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       Posting photos on the new forum
       By: Catchcoma Date: August 20, 2017, 6:38 pm
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       Our new forum has the ability to upload your photos and
       documents into a post - with limitations.  If you read below, it
       states, "Allowed file types: doc, gif, jpg, jpeg, mpg, pdf, png,
       txt, zip, rar, csv, xls, xlsx, docx.
       It also says... and PAY ATTENTION...  "Restrictions: 4 per post,
       maximum total size 1024KB, maximum individual size 512KB".
       A few observations regarding this...
       1.  Original photos are almost always WAY too big to upload into
       a forum.  The typical size of an original is 3000 to 5000 pixels
       wide.  Most forum posting areas are 800 pixels wide.  That means
       that the photo will either be downsized or blow off the screen.
       Both bad.
       2.  ALWAYS RESIZE before posting!   Using a Photo Editor, copy
       your original, resize to 700 to 800 pixels wide, use sharpen
       tool if necessary, then save at 85% compression JPEG.  This will
       produce a file that is about 100kb to 150kb in size.  It will
       load a lot faster than a 500kb file.
       3.  Think before you post photos.  Do we really need to see the
       photo of every redfish you caught on a trip?  A few photos will
       do.  Maybe thrown in pics of the boat in the marsh and you
       enjoying a microbrew with your fishing companion (dogs are
       always popular with LFF readers).   As Confusius once said, "Few
       photo make for great post"!
       4. If you use Google Photos to upload your pics, continue to do
       so.  Then just use the IMG URL instead.  Again, that makes the
       post come up a lot faster.
       5. Obviously, most newsletters can't be uploaded even if the PDF
       format is allowed.  All because of size.  If your club is a
       member of the FFI Gulf Coast Council, the newsletter can be
       loaded to their web host and linked to there.  Otherwise, we
       suggest you use Google Docs.
       Now here's an example of an uploaded photo done right....
       [attachimg=1]
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