Too many clicks to post pics!

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=652]Just had $1,200 monthly bill for excess bandwidth...
FerrariChat.com had 379 GB of traffic last month.

Multiple images are a drain on resources in more ways than one.

A competing Ferrari forum owner posted hundreds of shots - amongst the thousands that were already posted on F-Chat last month. Personally, I believe that Control-Freak competitor did everything he could to cost Rob an arm and a leg by uploading said pics without limits in place - then (technically) downloading them by the simple action clicking on the threads - thus ensuring that charges mounted.

When all is said and done, I've never seen a forum so generous in it's allotments to members to post multiple images on the site itself. But there's a better way to share your photos - with a greater goal - to showcase your interest without distraction, and is less time-consuming.

Create a Yahoo!Geocities site. Post a small, but mouth-watering assortment of pics on F-Chat and direct F-Chatters towards said site. It makes for a much more personal and thoughtful display of your photos, and the pics are immediately accessible by anyone who views your homepage on your profile, or when you direct them to it on subsequent posts. The pics also aren't forgotten in a day as the thread slowly, but surely drifts to the bottom of the pile - which is the downside to posting pics - whether 1 or 100 on a Forum.

 

Your marketing perception is spot-on. No doubt about it - you want an F-Chat Window open so F-Chat sponsors continue to receive hits - the first step to bringing in business - and keeping sponsors.

To that end, traditionally - I've used outside urls - so the F-Chat page is still open. Usually the only time I don't is when looking at potential fixes bugs. If the hyperlink is viewable in it's entirety, I think most folks have enough common sense to right-click and open a new window/page for the link provided.

I also understand your well-based logic of links being broken - particularly due to removal of said image. F-Chat isn't likely to lose said images for obvious reasons.

However, this is what is stated under *What Are Attachments?* on the FAQ page (to view: right click FAQ button at top right & open new page):

"There will be a limit to the file size of any attachments you make, as the board should not be used as an extension of your hard disk!"

That sentence covers size of images only, but it is obvious that it applies to quantities, as well. Hence - the current limit of 1 image per post.

That's what I see, and one reason why I made the suggestion. As mentioned on my previous life story, I also believe it's good to have one's own page to display their interests.

There's a solid chance more images per post will become available, but until the expensive server issues are resolved, I'm guessing he'll wait to have it anything like it was in the wild and wooly month of October.

Images are fun - I just posted one a few minutes ago, in fact. An mid-sized "art imitates life" *F-Chat Troll inside-joke* scan of something I bought last night.