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Hi John,
The quickest & most convenient way to check the file size of any photograph on the computer is to right click on your mouse and select "properties". The dimensions, file size, and location would be displayed in the properties box.
Regarding file size(s) - We do ask that our members follow the guideline of 60KB per photo and dimensions no larger than 640X480.
If you have Photoshop, there is an option that allows you to select file sizes. Click 'File' and then select the option 'Save for Web' - a new window should pop up and allows you to select from Low, Medium, High, to Maximum for your image.
Also, if you do not want to give up the quality of your photos, you could post them us thumbnails.
CLICK HERE for thumbnail tutorial by Felix. :cheers
As for the 1 attachment per post & hotlink:
The reason for 1 attachment per post is to keep the board from bogging down. Although we have many members with high-speed internet access, we would still like DX to be user friendly for everyone, especially members with dial-up connections.
Hot Linking - In this case, it basically means that you are displaying the image(s) from another source other than your own.
For example: A person happens to find a very nice picture of the Cobra from an automobile forum A. Instead of providing the URLs, he/she instead uses image tags and displayed the photographs directly from forum A to forum B. While this may seems harmless, what that does is eating up the bandwith from the original source - forum A.
This type of action is a no-no and can be considered as theft. It's like running your power tools via your neighbor's electrical sockets, if you know what I mean.
So if you would like to display pictures, you can either use DX's attachment option to post pictures from your computer, or you can sign up with an image hosting service and host the pictures from there.
Here's a popular host that many DXers use:
Photobucket.
I hope this answers some of your questions. If you need anything else, please do not hesitate to ask anyone of us Ringers here for assistance.
Again, welcome to DX and I hope that you'll enjoy yourself here. :cheers
