Saturday, Feb 02, 2008 at 15:58
Michelle, in reference to posting pictures, the two options are:
Have the pics hosted on a web site and post the URL. Simple I guess, but the only time I need to put pics onto a web site is to get the URL to post on Explore Oz. Most other forums allow direct posting from my computer.
You say 'It amazes me what people find so hard about posting a photo'. I don't find it that amazing. Many users of this site have limited computer knowledge and have never done something like this before. In my case, I know how, but generally couldn't be bothered following this lengthy process. But that's my choice.
The other alternative is via the Members Gallery. That is a pretty simple process, but once I have posted a
pic from the gallery to the
forum, it is 'locked' for a pretty long time (is it 3 months?, I don't remember). So if I use this method and post a number of pics over a week or two, a fair amount of my members gallery is now not able to be edited.
I am a member and don't begrudge paying for the member benefits and to support the site, but posting pics on this site is generally more difficult and more complex than other sites which are free to all users.
My only reason in posting this is to respond to your comments that
The process is easy and that few good things in life are free. True, but most other forums have much easier picture posting methods and it is free.
Even a patchwork
forum my wife is a member of allows direct posting of pics from her computer and
membership is free.
It is entirely up to you and David how you manage the site and where you apply your resources. But you should at least understand that this great web site is way behind (IMO) on this matter.
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