[Bgnet] Bowerman/Gifford Family Photographs

[Bowerman Genealogy Discussion]

Lol - Patti can type, Lon can sort and collate, Ron can convert to html and
spend a month adding a few hundred links - roflmao!!!

 

While it sounds good in theory, it's a massive undertaking, Lon.  Close to
2000 entries to type up, convert to html, and link into the website.  I just
do not have the time for that now, as I am sure it would not be done before
I leave here in May.

 

I also have to consider the amount of drive space it would consume - we are
close to our limits now, unless I upgrade the server again.  I had thought
to add the photo's to the site, as they are all sorted by album, but that is
650 meg - more space than I have - by almost double.  Mind you, there are 52
albums of photos.

 

What I am considering are a couple alternatives:

 

1.	Posting the index for album 1 for a period of time, then pulling it
down and posting album 2., etc..
2.	Creating a bound photocopy of the indexes, adding a copy of the
entire CD, and letting people order them from me for cost + shipping.

 

I personally think option 2 to be the most realistic.

 

I have the same problem with the West Falmouth Archive listing - too much
data (over 100 pages) to put up on the website.  The file would take forever
to download and take up a lot of space.

 

Add these facts to a 35gig/month bandwidth limitation - means it isn't going
to happen.  This is the same problem I have with adding all the Picton
references.

 

I'll make a final decision on all this after I decide if I want to lay out
the cost of another website upgrade.  This site was originally based on a
200 meg partition, and we are already cramping 600 megs. The next
addition/upgrade puts me into commercial website territory and that starts
getting expensive.

 

I'll keep you posted though.

 

Ron

 

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From: Bowerman Genealogy Discussion [mailto:Bgnet at hawkshome.net] 
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 9:25 PM
To: Bgnet at hawkshome.net
Subject: Re: [Bgnet] Bowerman/Gifford Family Photographs

 

Ron - at least you need to get the index up on the web site so we can search
it.  Otherwise we will never know if there is a picture we may want to look
at.

 

Lon

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