Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Hi Marsha, ooh thanks i will be sure to check that out. Thx for the tip and clarifying that for me. Kind regards Kat_UK > > > 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 Marsha, ooh thanks i will be sure to check that out. Thx for the tip and clarifying that for me. Kind regards Kat_UK > > > 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...
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