What would it take for this forum to automatically resize images?

[ADDvanced]

What would it take for this forum to automatically resize images?

I think this place is fine... but that feature would be really nice. Right now if you post a copied URL/link to large image it just jacks the entire thread. The old school BMW and Jag forums I frequent have this feature, but not the most popular porsche forum on the internet?

Makes no sense.

[Steve Carlton]

Agree. One solution is to upload the image itself, which will resize it to 800 pixels wide. They should increase that to 1,000 pixels, too, as most people are beyond low resolution screens. If you upload an image, you don’t have to worry about the link going bad. I like to sometimes tweak and resize images, anyway. Auto resizing seems to hurt the quality sometimes.

[GH85Carrera]

It "only" takes new software to run the board. A few grand for the software, and several grand for the migration to the new platform. If you want to start donating to the boards cost, I bet they will take donations.

Like most things in life, all it take is more money and a larger budget.

[Baz]

With my Windows OS, I can right click on any image and there's a 'resize' menu item.

I have my camera settings already at the right image size, but on another forum they are too big, so I just use my 'resize' feature - easy peasey!

Here's one right out of the camera.....a neighbor's house who covered their windows for Ian..,...I thought it was a nifty method.

This used to be Greg Arnette's house - the sunglass guy....I was walking by one time with my board and he remarked "That's a great looking shape!"

[masraum]

Get a bigger monitor. Then you won't care.

This forum does resize if you upload. I intentionally upload as little as possible because while HDD space is cheap, it's not free, and I don't see the need to replicate thousands of OT images on the PP servers.

I usually pay attention to image size if I crosslink. I will often just not post something if it's going to be huge.

[Steve Carlton]

If you use a link for an image, then it can disappear at a later date. Perhaps some "value" to this forum is the images that can be seen here rather than "No Image Found." You can also increase or shrink the size of an image to be uploaded, avoiding the annoying huge images that force you to scroll left and right and up and down.

[ADDvanced]

So.... no? The biggest 911 forum on the internet run by one of the most successful porsche parts companies, can't afford it.

[A930Rocket]

I post on PPOT 99.9% of the time on my phone. When uploading a picture, it gives you an option to resize it, but I don’t know if that is actually to resize it or less pixels?

As you can see, it says original large medium small but has the same file size.

The other day I quoted somebody and my post was edited, because the picture in the quote was too big. using my phone, I didn’t see it. I presume the original picture in the quote was too big to?

[RobFrost]

Originally Posted by ADDvanced

What would it take for this forum to automatically resize images?

I think this place is fine... but that feature would be really nice. Right now if you post a copied URL/link to large image it just jacks the entire thread. The old school BMW and Jag forums I frequent have this feature, but not the most popular porsche forum on the internet?

Makes no sense.

One solution is for you to install Tapatalk and READ it on there.

Sent from my SM-G988B using Tapatalk

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by ADDvanced

So.... no? The biggest 911 forum on the internet run by one of the most successful porsche parts companies, can't afford it.

Methinks the new owners have a virtual "hands off" approach to these forums. You might contact one of the listed moderators and ask if I am correct ....

[id10t]

Originally Posted by KC911

Methinks the new owners have a virtual "hands off" approach to these forums. You might contact one of the listed moderators and ask if I am correct ....

And hosting something like these forums ain't possible on my $10/mo linode. All the DB calls, storage, etc. I recall Wayne mentioning having to upgrade resources and bandwidth to handle us several times over the years when he was still The Guy In Charge.

[ADDvanced]

Uploading the pictures directly to pelican parts has multiple downsides:

1. You need all the images on your phone or desktop, you can't grab them from the internet, or other posts made at other forums
2. The storage of this data cost, AND the traffic, goes directly on PP servers. Copying/pasting URLs from other hosting solutions (imgur, etc) pushes the cost of storage/traffic onto other servers
3. If I am needing as much help on a project as possible, and crossposting my build to here and rennlist, for example, I need to upload all the images twice. Big PITA.

It would require less storage on the PP servers, have less traffic, and be easier to use if it just resized images appropriately.

[ADDvanced]

Originally Posted by RobFrost

One solution is for you to install Tapatalk and READ it on there.

Sent from my SM-G988B using Tapatalk

That screws over anybody reading on a desktop tho, as large images make the posts super hard to read.

[KFC911]

It wouldn't cost an extra dollar to simply update the list of moderators.... unless one has been directed to "do nothing", and let the chips fall where they may with regards to the forums. That's just my .02 worth....

Were it simply a $$$ issue, methinks Pelicans would gladly contribute, and the former head bird might just know how it all works behind the curtain too .

We just don't matter .... anymore .

[Steve Carlton]

I guess we just have to let it go and let Byrons be Bryons.

[juanbenae]

I think they call this "a 1st world problem".

[Geronimo '74]

I hate Tapatalk

[ADDvanced]

Still annoying. I'm not going to resize any images I post around here and just direct everyone to this thread.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by ADDvanced

Still annoying. I'm not going to resize any images I post around here and just direct everyone to this thread.

I rarely post pics because many are over the 5mb limit and I can't resize them on my android phone. I'm not technically challenged and won't go into why .

Someday these forums will disappear and we won't have that problem anymore ....

[Steve Carlton]

We're gonna need a bigger monitor.