I am starting this thread to hopefully build a nice list of Mod Hosting Sites, File Mirror locations and Image hosting locations for modders on a shoe-string budget. This list will also have a little bit of info about each one.

Please feel free to let me know about other places and I will update this list. Once the list is fairly stable, I will place this list on a wiki site to be maintained and accessible to the entire community.

Anywhere with the word "unknown" means I do not know the answer. Help with this info would be great.

FYI - As I've been adding and updating this list, I have noticed a ton of "Requires Free Registration" so I'm going to list this as an understood assumption for everything unless otherwise noted to keep the text to a minimum rather than turning into clutter.

Assumptions

These assumptions can be made for everything listed here unless otherwise noted.

• Site Requires Registration for uploaders
• Site Registration is Free
• Usage of the site is free (otherwise it won't be on this list)

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Mod Hosting Sites

Good places to host your mod files, descriptions, comments, ratings, etc.

Name: TESNexus
URL: http://www.tesnexus.com
Maximum Storage: Unrestricted
Upload Limitations: Maximum per/file size is 300 MB
Download Limitations: Requires registration (FREE) for large files (DL speed limit for non-premium user)
Easy for Uploaders: Yes
Easy for Downloads: Yes, requires registration (FREE) for large files
Easy to Update/Maintain: Yes - Absolute full and instant control

Name: Planet Elder Scrolls
URL: http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/
Maximum Storage: Unrestricted
Upload Limitations: Maximum per/file size is 25 MB.
Download Limitations: Requires registration (FREE) and DL speed limit for non-premium users.
Easy for Downloads: Yes (after you go through the free registration process)
Easy for Uploaders: Yes (initial upload requires manual admin approval)
Easy to Update/Maintain: Yes

Name: FileFront
URL: http://browse.files.filefront.com/Elder_Sc...rowsefiles.html
Maximum Storage: Unrestricted
Upload Limitations: Maximum per/file size is 1GB.
Download Limitations: None.
Easy for Downloads: Yes.
Easy for Uploaders: Yes.
Easy to Update/Maintain: Yes (as long as you don't submit the mod to the game database)

Name: TTS Data Center
URL: www.ttsdatacenter.org
Maximum Storage: Unknown
Upload Limitations: Maximum per/file size is 300 MB.
Download Limitations: Unknown
Easy for Downloads: Yes (after you go through the free registration process)
Easy for Uploaders: Yes but requires admin approval before being made visible.
Easy to Update/Maintain: Unknown.

Name: Spellhold Studios
URL: http://forums.spellholdstudios.net/index.p...s&showcat=3
Maximum Storage: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)
Upload Limitations: 32 MB Maximum
Download Limitations: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)
Easy for Downloads: Yes.
Easy for Uploaders: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)
Easy to Update/Maintain: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)

Name: Elric Melnibone
URL: http://www.elricm.com/nuke/html/modules.ph...&file=index
Maximum Storage: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)
Upload Limitations: Maximum per/file size is 50 MB (unless you contact admin)
Download Limitations: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)
Easy for Downloads: Yes.
Easy for Uploaders: Yes.
Easy to Update/Maintain: No.

Name: PlanetOblivion.de (Primarily German Language)
URL: http://www.planetoblivion.de
Maximum Storage: Unrestricted
Upload Limitations: Must attach to email and send to mods@planetoblivion.de; For bigger files: ask for FTP access or use a FileMirror Service
Download Limitations: None.
Easy for Downloads: Yes. No registration, no advertising
Easy for Uploaders: Yes and No. Mod is managed by site admins.
Easy to Update/Maintain: No. Must communicate via email.

Name: Wiwiland (Primarily French Language)
URL: http://oblimods.wiwiland.net/
Maximum Storage: Unrestricted.
Upload Limitations: Must attach to email: for Oblivion mods: oblivion@wiwiland.com, for Morrowind mods: modules@wiwiland.com
Download Limitations: None.
Easy for Downloads: Yes.
Easy for Uploaders: Yes and No. You must submit your files via email and wait for them to be reviewed.
Easy to Update/Maintain: No.

Name: StrategyInformer
URL: http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/theelde...ollsivoblivion/
Maximum Storage: Unlimited
Upload Limitations: None barring approval from admins
Download Limitations: None
Easy for Downloads: Yes
Easy for Uploaders: Yes (initial upload requires manual admin approval)
Easy to Update/Maintain: Yes

Name: Obliviet - BANNED from the community due to uploading mods without permission, stripping the readmes and credits.
URL: N/A
Maximum Storage: N/A
Upload Limitations: N/A
Download Limitations: N/A
Easy for Downloads: N/A
Easy for Uploaders: N/A
Easy to Update/Maintain: N/A

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File Mirror Sites

Locations to upload copies of your mods (and providing the service of a file mirror)

Name: MediaFire
URL: http://www.mediafire.com/
Maximum Storage: Unlimited
Upload Limitations: Up to 100 Mb per file
Download Limitations: None.
Easy for uploaders: Yes.
Easy for downloaders: Yes.
Easy for update/maintain: Yes. (Good uploader, multi-folder organization)

Name: sendspace
URL: http://www.sendspace.com/
Maximum Storage: Unknown (If you know, please tell us) (possible expirations?)
Upload Limitations: Maximum per/file size is 300 MB.
Download Limitations: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)
Easy for Downloads: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)
Easy for Uploaders: Yes.
Easy to Update/Maintain: Yes.

Name: 4Shared
URL: http://www.4shared.com/
Maximum Storage: 5GB
Upload Limitations: Maximum per/file size is 100 MB.
Download Limitations: None.
Easy for Downloads: Yes.
Easy for Uploaders: Yes.
Easy to Update/Maintain: Yes.

Name: Savefile
URL: http://www.savefile.com/
Maximum Storage: Unlimited
Upload Limitations: Maximum per/file size is 60 MB
Download Limitations: Unlimited
Easy for uploaders: Yes.
Easy for downloaders: Yes.
Easy for update/maintain: Yes.
NOTE: Files stay as long they receive downloads, otherwise deleted after 60 days with 0 downloads.

Name: Uploading.com
URL: http://www.uploading.com/
Maximum Storage: Unlimited
Upload Limitations: Maximum per/file size is 300 MB, file is purge in 30 days if nobody downloads it.
Download Limitations: Unlimited.
Easy for Downloads: Yes.
Easy for Uploaders: Yes.
Easy to Update/Maintain: Yes and No. You can upload another file but not the same file to the same place (update).

Name: TurboUpload
URL: http://www.turboupload.com/
Maximum Storage: Unlimited
Upload Limitations: Maximum per/file size is 300 MB
Download Limitations: Unlimited
Easy for Downloaders: Yes (must validate easy captcha image)
Easy for Uploaders: Yes (on initial upload)
Easy to Update/Maintain: No. Free users must save the "Delete" URL to remove. No option to change/update files.

Name: Upload2.net
URL: http://www.upload2.net/
Maximum Storage: Unlimited
Upload Limitations: Maximum per/file size is 25 MB
Download Limitations: Unlimited
Easy for Downloaders: Yes (mandatory 50-second wait)
Easy for Uploaders: Yes (on initial upload)
Easy to Update/Maintain: No. Uploaders must save the "Delete" URL to remove. No option to change/update files.

Name: RapidShare
URL: www.rapidshare.com
Maximum Storage: Unrestricted
Upload Limitations: None
Download Limitations: Very Restricted (Max per day)
Easy for Downloads: Yes (if you don't download too much per day from there)
Easy for Uploaders: Yes
Easy to Update/Maintain: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)

Name: MegaUpload (Non-Premium Info)
URL: www.megaupload.com
Maximum Storage: 50 GB Total storage per user, files purged after 90 days of inactivity
Upload Limitations: File no larger than 500 MB (Non-Premium users cannot download larger than 500 MB)
Download Limitations: No larger than 500 MB, Daily download maximum per IP
Easy for Downloads: No (Forced wait time, Captcha security, embeded and popup ads)
Easy for Uploaders: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)
Easy to Update/Maintain: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)

Name: FileDen
URL: www.fileden.com
Maximum Storage: 1GB
Upload Limitations: Registration is about as annoying as it gets, Maximum per/file size is 50 MB.
Download Limitations: Limited to 100 kb/sec maximum download speed, 5GB bandwidth usage per month.
Easy for Downloads: Yes.
Easy for Uploaders: Yes.
Easy to Update/Maintain: Yes. (Good uploader, multi-folder organization)

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Image Sharing Sites

Places to upload your images.

Name: PhotoBucket
URL: http://www.photobucket.com
Maximum Storage: 1GB
Upload Limitations: 1MB per file (dimensions larger than 1024x768 are automatically downsized)
Download Limitations: 25GB/mo
Easy for Downloads: Yes.
Easy for Uploaders: Yes (even allows for SubAlbums to maintain an orderly collection).
Easy to Update/Maintain: Yes.

Name: ImageShack
URL: http://www.imageshack.us/
Maximum Storage: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)
Upload Limitations: Maximum per/file size is 1.5 MB
Download Limitations: None.
Easy for Downloads: Yes but it is much slower compared to PhotoBucket.
Easy for Uploaders: Yes.
Easy to Update/Maintain: Yes.

Name: The Image Hosting
URL: http://www.theimagehosting.com/
Maximum Storage: No
Upload Limitations: Maximum per/file size is 1 MB
Download Limitations: No
Easy for Downloads: Yes
Easy for Uploaders: Average (anonymous uploader possible)
Easy to Update/Maintain: Yes (seems)

Name: xs.to
URL: http://xs.to/
Maximum Storage: Auto-purge inactive files after 3 months.
Upload Limitations: Maximum per/file size is 2.5 MB
Download Limitations: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)
Easy for Downloads: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)
Easy for Uploaders: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)
Easy to Update/Maintain: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)

Name: Spimagehost
URL: http://www.spimagehost.com/
Maximum Storage: 100 MB
Upload Limitations: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)
Download Limitations: 5 GB per month
Easy for Downloads: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)
Easy for Uploaders: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)
Easy to Update/Maintain: Unknown (If you know, please tell us)

Name: PicasaWeb by Google
URL: http://picasaweb.google.com
Maximum Storage: 1 GB
Upload Limitations: None. (Can use an existing Google Account)
Download Limitations: None.
Easy for Downloads: Yes.
Easy for Uploaders: Yes.
Easy to Update/Maintain: Yes.

Nice list conan lon, didnt know about all of those.

chris 07, I wouldn't know about most of those either if it wasn't for people using them here on these forums.

I would like some feedback by the people that use these sites (especially the ones where I have question marks) and I'd also like to know if there are any other resources (sites) available to us. I recently started using PhotoBucket since TESSource's ImageShare went down. I found it to be VERY nice and I kick myself in the tush for not using it earlier.

When I get enough information gathered about these and other resources, I will probably put together a tutorial on how to go about publishing a mod. Hopefully it will make things easier for the new modder as well as expand the horizons of existing modders by having a checklist / guide as well as many options to fit their needs.

One of those tips in the guide will be about getting and using a public email account when registering at sites that require email and your ability to open those emails. A good option is Google's GMail which is extremely nice...especially if you use Firefox with the GMail add-in that lets you know when new mail arrives and you can check it with a single click of the button (no login required)

Thanks,
LHammonds

Conan_Lon I use 4shared alot..so..

1) None that I know
2) yes..just add links can be slow at time because of banners and things like that..
3) 50mb limit on uploads..
4) once you uploaded something there you can reupdate the same file once more without having to create a new link to it..

Hi Conan, I don't know if this is the same one as the Filefront you put but the setupo looks different and you might be able to add it to the list:

http://elderscrolls.filefront.com/

It's the same FileFront. The main difference / confusion is this:

1) When you sign up for an account, you can upload anything you want and have full control over your upload(s) but it is only located under your folder.
2) You can "submit" your uploaded file to be placed under a specific game section but once it is done, you loose all control over that file and cannot make updates to it...but people browsing the site would find the archive in that game section.

I don't prefer to use it like a mod distribution point like PES or TESNexus. I'd rather use it as a file mirror and have places like PES and TESNexus have links to that site as an alternate download location.

EDIT: Corepc, thanks for the info. I've updated the OP.

Thanks,
LHammonds

You can add GameFlood to the list.

Maximum Storage: ?
Upload Limitations: must archive files in WinZip format
Download Limitations: Requires registration (FREE)
Easy for Downloads: Yes (requires registration - FREE)
Easy for Uploaders: Yes (requires registration - FREE)
Easy to Update/Maintain: Yes

This is a very good resource Conan_Lon. It would be great to have this "stickied" so it doesn't get shuffled in a day or two. Will placing it on a Wiki site mean it will be accessible here?

Mike

I checked out that site and it doesn't seem very "intuitive" for uploading mods. Looks like it requires a special upload tool and to be packaged into a "mashup" for whatever that is.

No, it doesn't need to get stickied. A simple link in the Oblivion Mod FAQ would be good enough (which is already stickied) but only after this list finds a permanent home.

Yes, via a link. I would imagine the best place would be inside the Oblivion Mods FAQ as a link. The Construction Set wiki seems like the logical place which is also accessible inside the Construction Set by clicking Help in the menu bar.

LHammonds

May i add www.planetoblivion.de? we're focused on german plugins, but are hosting a few english ones, too. Just send the plugin to mods@planetoblivion.de

Thanks for the info but I cannot read German. Can you let me know the details about hosting a mod on that site?

Would this be more of a mod hosting site with descriptions, pictures, comments, etc. or more of a file mirror with direct-link downloads?

Name: PlanetOblivion.de (Primarily German Language)
URL: http://www.planetoblivion.de
Maximum Storage: ?
Upload Limitations: Must attach to email and send to mods@planetoblivion.de
Download Limitations: ?
Easy for Downloads: ?
Easy for Uploaders: ?
Easy to Update/Maintain: No. Must communicate via email.

I'd say


Name: PlanetOblivion.de (Primarily German Language)
URL: http://www.planetoblivion.de
Maximum Storage: Not Limited
Upload Limitations: Must attach to email and send to mods@planetoblivion.de; For bigger files: ask for FTP access or use a FileMirror Service
Download Limitations: none
Easy for Downloads: Yes. No registration, no advertising
Easy for Uploaders: medium, i'd say
Easy to Update/Maintain: No. Must communicate via email.

We have descriptions and screens, as well as a 1-10 voting functionality, but no comments. Most famous international download is Blood&Mud Dirt Deluxe Anglais, which is quite a big download, and we've had no capacity problems with it.

Elim, thanks for the info. I added the site under Mod Hosting Sites.

Any other places that are used as File Mirrors or for Image Storage (like PhotoBucket)?

Thanks,
LHammonds

Can any 'passive' user suggest any site?
I mean those use it just for downloading, not uploading?

http://www.fileden.com/ - (similar to 4shared)


http://picasaweb.google.com/ - (image sharing, you must have a google account to access this)
in action:
http://picasaweb.google.com/trollf

Aw.. no reply..

However I suggest Mediafire. It's a file mirror with direct-link downloads as well as an Image Storage site.
To upload anything you don't need to create an account (anonymous running). It's enough to remember the link to your own file to share it. The image viewer is pretty as well.

Name: MediaFire
URL: http://www.mediafire.com/
Maximum Storage: Unlimited
Upload Limitations: Up to 100 Mb per file
Download Limitations: 100% free
Easy for uploaders: Yes
Easy for downloaders: Yes
Easy for update/maintain: Yes - Seems versatile

Note: fast downloads..

dyfed_99 and trollf, thanks for pointing me to those sites. I checked them out and added them to the list.

Are there any other File Mirror and Image Sharing sites that ya'll know about and use?

Thanks,
LHammonds

Don't forget about Wiwiland, its a French site, but has been around for quite a while. When I was helping Galahaut with the Morrowind Mod Wiki, we found alot of files there, that had disappeared elsewhere. Unfortunately, I can't really say what the specifics are, as I can't read a lick of French. Maybe someone else knows?

NZdawghaus, thanks for the info. I cannot read French either so I'll just put all question marks beside it...hoping that somebody will fill us in on the details.

Hmmm...I think I will change the questions marks to something else and color them brightly to catch people's attention.

Thanks,
LHammonds

Image Sharing Site

Name: The Image Hosting
URL: http://www.theimagehosting.com/
Maximum Storage: No
Upload Limitations: File must be less of 1024 kb
Download Limitations: No
Easy for Downloads: Yes
Easy for Uploaders: Average (anonymous uploader possible)
Easy to Update/Maintain: Yes (seems)

About wiwiland, I can't read much french either but I could find out mods are send by email and tested before uploaded to the site. For oblivion mods you have to email to oblivion@wiwiland.com, for Morrowind mods that is modules@wiwiland.com. There are no file restrictions mentioned.

You can download by clicking the box icon on a download page, not hard to find even if you don't speak french. Download managers are allowed, I could even get my maximum speed (320 kb) without.

File Mirror Sites

http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc//hom
30MB, no time limit

http://www.spimagehost.com/
50 MB, no limit

http://www.turboupload.com
70 MB, no limits

http://www.upload2.net/
25MB, 1 year

http://www.uploading.com/
300 MB, no limits

http://www.ushareit.com/
50 MB, no limits

u can add my site to the list im just making some changes to site but will be back up soon (actually its back up now)

Name: Junkyard Modding
URL: http://junkyardmodding.com
Maximum Storage: Unrestricted
Upload Limitations: Maximum per/file size is 25 MB.
Download Limitations: (Requires registration )
Easy for Downloads: Yes (requires registration - FREE)
Easy for Uploaders: Yes (requires registration - FREE)
Easy to Update/Maintain: Yes (requires manual validation initially)

Advantages... Auto Forum New Release Topic Created on upload

Qaazaaq, thanks. I've updated wiwiland info.

Ayleid_people, thanks. I'm (slowly) looking into each one and updating the 1st post with what I find.

I guess when this list is pretty much done, I should open a poll for each section to see which ones are rated the best (or most used). As it stands right now, I have them ordered pretty much how I would use them but that's no guarantee as to what the next guy/gal would prefer.

Thanks,
LHammonds

image hosting site:

http://xs.to/

I dont know about you guys, but I would NEVER (that is NEVER capitalized) suggest anyone to use rapidshare for mod mirrors.

That service is a money scam, if you need to download anything more than one file there you're screwed. From there its just them begging for money for a service that you can find free elsewhere.

I'd open my server to public uploading before I saw the community switch to such storage places. (Although my server www.disp0sable.org does offer free image storage if you register on the Gallery with no limits of any sort.)

** edit , just upgraded the Coppermine gallery and found out my pHP is outdated, so now I have to wait for my web server to upgrade that before it is working again..**

You need to be a little more open minded about GameFlood, my friend. The mashups are something entirely different from mods. I have uploaded seven of my mods there with little effort. I think that there are several good features at GameFlood that can be used to great advantage by modders, one of which is being able to "publish" (their term) private mods. Ideal for betas and "in-house" testing before a public release. The site is run by TurboSquid and their tech staff responds to your emails. Think the site deserves more than your brush-off. BTW The WinZip requirement can be circumvented by simply packing a WinRaR or 7-Zip file into a WinZip archive (which I just did for my Wogs! update

EDIT: Oh, by the way, GameFlood holds contests for mods and the TR team won first prize (think $3,000) for their Map One. Max Tael's Natural Environments was second place.

Open minded? I created an account and tried to figure out how to upload a test file. Twas the only one I tested so far that I got frustrated and just gave up on. If I have trouble trying to figure something out quickly, then I would only assume other would also be confused about how to use it.

See above.

Sounds like you are circumventing a standard that they are trying to set in place. Any site requiring .zip format is obviously trying to focus on compatibility and ease of extraction rather than saving bandwidth and space.

Again, I tried it and didn't like it. What more can I say.

LHammonds

Whatever. But thought this list is for what is available, not what site meets your own personal preferences.

Any particular reason why my post and site was ignored ?

It was not ignored. I'm creating IDs and checking out each and every site that is posted here...I currently have not finished going through Ayleid_people's list which was prior to yours.

I got sick over the weekend and the narcs that I'm on totally mess with my head. I usually only have time on the weekends to do things on the computer and this weekend got shot because of that.

Sorry...but I will eventually check it out.

LHammonds

Here's one, Strategy informer. It has lots of older mods but some newer ones too. I dont know what the limits or anything but looks like its big since it has some very big mods on there.

Free file hosting site

Name: Savefile

• URL: http://www.savefile.com/
• Maximum Storage: Unlimited
• Upload Limitations: Up to 100 Mb per file (registering) Up to 60 Mb (non registering)
• Download Limitations: Unlimited Traffic
• Easy for uploaders: Yes.
• Easy for downloaders: Yes.
• Easy for update/maintain: Yes.
• Files stay as long they receive downloads, otherwise deleted after 60 days with 0 downloads.

Premium Features:

• File stay forever, even with 0 downloads
• Download files without loading a single savefile page
• 200MB file size limit

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Reposting (since no reply ,..well I assume you have a lot of other things to do.. )

Image Sharing Site

Name: The Image Hosting

• URL: http://www.theimagehosting.com/
• Maximum Storage: No
• Upload Limitations: File must be less of 1024 kb
• Download Limitations: No
• Easy for Downloads: Yes
• Easy for Uploaders: Average (anonymous uploader possible)
• Easy to Update/Maintain: Yes (seems)

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Well.. sorry for the insistence!
Hope in any reply this time.. just to know if I'm alive or maybe not..

Excellent initiative, LH! Cheers!

For RS.com, add that the download limitations are extended to 25GB per 5 days with premium account. I have one and very much like it. It is worth having one. And also it is very easy to upload files with same names, the old ones don't get deleted, aren't replaced with the new ones. Upload space is unlimited.

I assume you're talking about RapidShare.com?

I'm not too interested in what Premium/Pay-For accounts can do since you can pay just about anyone to host a file.

This list is primarily for modders on a shoe-string budget since there doesn't seem to be a good list of many "free" places to host Oblivion files.

LHammonds

Junkyard's a nice site with a very friendly forum attached to it.

Sounds great, man. I'll definitely add this to the FAQ whenever you're ready. Just let me know.

Might be worth mentioning in your list that imageshack is considerably slower than photobucket for the end-user viewing screenshots (probably because they insert ad pop-ups, which is itself a drawback). Not sure about other restrictions they may have.

Photobucket does have a few restrictions, though:

Maximum Storage: 1Gb free (5Gb with pro subscription)
Upload Limitations: 1Mb per image if larger than 1024 x 768 (2Mb per image with pro)
Download Limitations: 25Gb/mo free (unlimited with pro)

Might also be nice to clarify that PES requires admin approval prior to the initial listing, but subsequent updates to the listing (and new files added to it) go through immediately. Basically this gives you full control after an initial admin approval delay.

bump for such a fine and informative thread :]

and 4shared has been updated lately...

Name: 4Shared
URL: http://www.4shared.com/
Maximum Storage: 5 GB
Upload Limitations: Maximum per/file size is 100 MB.

First post updated.

If you know of any others or have information about those listed with Unknown, please let me know.

I think this list is big enough now to warrant a conversion into Wiki code and placed on the CS Wiki.

This will be helpful for the tutorial I have planned which details the steps to create, upload and publicize a mod.

Thanks,
LHammonds

First Post updated.

Brand-spanking new hosting site added called TTS Data Center.

I'm uploading several of my mods there as an additional basket to store my eggs. I will then update all the mirrors on TESNexus to point to that site as well.

It may not be a new TESNexus but it can at least serve as a more permanent file mirror that can also stand on it's own two legs. It is just so irritating to have my file mirrors expire after 30 days of inactivity on RapidShare and similar sites.

Thanks to raziel23x for finding and setting up this resource for us.

LHammonds

You should add TinyPic to the list of image hosts.

Name: TinyPic (owned by Photobucket)
URL: http://tinypic.com/index.php
Maximum Storage: No account, No membership, free public upload
Upload Limitations: No animated gifs
Download Limitations: photo held for one year and then deleted
Easy for Downloads: Best used for layouts.
Easy for Uploaders: Yes
Easy to Update/Maintain: no, if you forget the name your image was given on upload you may never find it again amongst the millions of images in their database, so copy and paste the address to a safe location.