StarSeekerVDS Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 [NIM] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inzanity Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 How about a quota that rises with the user level? Noobs get 500K, users get 2-4MB, advanced users get 10MB or so, and correspondingly higher amounts when higher ranks are achieved? Also, if a post's attachment is made available in the download section, the user should get that item's file size credited back, so they can contribute more useful material directly to the website. That way, our information won't be locked up forever. Also, if we want to update something, it would be good if we could remove the item [freeing up allowance] and post something different. One way to keep the storage capacity of the website manageable would be to have an *UPLOAD SECTION*. Each user would still have a limit, but when their uploads were reviewed, they would either be deleted or accepted & moved to the appropriate section. Either way, the size of the upload would be credited back to the person's account (hopefully, automatically). The web admins could even award points based on how good (positive points) or bad (negative points) the upload was. If your account reaches a certain negative threshold, you won't be able to upload. However, information that's merely a duplication of that found elsewhere here (but on-topic), should be given 0 to 1 point. Don't penalize folks for sending something they think is useful. Sorry for rambling a bit, but I'm not quite with it at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garblesoup Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Or . . . just upload to your own site and post link here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slayerman Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Or . . . just upload to your own site and post link here. Some people dont have there own sites, if they do may not have the knowledge how to do this I have noticed the upload limits are quite small.. Same for me, and i will be posting LOTS of screen shots - lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarSeekerVDS Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I don't currently have a site. When I did, my upload caps were all per-item (and set to something like 5 meg), not total. Never had any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco[IS] Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 http://www.blogspot.com/ - Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garblesoup Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Some people dont have there own sites, if they do may not have the knowledge how to do this I have noticed the upload limits are quite small.. Same for me, and i will be posting LOTS of screen shots - lol I meant like Photobucket, Flickr, etc. - though the point about people not knowing how is valid. I do think, for the purpose of allowing people to upload EnB screenshots if nothing else, that the default probably needs to be nudged up a tad as it is less than the size of any screenshots I've taken (seem to be about 550K, don't know how system-dependent that value may be). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarSeekerVDS Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 The problem is that the upload cap is TOTAL uploads, i.e. I can't upload a new screenshot until I find and delete the last one I uploaded. That's silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garblesoup Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 The problem is that the upload cap is TOTAL uploads, i.e. I can't upload a new screenshot until I find and delete the last one I uploaded. That's silly. Oh, really? Was not aware of that. Agree it's silly if the intent is to have the community upload anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarSeekerVDS Posted January 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 I understand that people like to save bandwidth and server space, but really, it doesn't make all that much difference as long as the individual post upload limit is within reason. *shrug* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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