qwik240z Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 I tried to upload some pics to my album but I got a message saying "You are allowed a maximum of 20480000 bytes of diskspace. If you would like to upload more images, please delete some of your older images and/or optimize your images using lower quality jpg settings before uploading." I deleted quite a few pics (20) and am still getting the error message. Here are the stats on the amount of space I am using "Maximum File Size: 20000k file size limit. Disk space allowed on your account: 20,000kb (20,480,000 bytes) Disk space used on your account: 35,179kb (36,023,329 bytes) Disk space remaining for your account: -15179.0kb (-15,543,329 bytes) " I understand that I am now over the limit even after deleting 20 pics. Did the amount of storage space per user ID change? I only have 53 photos is my album. What am I doing wrong? Any way to change the image quality of the pics in my album now to allow more space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZY Z COLE Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 One option is by donating to the site, your picture limit is increased. This quote is from a thread by Super Dan. "Also note that donating members have some additional perks like increased photo album size, highlighting your ad in the classifieds section and a cool yellow bar under your username Seems only fair to give the donators a little something more for their money." LARRY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwik240z Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share Posted March 27, 2007 One option is by donating to the site, your picture limit is increased. This quote is from a thread by Super Dan. "Also note that donating members have some additional perks like increased photo album size, highlighting your ad in the classifieds section and a cool yellow bar under your username Seems only fair to give the donators a little something more for their money." LARRY I think you hit the nail on the head. It seems that my donation ran out and they downsized my album. I will make another donation and try again! Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvincent Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Did my donation run out as well? I just tried to upload the usual 96K sized picture attachments and could not. It says I am over my Limit, Has it been a year since I donated already? Now I am beginning to understand why when I view posts so many pictures do not show up but show as ?? question marks as the ownwer of the pics had to delete them to free up some space?? Too bad because I definately could of used some of those pictures, it is tough when search a subject or someone refers you to a thread only to find the thread no longer has pictures associated with the text!!! Do I have to ask the original poster to put his pictures back??? I seem to have no problem with posting to my gallery though. Thanks, Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvincent Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Nobody seems to want to answer my previous post but I think this is important. So does your donation does time out? I guess that members have to delete pictures they have previously attached to posts in order to attach to new posts? doesn't this take away much needed info from the thread if the pictures are deleted? Why? It is frustrating to do a search on a topic and find all the pictures gone. I am doing an LT1/T56 into a 1976 280 Z and a lot of the LT1 threads are a few years old and the pictures would of really helped me understand what the thread was about and I wouldn't have to post a new thread asking the same question again to try and get the pictures reloaded again. Something is wrong here, is it a space problem? I will donate more money if we need to buy more hard disk space. Anyone care to try and answer this? Thanks, Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators SuperDan Posted June 22, 2007 Administrators Share Posted June 22, 2007 What is the exact message you get? There is no upload limit for donating members so Ithink something else is wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvincent Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Hi Dan, On the Manage Attachments window, the "upload errors" says: "Exceeds your quota by 2.16 MB" "Sum of all attachments owned by gvincent: 3.02 MB" it is showing a big red bar completely filled. But what about all the threads with pictures that members have had to remove in order to stay within their "Attachment Quota"??? Isn't the whole idea of exchanging information with other members on this website by answering questions and posting pictures on these threads the whole purpose? By having to remove the pictures from a thread defeats the purpose of the whole thread especially if they are refering to a specific picture that is no longer there? I don't understand the reasoning behind the Attachment Quota limits. If a non donating member that has contributed information and pictures to threads for everyones benefit on this site but has to remove pictures in order to upload any more pictures isn't this harming everyone that needed the information from his pictures? Please explain how removing pictures from threads that people have spent considerable time searching for helps this site. I don't want to sound nasty or negative as I do love this site and think it is the best site on the web and I could not even attempt to build my HybridZ without the unselfish and very knowledgeable members who take the time to contribute their expertise to this site. Am I the only one who has noticed or complained about the disappearing pictures from threads before? I always thought it was because of expired links to pictures outside of the site but this is not the case in all instances. Members having to delete pictures because of the Quota seems to be the real culprit it seems. Thanks, Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators SuperDan Posted June 23, 2007 Administrators Share Posted June 23, 2007 Try it now, looks like it was a configuration problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvincent Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Hi Dan, Nope, no go, I get the same error message. I even double checked to make sure I reduced the picture to 96K and that it is a .jpg file and not a .jpeg file. I am using a Mac on OS 10.4.9 the most current version. My browser is Safari V2.0.4 What about the disappearing pictures in the threads and this quota thing? I would hate to have to post a brand new thread with the same question of the old thread asking all the members who contributed to the thread to repost their pictures for a few days at least so I can print the thread out with the pictures before they have to remove their pictures again. Is this a question I should be directing towards the Administrators? Thanks, Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators SuperDan Posted June 23, 2007 Administrators Share Posted June 23, 2007 Is this a thread you are talking about that you are trying to attach pics to? Link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvincent Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 I tried attaching picture to this thread we are currently on twice tonight as the test. All different pictures as a test as well. The first time I was trying to attach pictures to this thread four days ago: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=117407 it was post #8 no link, upload straight from my hard drive. Thanks Dan, Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators SuperDan Posted June 23, 2007 Administrators Share Posted June 23, 2007 Finally figured it out Try it now. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvincent Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 YEAH! it worked! Here is a sample/test Pic of the LT1 removed from the donor car. Now what about the threads with pictures removed because of the Limit for non contributing members? Is there a better solution? could the Admins deem a picture has suffiecnt value to a thread that it doesn't count against their quota? That way when we search and find a thread the pics aren't all gone?? I would really like to work on this, Should I bring this up as a separate thread and maybe we can ask opinions or suggestions for a solution that is good for the site? As an Administrator can you get a general consensus from all the Admins on how this problem should be addressed, unless they don't see it as a problem???? Thanks Dan for finding the problem. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators SuperDan Posted June 25, 2007 Administrators Share Posted June 25, 2007 The posting of attachments, pics etc inside posts have nothing to do with Member / Donating Member status. Posting rules are the same for ALL groups except for Guests and Banned Users. The only additional features that Donating Members have is an increased photo album size and highlighting of their ads in the classifieds section. The problem with posting attachments was do to a newly created usergroup that did not have it’s settings configured correctly and overwrote the default permissions for other groups. That was my bad and appears to be fixed now. Thanks for the heads up and helping me fix it. Cheers, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvincent Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Thanks Dan, I think I understand now, the pictures to posts aren't deleted they are no longer linked that is why you can't see them anyore? I have more searching to do especially on LT1 wiring and custom Pulley mounts so when I come across a missing picture I should either contact the individual to see if he still has the pics or is even still an active member or start a thread to see if anyone has the old pictures or any new ones? I don't want to create any unnecessary new duplicate posts if I don't have to, searching is hard enough weeding through posts that I don't want to add to the weeding for the next guy to search after me. Thanks, Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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