Post by JR on Oct 1, 2013 16:44:29 GMT -5
support.proboards.com/thread/460878/managing-attachments
It was asked about attachments last night and when the forum converted to the new system the maximum download allowance has been exceeded. This is a new thing with Proboards it seems they are doing what some of the free photo hosts are doing now and that's allowing you to use a small download and in this case I believe it's 200mb.
When the forum converted so did the attachments also. Now you can read in the link above what they are telling all admins about the allowance and I did ask this question that wasn't clear in their Help guide.
Does the allowance reset to zero monthly and the answer was No. Once the allowance is exceeded the only options are buy more space or delete some of the or all of the attachments. I went through the list which I can do and just looked at some to see if they really had any real relevancy but while I might think one might not be important others may not think the same.
So here is the choices and myself I use a photo host and we all know they are slowly doing the same thing but there is still enough of the free photo host sites out there that using the attachment function isn't necessary, delete all the attachments and when it is full again, delete it again or buy more space. The later is not an option for Doug or myself as we give enough of our time freely taking care of this forum.
We're not soliciting funds for this because personally we think we can live without it but we will listen to feedback from members and then discuss it later. We would appreciate all feedback.
JR
It was asked about attachments last night and when the forum converted to the new system the maximum download allowance has been exceeded. This is a new thing with Proboards it seems they are doing what some of the free photo hosts are doing now and that's allowing you to use a small download and in this case I believe it's 200mb.
When the forum converted so did the attachments also. Now you can read in the link above what they are telling all admins about the allowance and I did ask this question that wasn't clear in their Help guide.
Does the allowance reset to zero monthly and the answer was No. Once the allowance is exceeded the only options are buy more space or delete some of the or all of the attachments. I went through the list which I can do and just looked at some to see if they really had any real relevancy but while I might think one might not be important others may not think the same.
So here is the choices and myself I use a photo host and we all know they are slowly doing the same thing but there is still enough of the free photo host sites out there that using the attachment function isn't necessary, delete all the attachments and when it is full again, delete it again or buy more space. The later is not an option for Doug or myself as we give enough of our time freely taking care of this forum.
We're not soliciting funds for this because personally we think we can live without it but we will listen to feedback from members and then discuss it later. We would appreciate all feedback.
JR
