INFO Image Host Discussion

I'm having an issue with pixhost images not loading in, on both mobile and desktop.

 

Pixhost posted the following message:

The TL;DR version:
For whatever reason, Pixhost's DNS provider has disabled lookup for their primary domain.

It might be a temporary glitch that clears up in a day, but it's more likely a longer term problem - assuming it gets resolved at all. The server is up and works just fine, but you'd have to use the IP address instead of the name. The temporary(?) solution is to use their alternate domain name.

The issue for Phun is all the links in the database are hard-coded to pixhost.to, which means that 10's? 100's? of thousands of embedded links need to be updated to pixhost.cc by an automated process (if it comes to that). Hopefully Pixhost can regain control of their domain, but I recommend Phun's Tech Devs make a contingency plan in the meantime.

 

I don't know anything about the structure of the Phun database, but it's likely technically possible. For instance, if it's on a SQL server the search and replace statement is probably easy to write. But it could bring the database to its knees, especially if attempted in one fell swoop. It's something the DBA would/should do (database administrator).

And yes, I am a webdev . But not a DBA.

 

Pixhost is reporting it has been fixed now and no modifications or changes should be needed.
Details here: https://pixhost.to/update.html

 

I too have noticed that some of the topics I wanted to add new content to were missing images, and those were topics no older than a month and a half...

 

Pixhost has just stopped working in the UK. If you go to pixhost.to in the UK now it says this.

All posts that have used pixhost now look like this in the UK. This has just started happening today and I don't know if it's a permanent thing.

 

Keir Starmer is a total wanker of a man. I'd personally load him into a cannon and shoot him into the sun for his bullshit regarding online stuff.

 

Weirdly pixhost.cc does still work in the UK but pixhost.to still doesn't. I edited one of my posts and just replaced all the pixhost.to with pixhost.cc and all the images are showing for me again.

 

That's strange because it works for me here in the UK with no VPN.

Edit, found this info elsewhere -

"Pixhost have implemented geo-detection on the .to domain and if you're coming from a UK IP address you'll get redirected to that blocked page.

Currently they haven't done the same for the .cc one but I suspect it's only a matter of time, after which you'll need to use a VPN to get round the block."