Media folders filling up — couple of questions
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I have 2 blogs, the media folders are running out of room, one is at maybe 50 percent and the other, 80 percent… I read somewhere on the forums (can’t find it back) that it is easy to just create a new blog that will serve for continued storage of images. That is true, I have 2 new private ones made for that purpose. And I see the URLs that will get applied to post text indicating the image filepath.
However, I wonder about galleries. On my photo blog I make those often. What happens if you have a new storage area then create a gallery in that, meant for the main blog? I’m not sure how that will go…? How would a gallery arrangement get transferred over to the main blog?
And yes, I know that we are advised to crunch our images so that they are small enough and light enough so as not to overtax the media folder. But my work is as high-res as I can make it, some images (mostly the abstracts) are quite large but I make the effort to produce high quality work that will show at its best advantage… The downside of that is heavy files…
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Hi wildwanderingirl,
It is my understanding that for galleries to work then the images must be uploaded to the blog that the gallery is displayed on.
I don’t believe that you can use the gallery feature with images from other blogs or websites.
In your case I would say the best bet would be to purchase the storage upgrade.
It’s only $20/yr for an extra 10GB of storage which is an excellent price.
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OK and thanks, I didn’t know that!
Really I am not that worried about my photography site since the media folder is only about half full, and I’ve been at this for 3 years now…. It might take 3 more years for it to reach the danger point, even with the fairly frequent gallery making.
My fractals site is the one that most concerns me, at 80 percent that’s a bit dodgy. I might consider dividing up the material into 2 abstracts blogs. As a last resort I could go for the storage upgrade :D
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In order to maximize your storage space and to retain image clarity, use an image processing program to resize and optimize your images before you upload them. There’s really no advantage to uploading a 3.5 MB image when all that is being displayed is something a fraction of that.
There are a number of suggestions on this page http://en.support.wordpress.com/media/image-optimization/ and I can also recommend http://www.jpegmini.com/ to help slim down your images without changing their clarity.
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Hi – For several years I have been using a little free program known as XnView which does a fine job of optimizing BMPs, PNGs and other kinds of images. I convert everything to high quality JPGs, although my results can still be files on the heavy side. I often have to use one or more filtered layers, depending on what I am trying to accomplish. My cameras are not the best and so my photos often need a fair amount of postwork. As for abstracts, I often use extra layers on those for enhancements as well. Of course all of this postwork does lead to bulked-up files. Sometimes the images can be shrunk down to more modest dimensions. You don’t usually want to do that with intricate abstracts. But again, it all depends on subject matter and what you expect for the outcome.
Also, on my WP blogs I always give the option to view a piece full size at its best resolution. I have another pal or two in the abstracts genre who feel the same way, no use putting a ton of work into making beautiful pieces with a lot of detail if it will be shrunk down until no one sees that.
And so, the upshot is that I have not yet
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arrived at the perfect solution for slim files with their best quality intact… Might have to give JPGMini a go, it might be worth buying if it can slim files even more than XnView does, without quality loss.
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