and went hog wild on the images
and now we cant post images anymore.
gawd - I'd hate to see the bandwith bill on that one!
and now we cant post images anymore.
gawd - I'd hate to see the bandwith bill on that one!
U guys fawked up
- Thread starter Hipster Doofus
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hmmm
I was to the understanding that hotlinking an image takes up the bandwidth of the site that the image came from not this site..I was informed that the only thing that effects bandwidth here are avatars and pics uploaded from ones own hd...oh well such is life I guess..
I'm a baaaaaaaaaaaad boy
I was to the understanding that hotlinking an image takes up the bandwidth of the site that the image came from not this site..I was informed that the only thing that effects bandwidth here are avatars and pics uploaded from ones own hd...oh well such is life I guess..
I'm a baaaaaaaaaaaad boy 
Any way to give posted images a limited shelf life?
(It's Hipster's fault... he made me show you guys that trick)
(It's Hipster's fault... he made me show you guys that trick)
It`s a common misconception that linked images in forums cause increased bandwidth. Overall they do, but as mentioned here, the increase isn`t at the expense of the forum. Whatever server holds the images is the only one that consumes bandwidth as the pic is delivered.
To the board, a call to display an image uses as much resources as a link to the image does.
Users on slow connections that don`t want to be bogged down by the images can set their "User CP" options to disregard them. Go to "Edit Options" and set the following option to NO:
However, if the board really wants to save on the bandwidth used by serving up each page, they should set "Use GZIP" in the Admin Control Panel to YES. (The recommended setting of level "1" is probably the best.)
What this will do is compress the output of the each page. For boards that don`t allow `attached` images (not `linked`), it`s the number one thing the admins can do to reduce bandwidth consumption. I`ve seen GZIP enabled forums save 40 to 60% on average. Yes, there will be a small hit on server load, but it is vastly offset by the size reduction of the files it has to send out.
One thing though: Admins, use phpinfo() to make sure you are not already running "mod_gzip" on your server before you set vBulletin "Use GZIP" to YES. If it is, then you`ll end up double compressing the output, increasing server load considerably without benefit.
Okay... that`s enough geek speak. I`m going to find out some more about some SP`s!
To the board, a call to display an image uses as much resources as a link to the image does.
Users on slow connections that don`t want to be bogged down by the images can set their "User CP" options to disregard them. Go to "Edit Options" and set the following option to NO:
Code:
"Show image attachments and [img] code in Posts?"What this will do is compress the output of the each page. For boards that don`t allow `attached` images (not `linked`), it`s the number one thing the admins can do to reduce bandwidth consumption. I`ve seen GZIP enabled forums save 40 to 60% on average. Yes, there will be a small hit on server load, but it is vastly offset by the size reduction of the files it has to send out.
One thing though: Admins, use phpinfo() to make sure you are not already running "mod_gzip" on your server before you set vBulletin "Use GZIP" to YES. If it is, then you`ll end up double compressing the output, increasing server load considerably without benefit.
Okay... that`s enough geek speak. I`m going to find out some more about some SP`s!
Yeah... I was already rambling too much to bring up the gzip supported browsers and locally hosted avatars stuff. I figured most people would have just went "Huh?" and skipped off to something else.
But thanks for the link to the gzip checking page. That's great! I've never seen anything that would let you check on the fly what the savings would be.
For instance, serving this page uncompressed takes about 61Kb everytime someone requests it, but if gzip'd at the lowest level (#1) it would take less than 11Kb! That's less than 1/5th of the bandwidth, and at least double my most optomistic prediction!
Hmmm... Board admins: Are you listening?
But thanks for the link to the gzip checking page. That's great! I've never seen anything that would let you check on the fly what the savings would be.
For instance, serving this page uncompressed takes about 61Kb everytime someone requests it, but if gzip'd at the lowest level (#1) it would take less than 11Kb! That's less than 1/5th of the bandwidth, and at least double my most optomistic prediction!
Hmmm... Board admins: Are you listening?
likesdeladies....
I am not totally familiar on how all this bandwidth works, but the images i post are from servers whos bandwidth i pay for. I pay 30$ a year from www.mystichost.com/casual.shtml This is very reasonable when you think about it. Plus i have my own web space for other non related PERB matters. --- Kev
I am not totally familiar on how all this bandwidth works, but the images i post are from servers whos bandwidth i pay for. I pay 30$ a year from www.mystichost.com/casual.shtml This is very reasonable when you think about it. Plus i have my own web space for other non related PERB matters. --- Kev
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