Disco wrote:………. most other forums I'm on we can copy paste or download directly from our computer...
waltmil wrote:I think the site needs more bandwidth to post photos directly. How much would that cost and where do we contribute to make this happen. Photobucket is a junk mail pita and I won't use it.
JonW wrote:……….Forums that host their own photos are almost always slow to load as people put up huge (8mb+) photos in there, I loathe using forums with hosted pics ………..
- Can we host our own pictures?
I assume that we “can”. Lots of websites are doing it.
I guess the question should be, “
Do we want to host our own pictures”?
Is it worth the time, effort and money?
- What’s involved in setting it up?
Would we need Hardware, Software, More bandwidth, Programmers and people to set everything up and make it work?
Can we limit the file size so that it doesn’t slow down the Forum?
I haven’t got a clue.
- How much would it cost?
Since I don’t know what involved in setting it up, it’s impossible to guess how much it would cost.
- Who pays for this new service?
My thoughts are that it would be a user pay system.
If you want to post pictures on the forum, it will cost you x amount of $ per year.
At the moment it’s hard to guess what x amount might be, because I have no idea what involved in making this happen.
I don't know if it reasonable or not, but number that I would be comfortable with is in the range of $15 to $25 per year.
About 1 hours pay for the majority of forum members.
But, if 1000 forum members said, “Ya, I’m in”, then it might cost everyone $5.00/year.
If there are only 10 members interested, then it would cost a lot more.
- Why would I want to pay to host my pictures here?
I’ve posted 2000 pictures on this forum using Photobucket.
Only half of them are still relevant, but even moving half of them to a new hosting site would take a lot of time.
I’m reluctant to move all these pics to another free picture hosting site, because that site could decide to change their policy at any time, and start charging $400 or $500 for their services.
I could get my own website and host my own pictures, but when I die and no one pays the bill for the website, then all the pictures are gone again.
If my pictures are hosted on this site, I won’t have to worry about moving them again, or having them held for ransom,
and they’ll be here as long as the RZ/RD site exists.
So, do we want to host our own pictures?
How much would it cost?
Is anybody interested?
JonW seems to have a bit of knowledge in this area, so it would be nice to hear his opinions.
RZTom is the man in charge, so his input is essential.
I sent him a PM and asked him so give us his thoughts.
Thoughts?