ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS !

[Machines]

Well, it seems are webhosts are feeling generous ! All customers (of which Basschat is one) have just been given a 25% (that's 15GB for us) increase in disk space for free. This was only decided 3 days ago and has just filtered down to us (and should be active shortly).

This doesn't mean all of the work done by people was pointless, a tidy out is always beneficial for everyone ! Thanks for all the effort so far, resizing images before uploads is still a good practice to follow though - it also means pages will load faster for people on lower bandwidth connections .

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='fpbass' post='1275120' date='Jun 19 2011, 07:12 PM'][b]I changed my posted photos to attachments[/b]. Also deleted some photos that may have been unnecessary. Hope it makes a difference.[/quote]
I'm sure it will have........ the wrong way.

[bluesparky]

I've just had a big old purge.
I didn't realise quite how much stuff i had on here!

[Guest MoJo]

[quote name='bluesparky' post='1276295' date='Jun 20 2011, 08:05 PM']I've just had a big old purge.
I didn't realise quite how much stuff i had on here![/quote]

+1

Just one attachment left

[Dave Vader]

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1267604' date='Jun 13 2011, 05:48 PM']You had loads ... until Machines deleted them all.

[/quote]

that explains it all, thanks Jack.

Though my mind had gone, though I think Machines may have deleted it....

[51m0n]

Any chance we can figure out how to embed soundcloud in attachments like we can youtube clips???

Or have I missed something really obvious (no change there then if I have!)

[Machines]

Not sure if it can be done - not on this version of the board anyway.

[civictiger]

This can be done.

Machines, I will send you a link in a PM that will show you how to add a new BB Code so you can embed Soundcloud the same way you can embed youtube videos on here with the youtube BB code tags

Edited June 24, 2011 by civictiger

[Machines]

Update: No it can't on PHPBB.

[daz]

[quote name='phsycoandy' post='1158207' date='Mar 11 2011, 04:44 PM']Does having ur pics on a public server like photobucket or the like mean you dont use up space here? Speak o wise people [/quote]

But
does this fetching images from another server not slow it down more than if the image were stored on the website server though ? ( i was told this on another forum, where people quite logically assumed the above)

[Stuee]

[quote name='daz' post='1286398' date='Jun 29 2011, 01:44 PM']But
does this fetching images from another server not slow it down more than if the image were stored on the website server though ? ( i was told this on another forum, where people quite logically assumed the above)[/quote]
I don't see how it is logical to assume that just because the request for an image is going to a different server, it will be retrieved any slower. What if the image server is faster, nearer, less bogged down, higher capacity? Then it's logical to assume that the images will appear more quickly, reduce strain on the BC server & make the forum quicker for everyone.
In [i]theory[/i], if 10 images are hosted on 10 different servers, they can all be served/loaded simultaneously & speed things up a lot.

What slows a server down is lots of simultaneous requests to serve lots of different & large files, so the more images that are hosted on the BC server the slower it is likely to be. Image hosting services are set up and optimised for this kind of thing and don't impose restrictions, so you can post as many pics as you like whilst keeping hosting costs down for our beloved forum owners

[daz]

[quote name='Stuee' post='1286499' date='Jun 29 2011, 02:59 PM']I don't see how it is logical to assume that just because the request for an image is going to a different server, it will be retrieved any slower. What if the image server is faster, nearer, less bogged down, higher capacity? Then it's logical to assume that the images will appear more quickly, reduce strain on the BC server & make the forum quicker for everyone.
In [i]theory[/i], if 10 images are hosted on 10 different servers, they can all be served/loaded simultaneously & speed things up a lot.

What slows a server down is lots of simultaneous requests to serve lots of different & large files, so the more images that are hosted on the BC server the slower it is likely to be. Image hosting services are set up and optimised for this kind of thing and don't impose restrictions, so you can post as many pics as you like whilst keeping hosting costs down for our beloved forum owners [/quote]


When i said "logically asummed the above" i meant the above bit in quotes, above my own message ie: [quote]Does having ur pics on a public server like photobucket or the like mean you dont use up space here? Speak o wise people[/quote]

Edited June 29, 2011 by daz

[Stuee]

[quote name='daz' post='1286949' date='Jun 29 2011, 08:54 PM']When i said "logically asummed the above" i meant the above bit in quotes, above my own message ie:[/quote]
Fair enough. In any case both questions have been answered at least once in this thread now.

Don't mention it

[daz]

So the limit is now 30 Mb ? Now i realise why i couldnt upload those pics ?

I have 37mb and dont consider myself any sort of pic posting freak. If i start deleting them then threads will be devoid of pictures. If we all do it threads will be a [i]holey [/i]imageless mess. We all know how many times an old thread can come back to life, or needs to be perused by a newbie or someone whos a tad forgetfull.

Edited June 30, 2011 by daz

[Lozz196]

All sorted now, my legions of pics now deleted.

[ray57]

I guess you could probably free up a load of space if you deleted all the posts by "the banned"

[Bassmonkey]

Mine now clean as a proverbial whistle!

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I've now deleted all nekkid Beyonce pics I posted. Hope everyone enjoyed them while they were there