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I have also changed the setting so you should be able to include 3 images per post.

And if you're using any kind of high-speed connection from home that you use to get on the internet, it's likely, I think (at least here in the US), that you have some web-hosting space from your provider included with your package. You might need to look at the support section of your provider's website to find out how to use it, but that would give you some flexibility wherever you post, and would take some traffic pressure off of here.

Just mostly thinking out loud here ...

-- Dave

Well done, Jack!

Jack: Just to clarify, is that 25 out of 200 for disc space, or for bandwidth (web-traffic)? They're 2 different things, and most places (I haven't looked at this provider yet) usually put limits on both, then charge when they're exceeded.

-- Dave

Thanks, Jack! That looks like that's for disc space. Someone else will know how this works or can explain it better than I, but I do think you could run out of space pretty quickly. And most people can probably (1) host themselves, or at a 3rd-party site; and (2) significantly reduce the filesize of their images. It's rare to need anything near 1mb per image, unless it needs to be for print quality.

There are utilities, like Irfanview (free) or Photoshop Elements (not free, but comes free with some scanners) that can significantly reduce the filesize of images without noticeably reducing their quality or their dimensions (height & width).

I'm just about to run out the door soon, but I'm sure there are some webpages out there that help explain how to do this. I use Photoshop Elements, because I have it, but Irfanview is also very good, well-established, and free. It's drawback, in my mind, is that it's a little hard to get used to using, and I think the English documentation was written by someone who's native language is not English. But I know a number of older stamp people who use it, so it can be gotten used to!

Just some thoughts ... Hopefully someone else can chime in and help explain this better than I have.

-- Dave

I plan on getting our own domain name very soon, and once I have that I will still keep proboards but use the new domain.
To be honest 15-20 bucks a month and we have more space and bandwith than we could handle. I don't want to make any financial commitments just right now. But I do belive this site will grow quite quickly.

If the site costs 200-300 per year to run I might need a little help, but we will cross that bridge later

Well! I am trying to keep up with this issue as I believe I need to. Help needed Please!

At the minute I am scanning at 600dpi and then putting the image through photobucket to get the size down but not loading from this site.

I am then saving the photobucket image as "saved as" which puts the image back into my file then I load the image onto the forum.

How efficient is this process for an image here? If I use this same method but scan at 400dpi will I change the loading size?

Steve: I should not have written that post on the fly.  

Perhaps I should've more thoughtfully said, "I know a number of more experienced stamp people who use it ..."
 

Tactlessly yours (and pretty close to whatever age-bracket "older" is anyway!),

-- Dave

I think tomiseksj is right on the money.

Also, encouraging people to use an image hosting site such as photobucket, will save a lot of bandwidth. The 200mb will be used up in no time even with a handful of pictures. Once there are a lot more threads, heaps of members and crowds of lookers, the 1200mb will be blown out of the water pronto too.

Mind you, that is a good thing of course, but it will cost someone money.

Carry on the way your going perf14 but maybe resize to 100kb or so.
I will be upgrading soon. One of the features is that attachment size is set by default at 1mb or less. Once I upgrade I can add or reduce that number. I will setting images at say 200kb. But till then carry on folks.