photo bucket

[Guth_imp]

DG we are a long way from locking this thread and it's not so much a debate as a discussion ( at least for me..it's how I learn. I have had site ask me if I wanted to use tapatalk but have no idea what it actually is). For me personally with my rotary cell phone, pictures are the quality of cave paintings and literally the size of a postage stamp on my screen. haven't had the desire to put a computer in my pocket (smart phone) as I have a PC, and an Ipad that covers all those functions. So my phone won't communicate with anything but another persons phone if I call or text them. I can't internet or anything from my phone, so for me, my Ipad or PC and photobucket is how things are done.

Btw Although digital photo taking is great I miss getting pics developed and holding them in my hand. I know I could send them in and get them developed, but for some weird reason I don't. I guess its because I used to wait until a roll was full and have them developed all at once, whereas now I take lots of pics and download them every day. I know someday my computer or I pad will crash and I will lose tens of thousands of pics.

Good deal. My primary objective was to toss out the idea (to Guth & you) that there was an easy way to kill two birds with one stone. Shifting the site to a social space, such as a Google Community is free, relieving Guth of all expense associated with the current site, and you some of the frustration of managing it. Gravy on top was the drop-dead simple picture attachment, without need for 3rd party hosting.

But, the suggestion appears to be a moot point...

By the way, the issue involving large image dimensions has been resolved for the most part. The only images that break the formatting now are large images that are small in file size that are posted as attachments. i'm still searching for a solution to that problem.

Basically, the photo thing is what it is. If this is too painful for some, there are other options out there (like the CB1100 groups on Facebook for example). I personally don't really care for the format of Facebook or the Google Community example that was provided, but that's just me. There are obviously plenty of others who feel differently.

In other words, move along if you don't like it.

Well not exactly. More like: I'm stuck here and you're welcome to hang around if you'd like, lol.

Moving this site is not really an option that I'd care to ponder. Even if it were possible, doing something with Google would more than likely involve Google Groups not Google Community. I don't even want to entertain the thought of trying to migrate the database behind this site to a new server unless I'm forced to do so, let alone trying to migrate and convert to a new platform (a forum based platform that is). Without the database, it's really just starting over, which has no appeal to me. The images are no doubt nice to have, but the value in this place is mostly in the knowledge shared. I'd rather not toss all of that away.

As some have pointed out, the online forums such as this one are now considered "old school" — kind of like the CB1100. I'm actually good with that. Despite the shortcomings (i.e. the image posting process), I still find this my preferred way to communicate with others on a large scale.

Your point regarding quality of content is well taken. However, I'm referring to things that I see on a regular basis on the social sites where people post pictures of almost anything at any time just because they can easily do so. Not my thing.

There is no doubt that trying to accommodate members' requests has revealed some shortcomings with the forum software and the hosting that I'm using. But I still have far more flexibility than I would with a canned solution from the likes of Google and others. (I briefly experimented with Google Groups a few years ago.)