I agree wholeheartedly! Granted, there is some work to be done by the staff (i.e. Admin and Modes), however, this is going to be a very good thing for all of us!!!I for one really like t his better than taptalk..
I just checked it - picture upload works. You may use the "Attach files" button or drag and drop the file into the message window.
I have had problems with size, so what are the size limits and or file size limits?I just checked it - picture upload works. You may use the "Attach files" button or drag and drop the file into the message window.
Hey guys! Been gone for a little bit on vacation or for those of you across the pond "holiday". Once again I feel like I'm in alternative universe land! After reading some of the posts there are a couple of recommendations I'd like to make.
1. Always have your pics on your hard drive and utilize a usb backup if possible. Also, archive to a CD or DVD. CDs & DVDs can't be wiped by an EMP burst. However, the drives that read them are another story...
2. Backup data using the internet wayback machine. It's NOT perfect, but at least it's something. For those of you NOT familiar with it here's the link:
Everyone should back up their posts. However, if someone on staff has the time everything one way or the other should be backed up virtually as well as on a personal server or with the other methods listed above.
3. For threads - make a word file of your work. That way all you have to do is copy and paste your work to the forum once again.
I'm sure that there's a few more things I can talk about, but that's some of the thoughts that I have right now.
The site looks a little closer to the original than it did before. Some of the imogis have been wiped out. Must have been another thing lost to the "transfer". Hit counts and views look like they have been reset or wiped out for various posts.
Another recommendation - is there a way to have the sub categories like sci fi / fanstasy automatically be displayed on the front page so one doesn't have to click on the next sub folder for it to show up? Just wondering..
Glad we haven't been totally dispersed to cyberspace.
Sky Seeker
1. Always have your pics on your hard drive and utilize a usb backup if possible. Also, archive to a CD or DVD. CDs & DVDs can't be wiped by an EMP burst. However, the drives that read them are another story...
2. Backup data using the internet wayback machine. It's NOT perfect, but at least it's something. For those of you NOT familiar with it here's the link:
Everyone should back up their posts. However, if someone on staff has the time everything one way or the other should be backed up virtually as well as on a personal server or with the other methods listed above.
3. For threads - make a word file of your work. That way all you have to do is copy and paste your work to the forum once again.
I'm sure that there's a few more things I can talk about, but that's some of the thoughts that I have right now.
The site looks a little closer to the original than it did before. Some of the imogis have been wiped out. Must have been another thing lost to the "transfer". Hit counts and views look like they have been reset or wiped out for various posts.
Another recommendation - is there a way to have the sub categories like sci fi / fanstasy automatically be displayed on the front page so one doesn't have to click on the next sub folder for it to show up? Just wondering..
Glad we haven't been totally dispersed to cyberspace.
Sky Seeker
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Hey Sky,
an easy way to do that would be bookmarking the page. I did it with the "New posts" to get to them fast.
RF
Hey Sky,
an easy way to do that would be bookmarking the page. I did it with the "New posts" to get to them fast.
RF
The obvious solution :facepalm: ... gotta love it!thumbsup Thanks!
OK, I checked it. Pictures larger than 2 MB cannot be uploaded at the moment. I'll inform @Rhaven Blaack .
Just a quick thought..
Given that this site is free and storage costs money, shouldn't we limit the size of images uploaded anyway?
It's pretty simple to resize an image using Window photo gallery app that comes with Windows or, as in my case using Pix in Linux.
Link below for some Windows guidance:
Windows jpeg resize info
I've started re-adding the photos to my U boat build thread and resizing took the jpeg image down considerably without loss of quality.
For example:
One image was 4160x3120 pixels @2.6MB. After resizing it came down to 1248x936 pixels @ 125.6kB
It still looks okay to me on the thread in either full screen or thumbnail.
I suppose it's the curse of modern cameras and phones with incredibly high pixels..
The new site is great. I really like the interface and it's super intuitive. Kudos to the new owner.
Given that this site is free and storage costs money, shouldn't we limit the size of images uploaded anyway?
It's pretty simple to resize an image using Window photo gallery app that comes with Windows or, as in my case using Pix in Linux.
Link below for some Windows guidance:
Windows jpeg resize info
I've started re-adding the photos to my U boat build thread and resizing took the jpeg image down considerably without loss of quality.
For example:
One image was 4160x3120 pixels @2.6MB. After resizing it came down to 1248x936 pixels @ 125.6kB
It still looks okay to me on the thread in either full screen or thumbnail.
I suppose it's the curse of modern cameras and phones with incredibly high pixels..
The new site is great. I really like the interface and it's super intuitive. Kudos to the new owner.
I've noticed that I have moderator permissions for everything in this thread. I checked through and also have the same moderator permission for every thread in the "Zealot News & Support" section.
I've being through the other sections and I don't have moderator permissions for those, so it is just that section that I am in the wrong permissions group.
I've being through the other sections and I don't have moderator permissions for those, so it is just that section that I am in the wrong permissions group.
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2mbs is quite large for a picture, generally speaking. I use XNView to makes pictures smaller, and can get the down to 104 x 763, and they are only a couple of 100 kbs. in size. We should limit picture sizes, especially out of focus fuzzy ones, I've seen too many huge ones like that. Making a fuzzy picture (out of focus) bigger does not make it easier to see, I think we would all agree. :Coffee:
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Zathros is right. Zathros is always right! We can continue forward, and just make new stuff! Well, y'all can make new stuff. I'll just download and make the models.
Rhaven once made a post regarding this in the Rules and policies section:
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Personally I would embrace such a limitation for build thread pics. I have a metered connection and it is sometimes very annoying to have to wait several minutes till all pictures have been loaded, not to mention the amount of high speed volume that gets eaten up in the process. Gallery pictures should be larger though to really showcase the beauty of your build.
I'm updating my old threads and found out a very clever way to update the missing pictures. I have started a tut on it here:
I have made it sticky for the time being because we may need to use that procedure for quite some time.
How to easily replace missing, damaged or outdated pictures
Hello fans, in this tutorial I'm showing you how to easily edit, update or replace a picture in your post. The way I present here is very useful if you have to edit many pictures because the picture is inserted at the exact position of the old one (you save some clicks). Go to the post which...
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I have made it sticky for the time being because we may need to use that procedure for quite some time.
The same for fixing / updating links to other threads / posts of this forum:
How to update broken INTERNAL forum links in your posts
If you have inserted a cross-reference to another thread or post inside this forum this link does not work after the latest migration. You'll have to replace the link to make it work again. There are two ways to do so: 1. Copy & paste (traditional): Look up the target post / thread, copy the...
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I am setting a limit of 2mb max for thread pictures. Seriously though, 500kb can get you a huge picture if you run it through XNView and resize the picture, you will see the picture size stay the size it is, but the file size will decrease. When it goes a bit too small, just go back one step, and click on the "Save as" option. XNView is one of the best picture management programs out there, especially for screen grabs, and it's absolutely FREE!!!
XNView, Link = https://www.xnview.com/en/
XNView, Link = https://www.xnview.com/en/
Hi guys, I do not know if it is only my problem but when I open a subforum, I am not able to differentiate between threads with new posts and those which were not updated since my last visit. In previous version, threads with new posts had their names in bold, now everything is in bold