn't have any problem till now!

 

The forum has phpBB 3.0.12 version which I think is the last version but I believe it has nothing to do with that but with some bug related to Picasa folder settings.

 

I upload the images through http://picasaweb.google.com/

once I log in it will redirect me to https://plus.google.com/photos/ but it will show for a couple of minutes a link to return to Picasa Web Albums and i click there once I realised that the Plus newer hosting service doesn't have some of the possibilities that Picasa Web Albums have. For example providing a url with possibility to redimension the pics

 

I have 2 folders and the images from one of the folders always show up while the pics of the other folder only the most recent shows and the older ones stop showing up at the forum. It's very strange because I have same privacy settings. Both of them have visibility marked to: limited. anyone with the link

 

while I was posting this message I googled and found this info:

https://sites.google.com/site/picasaresources/Home/Picasa-FAQ/general/comparison-different-products

 

that says:

No enhancements or changes have been made to Picasaweb since 2012, so it is getting quite outdated, while all effort is being put into G+ Photos. If you don't have a specific reason to keep using Picasaweb, you might prefer to use G+ Photos.

 

 

my question is: will G+ Photos provide the same possibility to redimension a pic while posting on a forum using customisable urls?

for example imagine pic url for posting at forum: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/xxxxx/xxxxx/xxxxxx/xxxxx/s640/xxxx.png

with Picasa Web Albums I can change 640 to 800 and the pic will be larger while posted at the forum

 

as far as I understand G+ Photos doesn't have that possibility and that is the reason I've been using the oldest service which is Picasa Web Albums

 

anyone has a solution for this? i prefer a solution within Picasa but you can give me other hints for free services with same possibilities as Picasa Web Albums

 

[Lucky_Star]