adding pics to my page

[Talisman]

mmm ok.. I have emailed my host. netfirms.. just waiting an answer.. I will let you know soon as I'v had word back.. thanks to you all

[Talisman]

I d/loaded Irfanview as suggested, then brought in an image and decreased the pixel value.. then published that image.. and it worked.. it shows ok in I.E... which suggests to me that my host only allows so much.. still waiting to hear from them. thanks to you all.

[soybean]

It seems so, but I believe most hosting services do not have such a limit.  I just uploaded a 643KB photo to a web server, via FTP.  

Anyway, downsizing those photo files for viewing on the web can be a good thing.  If you have any viewers connecting via a dialup connection, those huge photo files take a long time to load into their browser.

[Raptor]

It seems so, but I believe most hosting services do not have such a limit.  I just uploaded a 643KB photo to a web server, via FTP.  

Anyway, downsizing those photo files for viewing on the web can be a good thing.  If you have any viewers connecting via a dialup connection, those huge photo files take a long time to load into their browser.

What he forget to mention was that this is a free hosting service.

 

[soybean]

*censored*.  Yet another case of missing pertinent details.  

[Talisman]

hehee heehee .. love you guys.. I have a lot to learn..  :-?

[Talisman]

Recieved an E-mail from my host 'Netfirms'. as follows,...

The Basic Plan has some restrictions associated with it, including:

25 MB banner-sponsored disk space
1 Webmail account (POP not supported on Basic plan)
No XML support
2 pointers
File size limit of 256 kilobytes*
Daily bandwidth transfer limit of 56MB
Inability to host multi-media file types, (eg. .swf (Flash) MP3, Mpeg , AVI,
Real Audio, Real Video, Quick Time, Windows Media and / or PDF files) or
executable binaries and / or compressed file types (EXE, .ZIP, .TAR, .RAR,
.GZIP)
Remote linking is not permitted
No Webstats
No .htaccess/.htpasswd (password protection and custom error pages) support
No SSL (secure pages only supported on Advantage and Business Plans)

[patio]

"Restrictions" isn't the word...

[Talisman]

I have learnt a lot in hope forum.. one things f sure.. you don't get much f nothing,.. Maybe I should pay some [highlight]money[/highlight] and have a decent Web.  :-/
                       Thanks Gang[size=14][/size].

[Raptor]

You shouldn't make pictures too big because there are still people cough, Fed, cough that use Dial-up. To them, downloading a picture the size of 256KB seems like an eternity.

[soybean]

Many of the hosting services have fairly low cost starter plans.  Here's one I use: http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/web-hosting-plans.html.  The Starter plan is $4/mo.

[patio]

You shouldn't make pictures too big because there are still people cough, Fed, cough that use Dial-up. To them, downloading a picture the size of 256KB seems like an eternity.

I say we take up a collection and pay for DSL for Fed for 6 months...after that there will be no looking back !

patio.  8-)

[Raptor]

You shouldn't make pictures too big because there are still people cough, Fed, cough that use Dial-up. To them, downloading a picture the size of 256KB seems like an eternity.

I say we take up a collection and pay for DSL for Fed for 6 months...after that there will be no looking back !

patio.  8-)

Under one condition: That he completely abolishes IE and only uses Firefox, ofcourse.  

[patio]

You shouldn't make pictures too big because there are still people cough, Fed, cough that use Dial-up. To them, downloading a picture the size of 256KB seems like an eternity.

I say we take up a collection and pay for DSL for Fed for 6 months...after that there will be no looking back !

patio.  8-)

Under one condition: That he completely abolishes IE and only uses Firefox, ofcourse.  

Deal.

[Talisman]

fed, am I missing somethin here.. ?  what/who is fed ?