About the Recent Outage + New Submission Guideline
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 11:54 am
So you may have noticed that the forum spent more time down than up over the past month or so.
This was because we ran out of space on the server when Tommy was uploading an update of his, so the forum went down as a result. The host gave us more space, but I immediately used it up trying to upload an update of mine put out (and this is why parts of the site are a bit messed-up, at the moment).
Unfortunately we weren't able to get the server freed-up as immediately as previously, partially due to the fact that the domain name was up for renewal ($142 for two years, for those who are curious), so we had to get that paid.
However, due to just how much stuff is on the site these days, the ISP noted that we were using a lot of space (as the server we're on is shared with others), and even sent Gillson this message about it:
As such, we're bringing back a submission guideline from Mike himself:
All pictures submitted to the site can't be any larger than 1600x1200px.
This was actually the last size increase Mike allowed before he died, but we had let it slack in recent years. However, due to the storage space issues, we're bringing it back.
We figured this was the best balance between a having smaller file-size while still having a nice large resolution. Tommy and I will probably eventually go through and get all of our above-size updates resized to fit the guidelines as well.
Thankfully, because this had been implemented by Mike before he died, there's an automatic image resizer. It's file name is 1600MIOH.exe and it should be up on my Google Drive where the rest of the submission-related files are, but I think it may be tucked-away in a .zip folder somewhere. If you need help finding it, just message me (on here or on Discord), and I'll send you a link.
It works the same way as the thumbnail generators do though, just drag and drop the files you want resized onto it (though, unlike the thumbnail generators, this one replaces the original files with the resized ones, rather than just making a copy).
Let me know below if y'all have any questions, thanks!
This was because we ran out of space on the server when Tommy was uploading an update of his, so the forum went down as a result. The host gave us more space, but I immediately used it up trying to upload an update of mine put out (and this is why parts of the site are a bit messed-up, at the moment).
Unfortunately we weren't able to get the server freed-up as immediately as previously, partially due to the fact that the domain name was up for renewal ($142 for two years, for those who are curious), so we had to get that paid.
However, due to just how much stuff is on the site these days, the ISP noted that we were using a lot of space (as the server we're on is shared with others), and even sent Gillson this message about it:
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All pictures submitted to the site can't be any larger than 1600x1200px.
This was actually the last size increase Mike allowed before he died, but we had let it slack in recent years. However, due to the storage space issues, we're bringing it back.
We figured this was the best balance between a having smaller file-size while still having a nice large resolution. Tommy and I will probably eventually go through and get all of our above-size updates resized to fit the guidelines as well.
Thankfully, because this had been implemented by Mike before he died, there's an automatic image resizer. It's file name is 1600MIOH.exe and it should be up on my Google Drive where the rest of the submission-related files are, but I think it may be tucked-away in a .zip folder somewhere. If you need help finding it, just message me (on here or on Discord), and I'll send you a link.
It works the same way as the thumbnail generators do though, just drag and drop the files you want resized onto it (though, unlike the thumbnail generators, this one replaces the original files with the resized ones, rather than just making a copy).
Let me know below if y'all have any questions, thanks!