Would EVERYONE please surf in here and read this?

please check again, sorry to post this here

oh no, I will not stop writing,just posting pictures.Except maybe the new kitties ,when I get some.

I think imagestation.com and ofoto.com still allow free storage of photos. but of those two, only imagestation.com allows you to link to the photos from other sites.

I certainly wouldn't want this site to crash, hopefully if everyone makes an effort we can avert the crisis for now!

I just realized - are signatures adding to the problem? Like how I have the photo below? I will remove it right away if so. . . let me know.

I doubt that signatures would be a problem, as they are linked images... I hope not at least!

And just about any image can be linked to, by using the http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/ in front of the actual image address. Even if the site does not normally allow linking, such as tripod and geocities

Cant figure out how to post pics so you're safe! LOL! I hope everything works out! I don't want to loose this site! It's my life!

at least the basic option is, and they allow remote posting of the photos, which a lot of places no longer do. You have to read up on what to use as the link for a photo, since it is a little different,
but it is free.

PhotoIsland

If any of you use MSN, there is RELM. http://groups.msn.com/RELM

If you look down the left hand side, there is "pictures" and you can upload pictures from your computer to there. You'll see my photo album there called "My Pics" 'This is my family'. I think it's the third or fourth album down from the top.

Also, on the forum page, where all the threads are located, there are many many many pages at the bottom you can go through. Perhaps saving all those unused threads are partly to blame and perhaps we should only have the latest few pages available to view. It's a thought...:tounge2:

I have deleted all the pics I could find so far. I can't find the ones I posted of my painted cd's. If anyone finds those, please delete them for me? thanks!

I was just wondering if it would help if the pictures that are stored here were thumbnails? That way they would take up less space and wouldn't it cost less to store them too?

Sockiesmom....I just went and signed up for image magician so I may have to ask you how to use it. I have never linked images from a website, but I know how to use the IMG tags, just not how to post my pictures on the website. But I will learn, I am sure! I have so many new pics I want to share!! As always, my timing is really bad!

Originally posted by Lorie D.
I was just wondering if it would help if the pictures that are stored here were thumbnails? That way they would take up less space and wouldn't it cost less to store them too?

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Hi Lorie,
For pics that are stored on TCS computers, anything that reduces the kilobyte file size, will reduce the burden on the server. (It wouldn't matter for linked files though.) So yes, if you mean thumbnails being the smaller pic vs the original large pic, that would definitely be a smaller file and lessen the burden.

For those of you that have image editing software like Photoshop you can reduce the file size of images by clicking on "Save File for Web" and choose a medium jpeg rather than high or highest jpeg setting.

Debby, I signed up for imagemagician, too. They have a an easy-to-understand tutorial. I got pix loaded, on the first try. Now, I need to learn how to use IMG tags.

Cindy that question I can answer. Go to the photo you want to show and highlight the address. Hit your control button and your c button, then release (this puts the address into the computer's memory)

Go to your post and after you type in whatever you wish to say click on the IMG button. The http: will be highlighted, click your delete key. Then place your cursor right at the beginning of the box and hit your control button and v button on your keyboard. The address will show up- hit okay, then preview the post to see if it worked.

In addition to what Hissy just mentioned, make sure you are copying the address of the picture, and not the address that is located in your address bar.

As an example, if you are using Imagestation to keep your photos your pictures will have two addresses. One that is in the address bar at the top of your browser when you are viewing the pic, and the second address will show if you right click on the pic you are viewing. Once you right click on it, go to properties and then you can view the correct linking address to use at The Cat Site.

Just wanted to mention this since I was very frustrated when I started linking. It never worked because I just used the address that showed in the address box at the top of your browser.

Heidi fortunately showed me the correct way!Thank you Heidi for saving me from possible insanity!!!!

I'll work on removing previously posted pics of the kids - especially the "dedicated" threads. They've already been seen by those who wanted to see!

I think BuNN's suggestion to turn the default on e-mail notification to "off" will probably help as well. I already turned mine off as I hated having my inbox flooded with e-mails all the time - since I come to the site so much anyway!

Thanks to everyone, the error messages are no longer occurring and I do not have anymore complaints coming in. Thanks for all you have done, looks like we are back in business once again!

That is good to hear!!!

Im going to see if this works.

Shoot. Hissy, I followed your instructions to the letter. I wonder what went wrong?

One more try.
Yay!!! I did it!!