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Post by vallery on Nov 25, 2013 7:33:15 GMT
Hi I just added an Idea to the FB post on Snail Forums and Websites post wondering if we could do that and if anyone is interested. I think it would b fun.
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Cashell
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Post by Cashell on Nov 25, 2013 18:16:58 GMT
Lol I don't have Facebook, but I could still visit the group pages to have a look though.
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Post by tsrebel on Nov 25, 2013 19:16:51 GMT
I would probably not use a group like that. There are already a lot of snail groups on fb and I don't see how this idea would be different (please, prove me wrong!). I think that if anyone like to make an effort for the community, it would be better to work on the website petsnails (needs to be sorted with the owner, I've no idea who) with updates, added species etc.
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Post by vallery on Nov 26, 2013 4:52:31 GMT
I would probably not use a group like that. There are already a lot of snail groups on fb and I don't see how this idea would be different (please, prove me wrong!). I think that if anyone like to make an effort for the community, it would be better to work on the website petsnails (needs to be sorted with the owner, I've no idea who) with updates, added species etc. Hi tsrebel , I agree about an effort being made for the community by working on the website petsnails I did make suggestions but was told that it wasn't possible. So it doesn't seem like getting the website updated and continuing to have it updated is going to happen. I guess what I was really trying to suggest was a private FB page only for the members on here that would like to be part of it so we could add photo albums of our snails not a bunch of information and not a public page. A lot of us don't know how to post photos on here anymore and a lot of the photos are gone plus there is the band width cost to the forum. It would only be something that forum members would have the pass word too and make photo albums of their snails, just something we could have popped into now and then to check out each others photo albums. I know there are a lot of FB snail pages but the one I was thinking of would be a private one just for us. It was just an idea, thought it might be fun
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Post by vallery on Nov 26, 2013 5:09:09 GMT
Lol I don't have Facebook, but I could still visit the group pages to have a look though. Hi Cashell , The FB page I was trying to explain would be a private page and not public and only the members on this forum that would want to post or view photo albums on the page could. It would just be one page that you could go to and see other members photos and add albums of your own. And only the ones that want to do this would have the password so you wouldn't need face book personally just the page name and password so you could go on the private page and post albums of your snails and view other members albums. We would still use our snail forum names so we would know whose album is whose. Aside from me I know a lot of us don't know how to post photos on here anymore and can't figure out how plus a lot of the photos are gone since the format change plus there is the cost of band width to the forum. I was just thinking a page like this to post albums would be fun. Not a page for information that is what the forum is for and those who still want to post thier photos to both the Face Book page and the forum could. It wouldn't be public only for members on here. And it is very easy to post pictures on Face Book. Thanks for your support on this Cashell vallery
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Post by tsrebel on Nov 26, 2013 9:39:45 GMT
Maybe fb isn't the best solution then. How about flickr or other photo sharing community? Then the pictures could be linked onto this forum as well (I don't think that's possible with fb). I also think that if it's impossible to improve/update the main website we could make a new one. Maybe blog based. But we should clear it with the owner first (especially since it would be nice to use the info already out there, and the site name).
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Post by morningcoffee on Nov 26, 2013 10:16:53 GMT
Maybe fb isn't the best solution then. How about flickr or other photo sharing community? Then the pictures could be linked onto this forum as well (I don't think that's possible with fb). I also think that if it's impossible to improve/update the main website we could make a new one. Maybe blog based. But we should clear it with the owner first (especially since it would be nice to use the info already out there, and the site name). It's not that it's "impossible" to do it, it's just that it's Paul's website and from what I understand he doesn't have much spare time at all to work on it. The forum mods have absolutely nothing to do with the main website and we can't update or change it at all (if we actually had the time/inclination to do so). I will send Paul an email and let him know that people are asking about the website.
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Post by vallery on Nov 26, 2013 14:53:44 GMT
Maybe fb isn't the best solution then. How about flickr or other photo sharing community? Then the pictures could be linked onto this forum as well (I don't think that's possible with fb). I also think that if it's impossible to improve/update the main website we could make a new one. Maybe blog based. But we should clear it with the owner first (especially since it would be nice to use the info already out there, and the site name). Hi tsrebel , Does it cost to have flickr or other photo sharing communities ? I myself don't have a credit card and maybe others on here don't either. And could this photo community be private just for us members on here? I don't know much about these things. I actually tried photo bucket once and couldn't figure it out and you only get so much space then you have to pay. So then the problem of having a credit card or using paypal (which I can't figure out either) comes into play. I am embarrassed to say I am not good with computers. In suggestion and improvements there are two threads : 1. Options to Donate to forum for more space and 2. Fund raising Ideas for more space. As in one post Paul has explained the problem of the cost of more space. As well suggested perhaps the missing photos were deleted by those who posted but I haven't deleted any of mine they just stopped showing when the format was changed and there is a x where the photo is if you click on the x it says "this forum has exceeded it's attachment space". I like you Idea of a shared photo community if it was a private one for just us members if there is a way people could pay there share by Money order or certified check that can't pay otherwise. Thank you so much tsrebel for your help and Ideas with this. vallery
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Post by vallery on Nov 26, 2013 15:19:44 GMT
I Morningcoffee , Thank you for your reply. I know it wouldn't be impossible to update and continue to update the petsnails website, but it can't be done since Paul has no time and Mods can't do it. As I just posted to tsrebel there are two threads in suggestions and improvements 1. Options to Donate to forum for more Space and 2. Fundraising Ideas for more space. Paul had left a post on one of them about the problem with cost for more space and even adding more would not last long. Adding more cost. So that is two of the problems. The other is he mentioned people may have deleted there photos only I haven't and where photos are missing that I and some others have posted them there is now an x since the format change and if you click on the x it says "'this forum has exceeded it's forum attachment Space.". The two threads in Suggestions and improvements have gone no where. Even with more space thre is still the problem for those of us that can't figure out how to post pictures now. tsrebels Idea of a community photo sharing site sounds good if It could be a private site for our forum members only. I just don't know about the cost and about those of us that don't have credit cards or know how to use paypal and like me are terrible on the computer. Also for the petsnails web site I thought it would be an idea if members could contribute to it after having what they wanted on there approved. Only then there is still the cost problem as Paul mentioned and also the different way now how pictures can be posted, which for the life of me I can not figure out, and embarrassed to say I am not good on the computer at all. There is a way that you can have a private FB page that is not public and only our members could have the password to add photos and there would be no cost. But I guess that isn't something that others think would work. I left a post for tsrebels Idea just before I posted this too you if you could please look it over. Thank You again vallery
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Post by tsrebel on Nov 26, 2013 18:11:06 GMT
Flickr is free. All you need is an email address. Every member have 1 terabyte to use. That should be sufficient for most. The photos were deleted automatically by the forum provider. I've made a group just to see how it turned out: www.flickr.com/groups/petsnails/ The only drawback is that one cannot use just the URL to invite people - one need their email address or (if they are members of flickr) their username. The group is not made private for now, so that people have a chance of joining without giving me their email address. If it works, I can make the group private later. I'll also promote moderators or even hand over the admin to someone else, because I'm not sure how much I'll be using it. But it would be nice if everyone learned how to use it, so that they could once again share photos on this forum
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Post by morningcoffee on Nov 26, 2013 18:15:39 GMT
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Post by vallery on Nov 26, 2013 19:46:12 GMT
Hi Morningcoffe , I am going to give it another shot with your new direction on #10.
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