Guest guest Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Hi Ray, I've been pretty successful at keeping plenty of room on site 2 by going in each time a member posts photos (or once a week) and checking the size of the new ones. Most people end up posting large files (it's impossible to control this), but as you've figured out, you can delete the large size file without deleting the photo (I suggested this technique a long time ago to the owner of this site). At some point well into a person's recovery (maybe 3-6 months) I prune some of the extra photos and try to keep about 6 at most, more if the person's case is unusual or the photos of exceptional value (I and some others do like to look at some of the old members photos, like Kat_UK's, for example). I most always get rid of the photos of children of members, and any that are poor quality either in ability to see what the person's condition is, or out of focus. In my experience, not everyone posts photos, so I haven't had a problem there. Unfortunately this is the more active site and it's why I have always said it (and site 2) requires constant work by the moderator/owner in the photo files, or the files become quickly inaccessible to members (of which I'm still one!) I agree that the best solution is to post offsite as there is infinite room (although most people will want to see photos here as it's hard to go through back posts looking for peoples' photo links), but personally, I would prefer to see a link here onsite. If her photo album is still here, the very best example is the member named lmont2000 (: she posted one photo with the caption that told you where her link was). Her photos were exceptional in showing change pre-op each month to over a year post-op. It was wonderful to see how much she changed over that period of time, and it was useful for post-oppers in the early stages of recovery to see that change takes a very long time. Hopefully it's still here, if not, people can see this link from the geocities site, I think, or the oss2 site, as she gave me permission to post it there. My offer to Kat, as an oss2 friend going back several years, was simply that I would never delete her folder from site 2 and that I would do my best to keep the site's photo section accessible. Hope that helps, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Hi Ray, I've been pretty successful at keeping plenty of room on site 2 by going in each time a member posts photos (or once a week) and checking the size of the new ones. Most people end up posting large files (it's impossible to control this), but as you've figured out, you can delete the large size file without deleting the photo (I suggested this technique a long time ago to the owner of this site). At some point well into a person's recovery (maybe 3-6 months) I prune some of the extra photos and try to keep about 6 at most, more if the person's case is unusual or the photos of exceptional value (I and some others do like to look at some of the old members photos, like Kat_UK's, for example). I most always get rid of the photos of children of members, and any that are poor quality either in ability to see what the person's condition is, or out of focus. In my experience, not everyone posts photos, so I haven't had a problem there. Unfortunately this is the more active site and it's why I have always said it (and site 2) requires constant work by the moderator/owner in the photo files, or the files become quickly inaccessible to members (of which I'm still one!) I agree that the best solution is to post offsite as there is infinite room (although most people will want to see photos here as it's hard to go through back posts looking for peoples' photo links), but personally, I would prefer to see a link here onsite. If her photo album is still here, the very best example is the member named lmont2000 (: she posted one photo with the caption that told you where her link was). Her photos were exceptional in showing change pre-op each month to over a year post-op. It was wonderful to see how much she changed over that period of time, and it was useful for post-oppers in the early stages of recovery to see that change takes a very long time. Hopefully it's still here, if not, people can see this link from the geocities site, I think, or the oss2 site, as she gave me permission to post it there. My offer to Kat, as an oss2 friend going back several years, was simply that I would never delete her folder from site 2 and that I would do my best to keep the site's photo section accessible. Hope that helps, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Thanks , that's basically what I was doing as well. Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Thanks , that's basically what I was doing as well. Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 You're welcome. Glad you're here and taking care of business! > Thanks , that's basically what I was doing as well. > > Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 You're welcome. Glad you're here and taking care of business! > Thanks , that's basically what I was doing as well. > > Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 -Hi RAy, Just wanted to say thanks for the advice. Is ofoto a service provided through a website? as ive never heard of it before. Thanks for your reply. Regards Kat_uk -- In orthognathicsurgerysupport , " Ray " <carbone@v...> wrote: > Kat: > > Yes, you can, I did some house cleaning this morning. I won't name names, > but 3 users were using 12Mb of space for their pictures. I deleted the full > size pictures, and kept only the regular sized ones. The gallery now contains > enough space for you (and many more) to post a few pictures of their own. > > Also, if you wish your pictures to remain longer on the web, consider using a > service like ofoto, or create your own Yahoo! web album. This way, you'll > simply have to post a link here. > > : > > With 29.12 MB space used out of the 30MB we had (this morning), I had to > remove the full size pictures. One member had 10 pictures of 500Kb each. > That's 5MB, or over 15% of storage. For one person. Sorry, but removing > those, and removing the very old albums is the only way to go. One thing I > don't want to, is being looked upon as being too severe. That's not the > case. But, in order to give everyone a chance to show their new face, we > need to ask older members to remove their pictures, from time to time. > > We have over 3800 active members. If each member were to post only > one picture of 10Kb size, that would make 37MB, already. And 10Kb is > way smaller than the average picture posted on this board. So, you see > my dilemma. > > I'd like to know how you deal with space issues and restriction on your site? > Unless you've bought space from Yahoo!, I fail to see how you can strech > your space to accomodate everyone for ever. Unless there are far fewer > members, and thus fewer members posting pictures. > > That's not an argument, I'm asking this only as an information. Thanks, > > Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 -Hi RAy, Just wanted to say thanks for the advice. Is ofoto a service provided through a website? as ive never heard of it before. Thanks for your reply. Regards Kat_uk -- In orthognathicsurgerysupport , " Ray " <carbone@v...> wrote: > Kat: > > Yes, you can, I did some house cleaning this morning. I won't name names, > but 3 users were using 12Mb of space for their pictures. I deleted the full > size pictures, and kept only the regular sized ones. The gallery now contains > enough space for you (and many more) to post a few pictures of their own. > > Also, if you wish your pictures to remain longer on the web, consider using a > service like ofoto, or create your own Yahoo! web album. This way, you'll > simply have to post a link here. > > : > > With 29.12 MB space used out of the 30MB we had (this morning), I had to > remove the full size pictures. One member had 10 pictures of 500Kb each. > That's 5MB, or over 15% of storage. For one person. Sorry, but removing > those, and removing the very old albums is the only way to go. One thing I > don't want to, is being looked upon as being too severe. That's not the > case. But, in order to give everyone a chance to show their new face, we > need to ask older members to remove their pictures, from time to time. > > We have over 3800 active members. If each member were to post only > one picture of 10Kb size, that would make 37MB, already. And 10Kb is > way smaller than the average picture posted on this board. So, you see > my dilemma. > > I'd like to know how you deal with space issues and restriction on your site? > Unless you've bought space from Yahoo!, I fail to see how you can strech > your space to accomodate everyone for ever. Unless there are far fewer > members, and thus fewer members posting pictures. > > That's not an argument, I'm asking this only as an information. Thanks, > > Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Hi Kat, Ofoto is a Kodak website, I believe it is free. I posted my photos on there, if you want to see what it looks like go to the links section under photo albums and click on " Marsha's pics " once you are on the site you can surf around and register. Marsha > > Kat: > > > > Yes, you can, I did some house cleaning this morning. I won't > name names, > > but 3 users were using 12Mb of space for their pictures. I > deleted the full > > size pictures, and kept only the regular sized ones. The gallery > now contains > > enough space for you (and many more) to post a few pictures of > their own. > > > > Also, if you wish your pictures to remain longer on the web, > consider using a > > service like ofoto, or create your own Yahoo! web album. This > way, you'll > > simply have to post a link here. > > > > : > > > > With 29.12 MB space used out of the 30MB we had (this morning), I > had to > > remove the full size pictures. One member had 10 pictures of > 500Kb each. > > That's 5MB, or over 15% of storage. For one person. Sorry, but > removing > > those, and removing the very old albums is the only way to go. > One thing I > > don't want to, is being looked upon as being too severe. That's > not the > > case. But, in order to give everyone a chance to show their new > face, we > > need to ask older members to remove their pictures, from time to > time. > > > > We have over 3800 active members. If each member were to post only > > one picture of 10Kb size, that would make 37MB, already. And 10Kb > is > > way smaller than the average picture posted on this board. So, > you see > > my dilemma. > > > > I'd like to know how you deal with space issues and restriction on > your site? > > Unless you've bought space from Yahoo!, I fail to see how you can > strech > > your space to accomodate everyone for ever. Unless there are far > fewer > > members, and thus fewer members posting pictures. > > > > That's not an argument, I'm asking this only as an information. > Thanks, > > > > Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Hi Kat, Ofoto is a Kodak website, I believe it is free. I posted my photos on there, if you want to see what it looks like go to the links section under photo albums and click on " Marsha's pics " once you are on the site you can surf around and register. Marsha > > Kat: > > > > Yes, you can, I did some house cleaning this morning. I won't > name names, > > but 3 users were using 12Mb of space for their pictures. I > deleted the full > > size pictures, and kept only the regular sized ones. The gallery > now contains > > enough space for you (and many more) to post a few pictures of > their own. > > > > Also, if you wish your pictures to remain longer on the web, > consider using a > > service like ofoto, or create your own Yahoo! web album. This > way, you'll > > simply have to post a link here. > > > > : > > > > With 29.12 MB space used out of the 30MB we had (this morning), I > had to > > remove the full size pictures. One member had 10 pictures of > 500Kb each. > > That's 5MB, or over 15% of storage. For one person. Sorry, but > removing > > those, and removing the very old albums is the only way to go. > One thing I > > don't want to, is being looked upon as being too severe. That's > not the > > case. But, in order to give everyone a chance to show their new > face, we > > need to ask older members to remove their pictures, from time to > time. > > > > We have over 3800 active members. If each member were to post only > > one picture of 10Kb size, that would make 37MB, already. And 10Kb > is > > way smaller than the average picture posted on this board. So, > you see > > my dilemma. > > > > I'd like to know how you deal with space issues and restriction on > your site? > > Unless you've bought space from Yahoo!, I fail to see how you can > strech > > your space to accomodate everyone for ever. Unless there are far > fewer > > members, and thus fewer members posting pictures. > > > > That's not an argument, I'm asking this only as an information. > Thanks, > > > > Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 The link is : http://www.ofoto.com/Welcome.jsp There you go! Ray > > > Kat: > > > > > > Yes, you can, I did some house cleaning this morning. I won't > > name names, > > > but 3 users were using 12Mb of space for their pictures. I > > deleted the full > > > size pictures, and kept only the regular sized ones. The gallery > > now contains > > > enough space for you (and many more) to post a few pictures of > > their own. > > > > > > Also, if you wish your pictures to remain longer on the web, > > consider using a > > > service like ofoto, or create your own Yahoo! web album. This > > way, you'll > > > simply have to post a link here. > > > > > > : > > > > > > With 29.12 MB space used out of the 30MB we had (this morning), I > > had to > > > remove the full size pictures. One member had 10 pictures of > > 500Kb each. > > > That's 5MB, or over 15% of storage. For one person. Sorry, but > > removing > > > those, and removing the very old albums is the only way to go. > > One thing I > > > don't want to, is being looked upon as being too severe. That's > > not the > > > case. But, in order to give everyone a chance to show their new > > face, we > > > need to ask older members to remove their pictures, from time to > > time. > > > > > > We have over 3800 active members. If each member were to post > only > > > one picture of 10Kb size, that would make 37MB, already. And > 10Kb > > is > > > way smaller than the average picture posted on this board. So, > > you see > > > my dilemma. > > > > > > I'd like to know how you deal with space issues and restriction > on > > your site? > > > Unless you've bought space from Yahoo!, I fail to see how you can > > strech > > > your space to accomodate everyone for ever. Unless there are far > > fewer > > > members, and thus fewer members posting pictures. > > > > > > That's not an argument, I'm asking this only as an information. > > Thanks, > > > > > > Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 The link is : http://www.ofoto.com/Welcome.jsp There you go! Ray > > > Kat: > > > > > > Yes, you can, I did some house cleaning this morning. I won't > > name names, > > > but 3 users were using 12Mb of space for their pictures. I > > deleted the full > > > size pictures, and kept only the regular sized ones. The gallery > > now contains > > > enough space for you (and many more) to post a few pictures of > > their own. > > > > > > Also, if you wish your pictures to remain longer on the web, > > consider using a > > > service like ofoto, or create your own Yahoo! web album. This > > way, you'll > > > simply have to post a link here. > > > > > > : > > > > > > With 29.12 MB space used out of the 30MB we had (this morning), I > > had to > > > remove the full size pictures. One member had 10 pictures of > > 500Kb each. > > > That's 5MB, or over 15% of storage. For one person. Sorry, but > > removing > > > those, and removing the very old albums is the only way to go. > > One thing I > > > don't want to, is being looked upon as being too severe. That's > > not the > > > case. But, in order to give everyone a chance to show their new > > face, we > > > need to ask older members to remove their pictures, from time to > > time. > > > > > > We have over 3800 active members. If each member were to post > only > > > one picture of 10Kb size, that would make 37MB, already. And > 10Kb > > is > > > way smaller than the average picture posted on this board. So, > > you see > > > my dilemma. > > > > > > I'd like to know how you deal with space issues and restriction > on > > your site? > > > Unless you've bought space from Yahoo!, I fail to see how you can > > strech > > > your space to accomodate everyone for ever. Unless there are far > > fewer > > > members, and thus fewer members posting pictures. > > > > > > That's not an argument, I'm asking this only as an information. > > Thanks, > > > > > > Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 thanks ray, ive registered and made an account, though im not sure how you post the link onto this site, any suggestions? thanks again, kat > > > > Kat: > > > > > > > > Yes, you can, I did some house cleaning this morning. I won't > > > name names, > > > > but 3 users were using 12Mb of space for their pictures. I > > > deleted the full > > > > size pictures, and kept only the regular sized ones. The gallery > > > now contains > > > > enough space for you (and many more) to post a few pictures of > > > their own. > > > > > > > > Also, if you wish your pictures to remain longer on the web, > > > consider using a > > > > service like ofoto, or create your own Yahoo! web album. This > > > way, you'll > > > > simply have to post a link here. > > > > > > > > : > > > > > > > > With 29.12 MB space used out of the 30MB we had (this morning), I > > > had to > > > > remove the full size pictures. One member had 10 pictures of > > > 500Kb each. > > > > That's 5MB, or over 15% of storage. For one person. Sorry, but > > > removing > > > > those, and removing the very old albums is the only way to go. > > > One thing I > > > > don't want to, is being looked upon as being too severe. That's > > > not the > > > > case. But, in order to give everyone a chance to show their new > > > face, we > > > > need to ask older members to remove their pictures, from time to > > > time. > > > > > > > > We have over 3800 active members. If each member were to post > > only > > > > one picture of 10Kb size, that would make 37MB, already. And > > 10Kb > > > is > > > > way smaller than the average picture posted on this board. So, > > > you see > > > > my dilemma. > > > > > > > > I'd like to know how you deal with space issues and restriction > > on > > > your site? > > > > Unless you've bought space from Yahoo!, I fail to see how you can > > > strech > > > > your space to accomodate everyone for ever. Unless there are far > > > fewer > > > > members, and thus fewer members posting pictures. > > > > > > > > That's not an argument, I'm asking this only as an information. > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 thanks ray, ive registered and made an account, though im not sure how you post the link onto this site, any suggestions? thanks again, kat > > > > Kat: > > > > > > > > Yes, you can, I did some house cleaning this morning. I won't > > > name names, > > > > but 3 users were using 12Mb of space for their pictures. I > > > deleted the full > > > > size pictures, and kept only the regular sized ones. The gallery > > > now contains > > > > enough space for you (and many more) to post a few pictures of > > > their own. > > > > > > > > Also, if you wish your pictures to remain longer on the web, > > > consider using a > > > > service like ofoto, or create your own Yahoo! web album. This > > > way, you'll > > > > simply have to post a link here. > > > > > > > > : > > > > > > > > With 29.12 MB space used out of the 30MB we had (this morning), I > > > had to > > > > remove the full size pictures. One member had 10 pictures of > > > 500Kb each. > > > > That's 5MB, or over 15% of storage. For one person. Sorry, but > > > removing > > > > those, and removing the very old albums is the only way to go. > > > One thing I > > > > don't want to, is being looked upon as being too severe. That's > > > not the > > > > case. But, in order to give everyone a chance to show their new > > > face, we > > > > need to ask older members to remove their pictures, from time to > > > time. > > > > > > > > We have over 3800 active members. If each member were to post > > only > > > > one picture of 10Kb size, that would make 37MB, already. And > > 10Kb > > > is > > > > way smaller than the average picture posted on this board. So, > > > you see > > > > my dilemma. > > > > > > > > I'd like to know how you deal with space issues and restriction > > on > > > your site? > > > > Unless you've bought space from Yahoo!, I fail to see how you can > > > strech > > > > your space to accomodate everyone for ever. Unless there are far > > > fewer > > > > members, and thus fewer members posting pictures. > > > > > > > > That's not an argument, I'm asking this only as an information. > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 > thanks ray, ive registered and made an account, though im not sure > how you post the link onto this site, any suggestions? > thanks again, > kat As soon as you create an album, cut the URL of this album and paste it in a message on this board. Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 > thanks ray, ive registered and made an account, though im not sure > how you post the link onto this site, any suggestions? > thanks again, > kat As soon as you create an album, cut the URL of this album and paste it in a message on this board. Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 -HI ray, thanks for the info, ive managed to creat a photo album and a bookmark through the links section with the help of susan F. thanks again kat_uk -- In orthognathicsurgerysupport , " Ray " <carbone@v...> wrote: > > > thanks ray, ive registered and made an account, though im not sure > > how you post the link onto this site, any suggestions? > > thanks again, > > kat > > As soon as you create an album, cut the URL of this album and paste > it in a message on this board. > > Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 -HI ray, thanks for the info, ive managed to creat a photo album and a bookmark through the links section with the help of susan F. thanks again kat_uk -- In orthognathicsurgerysupport , " Ray " <carbone@v...> wrote: > > > thanks ray, ive registered and made an account, though im not sure > > how you post the link onto this site, any suggestions? > > thanks again, > > kat > > As soon as you create an album, cut the URL of this album and paste > it in a message on this board. > > Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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