Phew! So if I upload photos to this site via Photobucket will people still be able to see them? Or more importantly what happens to all my previous photos already on here?
Folks will no longer be able to see either group of photos. Both the 'old' ones and any new ones you try to include will simply show to other Forum readers as a black square with 'image not availalbe' or some such message - can't recall the exact wording offhand, but it's the same on all Forums I've seen so far, so I presume it must emanate from Photobucket.
Whether you'll be able to see your *own* photos when looking at your own posts I'm not sure - I doubt it, since the link that is being blocked is between PB and this Forum. Using PB, the copy of your uploaded photo is in effect located on another web site. The picture that Forum users see in your posts on here is not actually embedded in the content of this Forum web site, rather what is embedded is a live hotlink to the PB host servers. It is that link that is now being blocked.
However, if you upload your 'new' photos directly from your own hard drive to this Forum, as I do, without going through PB or any other hosting service, then the picture will be visible to all Forum users.