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:idea: I like it too, what would be super nice is if (in an ideal world) they could be uploaded straight to the site rather than having to host them somewhere.
I’m not sure why I think that would be better, but it would be one less step.
I think it would be cool for some kind of publication to come out of this group, photos, writings, bric-a-brac whateva.
Ok I’ll sit back down and keep quiet now :oops:
Best,
StivA simple way of doing it would be to have a photos section in the forum, as opposed to on the main site.
For that to work people would either email their pics over to one of us and we would then FTP them onto the server and post each batch as a new thread in the photos forum. Or we’d need to set up a webspace that all can FTP into (once we share the passsword of course to prevent any idiot from abusing it)
If we (Rob, Stiv and me) are to be doing the FTPing on behalf of others, then people would need to do their part before submitting images, by doing any necessary PS tasks, such as cropping, autolevels and resizing. Obviously some folks don’t have the wherewithall to do PS work, but as long as we weren’t having to do all that ourselves for every submission, the time taken to upload pictures would be minimal and the whole process would work well.
I run a similar system on my soccer forum.
@Lee wrote:
A simple way of doing it would be to have a photos section in the forum, as opposed to on the main site.
For that to work people would either email their pics over to one of us and we would then FTP them onto the server and post each batch as a new thread in the photos forum. Or we’d need to set up a webspace that all can FTP into (once we share the passsword of course to prevent any idiot from abusing it)
If we (Rob, Stiv and me) are to be doing the FTPing on behalf of others, then people would need to do their part before submitting images, by doing any necessary PS tasks, such as cropping, autolevels and resizing. Obviously some folks don’t have the wherewithall to do PS work, but as long as we weren’t having to do all that ourselves for every submission, the time taken to upload pictures would be minimal and the whole process would work well.
I run a similar system on my soccer forum.
Thats what im thinking of.I think most people here know how to re size their images.Colour correcting,levels and curves etc ..doesnt matter so much, so long as the images do not obviously need attention.Right?.
Btw, Lee. Ive PM’d you.
@ROB wrote:
But are you REALLY, REALLY sure?
;)
I think we need a committee to properly screw up a good idea. We should discuss it until it become a pile of goo and not an idea with merit. I am sure with enough time and opinions, we can eliminate any semblance of the original concept.
The pre-meeting to the pre-meeting will be scheduled tentatively at 7:30pm at the Holiday Inn in Maputo (it has the nicest view of the ocean). After that we can establish the parameters necessary to properly describe the concept and allow creative license so it can be an evolving concept and not static. The Pre-meeting will be scheduled, and location determined, after the pre-meeting meeting is complete and from there we will move on to a new venue for the actual meeting.
I believe this will be an exciting venture and I am looking forward to working with all of you. Remember i want to stress that efficiency is key to our success so do not waste any time with frivolous activities and non-meritorious discussions.
@DrDave wrote:
@ROB wrote:
But are you REALLY, REALLY sure?
;)
I think we need a committee to properly screw up a good idea. We should discuss it until it become a pile of goo and not an idea with merit. I am sure with enough time and opinions, we can eliminate any semblance of the original concept.
The pre-meeting to the pre-meeting will be scheduled tentatively at 7:30pm at the Holiday Inn in Maputo (it has the nicest view of the ocean). After that we can establish the parameters necessary to properly describe the concept and allow creative license so it can be an evolving concept and not static. The Pre-meeting will be scheduled, and location determined, after the pre-meeting meeting is complete and from there we will move on to a new venue for the actual meeting.
I believe this will be an exciting venture and I am looking forward to working with all of you. Remember i want to stress that efficiency is key to our success so do not waste any time with frivolous activities and non-meritorious discussions.
Dave you’re hired!
I have some people I’d like you to meet……. :P
Best,
Stiv@ROB wrote:
@Stiv wrote:
I have some people I’d like you to meet……. :P
Unfortunately, i think we all do…
Yeah Dave really hit a nerve there.
One of my new duties is listening to exactly that type of blather in what seems like an endless series of hoc and ad-hoc meetings/powows/brewhahas that test every fibre of my wherewithall to accomplish:
1.My staying awake
2.Me caring
3.Self control refraining from either verbally or physically assualting the various degree wielding over-educated-shit-heads to help:
I.To silence them
II.To stay awake
III.To help teach them that some of us are not impressed with (and find repugnant) thier idea of intelligent and effective communications regardless of how awesome that last “Be a better team leader” seminar says it is.Ok I’ll stop there.
See what happened?
Alright, excuse me while I rummage around for my jar of benzos, it’s a holiday weekend (labor day ironically :roll: ) and I’d like to divorce myself of all workthink for a few days anyway :?
Ciao,
StivuM, after a couple of hours fucking around iwth plugins and code, I am wondering if it’s just a better idea to give “authors” access to post in the “photos” category?
The ease of uploading pics using the interface that you use for writing is about as simple as any album software i can find too.
Opinions?
Ok, here’s the rub.
If the album is on the forum, then you cannot upload pics to our servers. If you insist that it be the forum and that you upload to our servers then we would need to upgrade to VBulletin which would cost Lee about $300 and he still hasn’t sent me my Christmas present from last year.
If I give you access to the photos section of the main site, then you can upload everything you want, but the learning curve is a little steeper, the potential for fuck ups slightly higher, but it could be done easily enough.
What say you all?
Ok, I **think** I may have found a pretty cool way for us all to put up albums.
Check out this site and let me know what you think:
http://www.machiavelli.com.au/image-gallery/?gid=1
I am pretty sure I can set up the backend so we can do something similar.
@ROB wrote:
we can’t really afford the storage or bandwidth for uploading thousands of photos. It would really only be for photos you want to get seen.
Would also help, if folks ensure that they set pics to 72dpi before uploading, too. Anything more takes up space without improving the quality (on the screen, at least)
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