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Revisit use of Fotki as photo service?
By: rhandom Date: October 24, 2020, 11:49 am
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Do we want to do an environmental scan to see what other photo
services may be available, and consider switching off of Fotki?
If we want to take this on, I would expect it to be a lower
priority item, not requiring an answer until later in the
executive term. Perhaps recommendations by June and a decision
by September.
Our current Fotki account expires on January 19th, and I've
suggested to Leonard that we renew it for just one year, which
will buy us the time we need to make an informed decision in
this space.
Is there someone who would care to take on this task?
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Re: Revisit use of Fotki as photo service?
By: Duane Date: October 24, 2020, 6:24 pm
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I have used Fotki for ALL my COC events since day one and never
had any issues but I'm completely open to exploring other
options. Agreed there is no urgency in making a change and
Fotki should be renewed for 2021.
I can look into renewing it. Any idea how previous renewal was
handled?
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Re: Revisit use of Fotki as photo service?
By: rhandom Date: October 25, 2020, 3:35 am
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Oh the renewal is simple. I've asked Leonard to log in to the
Fotki account and take care of it.
It'll be the process of researching other options and making a
recommendation of whether to switch or not that'll be the work.
I think a consideration would be the history of photos we have
in the current account.
It's also possible that we could tweak the process for posting
photos. Fotki provides an extremely large amount of storage
now, which it didn't "back in the day". One of the most
cumbersome steps in our process is the requirement to reduce the
size of photos submitted. That is outdated and could likely be
scrapped (I think someone brought that up at the AGM as one of
the things they don't like about Fotki, but that isn't Fotki's
fault... that's just old process). There might be other ways we
can simplify the process as well.
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Re: Revisit use of Fotki as photo service?
By: Duane Date: October 28, 2020, 9:33 pm
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OK great. Thanks to Leonard for that.
As I'm sure you know my main concern is simply preserving all
those years of albums. And you're right I think there is a ton
more room available to us now on Fotki compared to the old days
:)
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Re: Revisit use of Fotki as photo service?
By: LenK Date: November 4, 2020, 7:42 am
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Revisit Fotki to see if there is a more modern options.
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Re: Revisit use of Fotki as photo service?
By: rhandom Date: November 7, 2020, 5:50 am
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My biggest resistance to getting rid of Fotki is that we would
lose all of our photo/album history. I have no problem with
exploring more modern providers for moving forward as long as
we're ALSO going to keep Fotki for access to all the old albums,
but I wouldn't want to outright cancel our Fotki account.
Since Duane is happy with Fotki, I don't think it's appropriate
for us to tell him he has to research other options. Is someone
else willing/able to do the legwork to research other providers
and make a recommendation? You could do the research and make
some recommendations, and, with Duane's blessing, we could
switch to a new provider for new albums going forward.
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Re: Revisit use of Fotki as photo service?
By: Duane Date: November 7, 2020, 2:16 pm
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Hey gang,
so I just completed a quick test of creating a new album on
Fotki to ensure the process still matches what is written in the
coordinator manual and I have to say it went very smoothly with
no issues. Dragging and dropping the photos was quick and easy,
our entire history is currently stored there and the cost is
minimal (under $2 a month), so I'm struggling to see a reason
for switching providers. Coordinators have the ability to post
their photos anywhere they choose with a link to the web site so
staying with Fotki shouldn't cause a problem for anyone.
That being said I am always open to further debate. That is
what these forums are for after all :)
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Re: Revisit use of Fotki as photo service?
By: rhandom Date: November 7, 2020, 3:15 pm
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I just want to clarify that the instructions on the web site
have been simplified a lot because we no longer have to worry
about storage limits on Fotki. I do think it's a lot less
cumbersome than it used to be.
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Re: Revisit use of Fotki as photo service?
By: slayer96 Date: November 29, 2020, 4:09 pm
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[quote author=Rhonda link=topic=32.msg149#msg149
date=1604783715]
I just want to clarify that the instructions on the web site
have been simplified a lot because we no longer have to worry
about storage limits on Fotki. I do think it's a lot less
cumbersome than it used to be.
[/quote]
Where is that guide?
There was a quirk to properly make the album that I kept
forgetting everytime I posted pictures. Forgot what the quirk
was, it's been so long. Gord Parker was the one that told me how
to make it work as it should.
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Re: Revisit use of Fotki as photo service?
By: rhandom Date: November 29, 2020, 4:18 pm
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It's here, in the "Coordinator Manual" in "Completing Your
Event":
HTML https://www.calgaryoutdoorclub.com/member/portal/manual/completing.asp#photoalbum
I think I'll remove the link to the "User Guide" for "attach
album" and just write the instructions in our guide. That, too,
has been simplified. All you have to do is copy the URL of the
album into your "Photo Album" page on the event.
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