wow
gotta love this great new service
less is more
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "lowellgmcmanus"
<mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> During the last 2½ hours, I have gone through the entire
Photos
> section and have deleted all full-size files. The screen-size
> version of all photos can still be viewed by members as
always.
> This has reduced our use from 28.1 MB (94 percent of the 30
MB
> capacity) to 6.2 MB (20 percent).
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
> <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > Will do.
> >
> > Lowell G. McManus
> > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "m06079" <barbaria_longa@h...>
> > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 6:43 PM
> > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: lightering
> >
> >
> > > good deal
> > > sounds like another unadvertised bonus of our new service
> > >
> > > would you like to try it out on us before we go so far as to
> really
> > > jettison anything
> > >
> > > & with a little room in the photos section we might even
forget
> > > about thinning out the files
> > >
> > > at least until it seems important enough to sacrifice
anything
> > >
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G.
McManus"
> > > <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > > > Here's how to greatly lighten the load in the Photos
section
> > > without losing
> > > > anything:
> > > >
> > > > When a member uploads a photo, Yahoo Groups saves
three
> > > versions of it:
> > > > thumbnail (for the index page); screen-size (the one that
> > > members can view); and
> > > > full-size (the one the member uploaded). If the file
uploaded
> is
> > > already small
> > > > (in the screen-size range), then only two are saved. Many
of
> > > the full-size
> > > > files (as uploaded) are huge, running into hundreds and
> > > thousands of KB. These
> > > > are essentially useless, because only moderators can
view
> > > them. However,
> > > > moderators can also delete them, without deleting the
> > > thumbnail and screen-size
> > > > versions that all members can view.
> > > >
> > > > To delete the full-size version of any photo, a moderator
will
> > > need to navigate
> > > > to the screen-size photo on-screen, then click on the
photo to
> > > get the full-size
> > > > version. Only moderators can do this. Once at the
full-size
> > > version, there
> > > > will be a link to delete the full-size version. Once this is
> done
> > > for each of
> > > > the photos in the Photos section and repeated
periodically on
> > > new additions,
> > > > there should be worlds of capacity to last a very long time.
> > > >
> > > > Lowell G. McManus
> > > > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> > >
> > >
> > >