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Some questions about the board
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by EPARR1 on May 11, 2008
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I was just curious as to why we cannot post pictures on this forum. I'm sure it's posted some where but could not find it.
The Photo gallery is nice but it shows the oldiest pictures first why is that?
I'm just curious still a great forum reguardless but some of the members have some great pictures to share.
Thanks
Eric G.
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by Cro on May 11, 2008
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Eric, I think the reason we can not post photos on the fourm here is that it is very old software that was designed before forums became popular.
Perhaps Chris can add more to this. Probably has to do with things like bandwidth, and not wanting to loose the old posts.
Hope this helps.
Best Regards JohnZ
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by Chris_Harper on May 11, 2008
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We don't post photos here because every post is archived, and there isn't enough storage space to hold it all, AND, hotlinks are unreliable 5 years after the fact. All posts are archived because this is SUPPOSED TO BE an educational resource.
See? Here's a post I answered 8 years ago.
http://www.venomousreptiles.org/forums/Experts/95
CH
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by 23bms on May 11, 2008
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8 years is a VERY long time by internet standards. Perhaps an update is due. The educational mission will not suffer. In fact, it may be enhanced.
I am, however, sympathetic to the reluctance to do so. My site has been up for ten years. I have steadfastly refused to blight it with animated gifs, trashy flash, useless java or any other banal internet idiocy. Then again, my site exists for other reasons, [alas, mostly egotistical]. I occasionally wonder whether I should upgrade, but inertia and advancing age say no
Be that as it may, those idiocentric strictures should not necessarily apply to THIS site. Perhaps, it is time to consider moving on.
... If not necessarily upward ...
Just a thought.
jrb
Curiosity: Your spell checker, for some mysterious reason, does not recognize "idiocentric."
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by tigers9 on May 11, 2008
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if u update a lot, like forums or our REXANO site, flash would be too much trouble to deal with with active sites.
Since I am the main REXANO webmaster, my time is limited, so i want to keep it easy for me to change the site few times per week, but sometiems chnage is OK, just no Flash or other fancy stuff, but pics and color are nice on forums, but if storage spac eis an issue like on this site, then it might also be cost related.
With REXANO we got the more expensive option from our server provider, simply because the site is growing fast an dgetting huge and has lots of large files, videos, pics...
Z
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