Magical Holiday Home Chat -- Sunday, August 9th

[Jeff Westover]

@missjane -- there is a limit to how big a picture can be. However, it's pretty liberal. These days photos, especially from phones, can be quite huge

 

[Jeff Westover]

If you can't post a picture there are a number of free sites you can use to resize them

 

[Jeff Westover]

This is pretty important to do because your images need to fit within the frame of the forum set up. Think small screens -- phones...and you can see why your photos can't be too big. Usually not more than 1200 pix wide

 

[missjane]

Thanks, as I said, I've not tried it, but since this will archive (?), maybe those who have trouble will see your suggestion.

 

[Miss JoDee]

Can you tell us what about the website costs. I just learned that Ginger is paying for it and wondered if there is a way to donate to the cost.

 

[Jeff Westover]

Ginger pays $10 a year for the domain name. I pay for everything else. It cost about $500 to do the forum upgrade

 

[PamelaG]

I ran into this photo size issue recently but was able to use Photoshop to make the photo smaller. Worked great. Someone mentioned the free apps but I already had Photoshop.

 

[Jeff Westover]

Hosting of the site is between $50 and $75 a month, depending on how much activity we have

 

[Jeff Westover]

You can resize pictures online quickly and for free at https://picresize.com

 

[PamelaG]

Thanks for the picresize link, handy to have saved on my toolbar.

 

[Myron's Mom]

thanks for the link.

 

[PamelaG]

So, @Jeff Westover, you run both MHH and My Merry Christmas? How did you get started on this adventure?

 

[Jeff Westover]

I'm curious...how many of you use the site on a phone or tablet and how many just use a desktop?

 

[missjane]

That's a big cost! @Miss JoDee I explored the different memberships, and we can choose one and pay for it.

 

[DecemberisComing]

I usually use my laptop, but am on my phone now

 

[Myron's Mom]

That’s more than what my husband pays for his business website!

 

[Jeff Westover]

@PamelaG -- oh gosh, it's a long story! You can read about our start back in 1991 at this link -- https://mymerrychristmas.com/about/

 

[missjane]

I mainly use my laptop at home. If I'm away from home, I use my phone.

 

[Miss JoDee]

I use laptop to post most of the time and phone to read posts.

 

[Jeff Westover]

Ginger and I met via MMC a long time ago