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Chris 96 WS6
03-12-2006, 04:21 PM
Are you guys interested in a photo gallery? This would give you the ability to upload pics to your personal gallery plus a text box to enter details about your car, mod lists, etc.

Regular users would be limited to 1 gallery, while supporting members, moderators, etc. would get multiple galleries. 5-10 pictures per gallery probably.

This is something I can install pretty easily as I've just put it in over at 5thgen.org.
trkdrvremt
03-12-2006, 10:18 PM
Picture gallery sounds great :D
Transamman25
03-12-2006, 11:48 PM
sounds awesome to me .. also supporting shouldnt bve limited to size .. hmm hmm
Chris 96 WS6
03-13-2006, 08:25 AM
sounds awesome to me .. also supporting shouldnt bve limited to size .. hmm hmm

There are administrative considerations like storage/disk space and the size of the backup file. I can't give you unlimited numbers of pictures for those and other reasons. Things have to be kept "manageable" in case something goes down and I have to rebuild or restore the site.

I think 5 galleries of 6-10 pics each is more than enough for most people. This wouldn't be for hosting all of your personal pictures...that's what Community Webshots or something is for.
1970judge
03-13-2006, 09:40 AM
Sounds like a good idea because some people would like to see what each member has.
99formulam6
03-13-2006, 03:04 PM
sounds like a good idea, as long as it doesnt mess up performance.
chevboy85
03-13-2006, 05:35 PM
Yeah. A lot of us are here not only to learn about our beloved, but to see what others are doing and get ideas and see what we do and don't like. I think it would be an excellent idea so long as it doesn't slow down movement around the forum.
Chris 96 WS6
03-13-2006, 08:21 PM
OK, the photo gallery is up!

Here's the scoop: Access through the navigation bar or through your USER CP.

Registered users get 1 gallery and up to 10 pics.
Supporting Member, Moderators, Sponsors get 3 galleries up to 10 pics in each gallery.

Max dimensions for now are 640 x 480 and it accepts .gif, .jpg and .png files.

Lets test drive it for a few days and see how we like it.
Firehawk 526
03-13-2006, 11:17 PM
OK, I have a few pics in, but just not enough space for all (4) turbos:roflmao:

I'll post one more up tomorrow from the Mason-Dixon line..........anyone know what the Mason-Dixon line represents? QUIZ
LiquidFire350
03-13-2006, 11:22 PM
is this going to clog up the server and cause it to run slower?
Chris 96 WS6
03-14-2006, 08:26 AM
No, it shouldn't. But if it does, I'll uninstall it.

How's that?
LiquidFire350
03-14-2006, 09:02 AM
dont uninstall it just for me, i was just curious, i got DSL anyways everything loads up pretty quick as it is
Chris 96 WS6
03-14-2006, 09:09 AM
I'm not going to install it "just" for you, but you asked about performance, so I said if it turns out it slows the site down we won't keep it :D

The pics are actually stored in the file system on the server, not in the forum database, so it shouldn't slow down the actual operation of the forum or anything that's being pulled from the DB.
LiquidFire350
03-14-2006, 09:18 AM
ok cool