[Woodcarver] Posting Photos of carvings; possible "Carving Photo of the Week" postings

[Matt Kelley]

Friends in Carving -

On May 30, 2011, at 8:52 PM, Faye wrote:


> I wish we could see photos of these carvings. It would be nice to  

> look at all of them. I'm sure I would get ideas and some much needed  

> motivation... *smile   A Facebook site where they could be posted  

> would be great.



Several days ago Faye wrote the entry above in response to a posting  
from another List member who had received a Secret Pal carving.  For a  
while I have been pondering, as did Bill Judt before me,  how to  
support the ability to have photos related to List postings.  I have a  
few thoughts on the matter and am seeking responses and suggestions  
from the List membership.

1)  Messages to the List are currently limited to a total of 70kb.    
This means the filters will allow small attachments to go through.   
One option is to slightly increase the max message length to maybe 100  
or 120 kb.   This will increase download time for those still using  
dial-up (and some folks still are limited to dial-up.)  Issue - small  
increase in filter limit may still block most photos.

2)  As Faye suggested, add a Facebook page for the List and allow  
postings from others.  This does limit the use of the page to Facebook  
members who friend the page.

3)  Add a Yahoo group that is restricted to just posting photos -  
conversations would continue only on the current List host.  It would  
require a Yahoo membership to join the group.  Issue - potential  
overhead in managing a second group list and getting sufficient  
members to join a second mail group.   Possible alternative to make  
more manageable:  sign up four or five trusted members as moderators  
to review and approve memberships.

4)  I hunt around for a content management system that would allow the  
posting of photos by members of the List.  Potential overhead in  
managing permissions to the content management system.   Alternately,  
restrict the ability to post to a handful of moderators.

5)  I add a photo posting section to the existing Carvers' Companion  
web site - this would require that photos be sent to me for adding to  
the site, creating additional overhead on my part.

Please let me know what you think of these options, and feel free to  
suggest others.   I'm looking for a nice balance between ease of use  
and limited impact on my time.

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In a somewhat related development,  I am considering adding a "Carving  
Photo of the Week" entry to either the Carvers' Companion site, a  
Facebook group, a Yahoo group or a new purpose-build blog posting.   
This would require you all sending me quality photos of your latest,  
greatest carvings.  if there are sufficient submissions, the frequency  
could increase, potentially to a "Carving Photo of the Day" posting.    
Please let me know if there is any interest in this new possibility.    
Likely, I'll start some form of this regardless of what comes of the  
discussion above.

Carve On!  -

Matt

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Matt Kelley: Woodcarver, E-zine Editor, W3E Coordinator

Woodcarver Online Magazine, W3Exchange Programs,
Carver Resource Files at:   http://carverscompanion.com
Carving Shirts & Gear at:  http://www.cafepress.com/woodcarving
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