Update on Google Image hosting capability

by Wufoo  | 

As you probably know, images play a big part in how we interact with forms. Whether it’s your organization’s logo, product images, or just a nice picture of your favorite dinosaur—they’re important. We wanted to let you know about a change that is coming up from Google that may impact you and your forms in the near future.

For a long while, Google has allowed folks like you and me to upload our images in Google Drive, then connect to them and display them in locations outside Google, like Wufoo. This is particularly useful for displaying logos and images on your Wufoo forms, and has been a fantastic way to host your images for free.

Beginning August 31st, 2016, this feature will no longer be available from Google. When that change happens, any images that you have hosted on Google Drive will stop being displayed on your Wufoo forms.

But don’t fret

To help ease the transition, we have a few suggestions. Our favorite is to re-upload your logos and images over at Dropbox.com. They graciously allow people to link to images they have in their Dropbox account.

  • First off, upload your files to Dropbox then grab your share link. It will be formatted just like this link: https://www.dropbox.com/x/xxxxxx/image.jpg?dl=0
  • You can make one quick change to this URL for it to work in Wufoo. Change the 0 at the end to a 1. In the end the formatting will look like this: https://www.dropbox.com/x/xxxxxx/image.jpg?dl=1
  • Note the 1 at the end and the https:// at the beginning? Awesome.
    Replace the link to your image from Google with that new link, and you’ll be all set.

    • More options

    Another option for you is to host your own images. While this does take a bit more savvy—as well as bit more money—this is definitely the most future-proof method to make sure your images are always available exactly where you want them.

    One key aspect of hosting your own images, is that you’ll need to have an SSL certificate installed. Because Wufoo forms use SSL encryption by default, your images need to be hosted somewhere with SSL encryption too. Talk to your web developer or your hosting company to see if they can help you get an SSL certificate installed if that’s the route you plan on going.

    These methods will work anywhere in Wufoo, whether it’s your logo, an image within your form, or a background for your theme.

    Please let us know if you have any questions or comments and Cody can help!

    Comments

    • Yes, We can host our image on other hosting sites. But it is depend upon the website how they keep our image safe and some sites use SSL encryption method you for the security of images. all the things depend on their terms & conditions. I think google hosting is the best option for uploading images

      Posted August 26th, 2016 by Sant kumar.

    • @Sant We’re big fans of Google too, however they’re no longer allowing hosting in this way on their end. It was good while it lasted!

      Posted August 26th, 2016 by Cody Curry.

    • upload to own host is safe than google

      Posted August 26th, 2016 by tasvirezendegi.

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