Is a WordPress.com account suitable for storing cemetery photos?
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I’m considering a WordPress blog for our Genealogy group. I would like to have a Cemetery page with the various cemeteries in town so people could click on a name and see the photo of the gravestone. Do I need something special to do this? Like more room? There will be hundreds of photos. I understand .com does not allow plugins, but I don’t know that I’m ready, or have enough time to commit to a .org.
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Hi there,
All WordPress.com blogs come with 3000 megabytes (~3 GBs) of space for storing uploaded files and images. That’s a HUGE amount of space but if yopu need more you can purchase space upgrades. http://en.support.wordpress.com/space-upgrade/ -
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Thank you. Yes, so many options! I’m getting less done all the time just perusing what I *could* do!
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Just remember to optimize the pictures for the web – don’t upload 3mb raw picture files – that will blow through the 3gb space in short order – I did that on one blog I set up and did not take much time to fill things up –
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Something like that – there are programs that will compress pictures for you – I use Gimp a free image program and then crop pictures and then scale them down to between 200 & 500 wide depending on what I am using them for then use a large amount of compression to give small file sizes
Look around a bit – sounds like a large number of pictures and depending on the light and how old the gravestone is you might want to edit the picture to make the words easier to read –
Given the number of pictures if you can find a program that automates the work it will make life easier
Good luck and good on you for helping to make history more available
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That’s enough to get me stumbling in the right direction. I’m tempted to use the photo software on my computer I’ve already been using just to save me time but I shall remain curious about this Gimp. Thank you.
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Gimp is free – does the same as Photoshop – bit of a learning curve but the simple stuff was not to tough for me to learn – one hint is to write down what you do to a picture so the results can be repeated and the pictures look similar in tone, colors etc.
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I’m having a run on learning curves…just call me Danica!
Have learned to write down what I do so I know what I’ve done. I vaguely remember being able to just remember what I did.
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