Help! Does anyone know of…

[MattSh]

Does anyone know of a service that will allow me to do all of the following…

1. Upload photos to the internet one time, in full size and resolution.
2. Maintains all metadata.
3. Allow me to redirect these photos to other online services, when I am ready, at either full size and resolution or smaller size and resolution, my choice.
4. For posting mostly to Flickr, a WordPress blog (WP), and of course, DU photo contests.
5. Low cost or free.

Why? For a good part of the summer, I will be limited to either a dial-up internet connection, or a faster wireless plan, but with limited monthly data transfer. Uploading photos multiple times will be either a drag or waste of limited data resources.

What I've found so far…

Flickr (have a paid account here)
Plusses: full size and resolution, maintains metadata, some resize options
Minuses: If posted at full size, they can be reposted at either 500px or 1024px. Nothing in between. So not good for my WP blog or DU photo contests, both 800px limits. Everything controlled by upload date.

Pixelpipe:
Plusses: full size and resolution (I think), maintains metadata. Supports Flickr and WP. Free
Minuses: no resizing options, must forward to other services in same size and resolution as uploaded. So when sent to Flickr full size, there are no resized options between 500px and 1024px.

iSyndica:
Plusses: full size and resolution, lets me resize for other "social" services (I think), maintains metadata. Supports Flickr. A free option.
Minuses: No WP support. For WP, will have to route through Flickr, with it's above limitations.

Well I hope I've explained this well enough. Any questions or suggestions, leave them here. Thanks!

[MissHoneychurch]

1. Very interesting question

not that I would know the answer but I will follow the thread.

[NV Whino]

2. Check this one out

I don't know if it meets all your criteria, but it's the only one I know.
http://www.megaupload.com/?c=tools

[MattSh]

3. Best I can tell...

It does not let you transfer directly to another computer on the internet. You have to download it to your computer first, then upload it to the destination site.

There are a few sites like this, and I think they generally all work that way.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. flickr has a blog export function

but it might be an add=on, it resizes it for your blog, at least it does for blogspot... I can't imagine it not working with WP

[MattSh]

7. But it resizes to maximum of

500 px on the large side. That's fine if your blog is mostly about words, but too small if it's mostly about photos. IMHO.

And 500 px is a bit small for the DU contests too. :)

[BrightKnight]

5. SmugMug does those things.

The annual fee for a standard account is $39.95.

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/photo-sharing-features/

[MattSh]

6. Looking through their online help...

I see no mention of being able to resize and send directly from SmugMug to Flickr or a WP blog. I guess I'll email them with my question.

Sadly, I don't see myself using about 90% of what they offer, even on a basic plan, so this just might be overkill for me...