Hi there!
This suggestion came to my mind today, that is upload related.
How about considering an optional upload limit, that would be seven images for free members a week, or fourteen for Cadre members. I think there are some people out there not having time during the week to make and post their images.

What are your thoughts about that?

Well... we already have it set at 1 image upload a day for all Caedes members and 2 image uploads a day for the Cadre Members, which is pretty much the same amount as you are suggesting. Having it set by a daily quota keeps from us from being bombarded with uploads on the weekends and almost no uploads during the rest of the week, for example.

I know about that problem and understand of course. I was just thinking of a user friendly feature as I have to also in my real life job :o)

Not that I have had much time lately to upload anything.. but some days i'd love to be able to upload 3 or 4 on the one day that I have free.. I do think its a great suggestion but as Piner said there will be a bombardment of uploads and the mods also have real lives too..

Moved to the feature bloat as this is where it really belongs...

I quite like this idea. Not sure if it would cause a huge glut at certain times but if it did I guess we could fine tune it.

Thanks Sam, I thought that too.
I know it is possible as I am a web programmer too.

Hey Chris,

First, I would like to say thank you for the suggestion. It does have some merit and may be something that deserves a closer look.

My intial thought was that, perhaps, a premium of sorts could be attached to allowing those members that desire this option (small increase in Cadre donations, and/or introducing another 'level' of membership, for example)?

/\ Why an increase, in either case?

For those reasons mentioned by Tom above.

As a web programmer, I suspect that you can appreciate that traffic to a site, and consistency in that traffic throughout the days of the week ... is important to a site's overall well-being and growth and retention of visitors.

So, in my mind ... your idea represents a trade-off between that of satisfying and implementing your idea and keeping the site's best interests at heart at the same time.


Have a question for you, if I may ...

Let's suppose your idea is incorporated/implemented. And some members follow suit and do as you are suggesting.

Would you accept the possibility of your newly posted images being on page ten, twenty ... whatever ... it would most certainly change the dynamics as they sit now ... and almost as soon as your images were posted, in conjunction and in queue with other images were posted within a 'busy' time (read; weekends here)?

/\ This was and has been a sore point in the past with some members.

Do you have something in mind that might mitigate this, or temper these occurences?

I suggest that the "bulk" uploaded pictures be put into an approved pool as approved and then moved into the new gallery one or two per day. Perhaps an automated move as scheduled device could be created? Or perhaps turn it around the other way and rout the uploaded images to the mods for approval one or two per day. This way the load would still be balanced through the week. A little automated feed back to the artist letting them know which are approved and which are in cue would keep them informed and happy?

Thanks David for this excellent idea. I was thinking about the problem for the last two days and wasn't able to find a solution :o)

Nice, nice ... David. :o)

Hope my above post didn't come off as putting you too much on the spot, Chris.

Wasn't my intention, simply thought ... the more fleshed out an idea is ... the better the idea's chance for implementation, that's all.


(*turns down the dimmer switch for the spotlight ... to a more comfortable ambient lighting*)

;o)