Member total attachment allocation

[Brian]

As @vajo pointed out, some regular members have started reaching their total attachment size quota.
For regular members, this was around 1 Gig, and for Gold members it was 2 Gigs. I think this is more than most forums allow anyone, and most advocate for external file hosting.
But that is a problem for a forum such as ours, where historical info is important to be able to search way back.
I don't think anyone expected the forum to last over 18 years! That is next to mindblowing for any internet forum.
Anyways, I don't want people not to be able to upload attachments and share info, so I have increased regular member allocation to 1.5 Gigs, and Gold members to 2.5 Gigs.
I am not sure how this will affect the hosting. I may have to pay for more storage. But let's see.
All I ask is for people who are willing and able, to take a Gold membership if they can. It is the only way we are able to sustain what we do. If you can't, it's ok. I understand.

As of now, no-one should be blocked from posting attachments for a while.
PLEASE guys, in a world where 8 meg photos is the norm, please do consider sizing your pics down. We really don't need pics that are several megs big. A decent photo can be sized down to under 400kb and still be detailed. Look up free image resizers. Don't just upload pics from your phone in high res. I can't afford to pay much more for hosting without more Gold members renewing or new ones joining.

Anyways, enjoy the extra upload limit, and please post if you find you reach your max, don't be silent.
 

[robinalexander]

Hi Brian .... Im not a tech. genius (not even close) but have u considered deleting the majority of older posts from non-sword threads such as "Laugh if the Day" .... "Walking" .... "Smaller Wildlife" etc

 

We all love em but there has to be a gold mine of lazy Gigs floating around in those.

Rob 

[Brian]

Rob,
Already have pruning filters on that remove old non-essential posts after specified times.

[Matsunoki]

Trouble is some of us old twits aren’t that good on the tech. I did try and download an  image resizer and got into a huge mess trying to use it. Anyone recommend a safe and EASY one?

[Brian]

https://imageresizer.com/

https://www.simpleimageresizer.com/

https://www.reduceimages.com/

https://www.adobe.co...feature/image/resize (Can do this on your mobile too)

 

For Android or iOS
https://www.shrink.media/

 

Or on cellphone, just choose to take pics at a smaller size.
Or read this article: https://proedu.com/b...line-for-perfect-fit

 

 

[robinalexander]

Brian,  before I drill down here...does this mob include an Android reducer for Video?

[Brian]

I think Adobe is your best bet for that.
But plenty of free ones out there if you check the Google Play store and check star ratings.

[Kiipu]

10 hours ago, Matsunoki said:

Anyone recommend a safe and EASY one?

 

If using Windows, try this method.  It is what I use for resizing.

How to resize a photograph on a Windows computer

[Matsunoki]

10 hours ago, Kiipu said:

If using Windows, try this method.  It is what I use for resizing.

Thanks Thomas but I mostly use  an iPad 

I do try to screenshot and crop but that seems very erratic in its results. Sometimes drastic reduction, sometimes hardly any.

[The Blacksmith]

I have used Faststone photoresizer for many years, fast, easy and free!

 

faststone photo resizer

[Brian]

Screenshot is a terrible and long way to do it. I would never bother with that.
Just go to one of the free online resizers, and resize there, from your photo albums. Much easier. No app needed, it's all online.

[Matsunoki]

@Brian…..thanks. Read the article and opted for “simpleimageresizer”.After some stumbling and mumbling I think I’ve got it which is a minor miracle. Apologies for previous large file uploads. 

[Mark S.]

iPhone… I just email photos to myself and it automatically asks me if I want to resize and save.  Not sure if android offers this. 

[Alex A]

That's a great idea Mark