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

[RP]

I am with Joe, if someone wants their work shown all they need to do is 
add a link to their signature. No new group and no extra moderation.

Randy P

On 6/8/2011 8:45 AM, Joe Dillett wrote:

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> Hi Matt,

> It would be nice to add photos to the List or an easy way to post 

> photos but that would add time and cost to managing the List.

> Most of us have links we provide, like my Webshots link below, if we 

> want to post photos to this List or any other group. Providing a link 

> is an easy way to share photos. Many of these photo sites, like 

> Webshots, are free and easy to use.

>

> Joe Dillett

> The Carving Shop

> 645 E. LaSalle St. Suite 3

> Somonauk, IL. 60552

> (815) 498-9290 phone

> (815) 498-9249 fax

> http://www.thecarvingshop.net [business web site]

> http://community.webshots.com/user/joe_dillett

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> ----- Original Message -----

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>     *From:* Matt Kelley <mailto:womeditor at comcast.net>

>     *To:* [Woodcarver] <mailto:woodcarver at carverscompanion.com>

>     *Sent:* Tuesday, June 07, 2011 9:16 PM

>     *Subject:* [Woodcarver] Posting Photos of carvings;possible

>     "Carving Photo of the Week" postings

>

>     Friends in Carving: Please support our List - visit

>     carverscompanion.com/List/Support.html to donate.

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>     Friends in Carving -

>

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

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>>     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.

>

>     >>>>>>>>>>

>

>     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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