Question on Posting Images and Web Hosting

[mac173]

I am not as savvy as I like to think I am, so here's a question to prove it.

My father recently gave me a program to edit images. I am thinking of trying to make  a sig. Once I do get one made up, how do I post it here? Or if I want to share a screen shot or image?

I have my own domain, but I don't have a web page. Thats another project, and no, I have no one hosting my domain. I can't afford to pay for hosting, and my ISP dosen't offer any.

What do I do to get my sig of images to show here?

[Jaeren]

You need to have webspace somewhere and upload the picture there. Some people use geocities (renaming the jpg or gif after uploading to txt to get around the linking restrictions i think) or something similiar. A lot of us have our own webspace that we use though, like msyelf. I have multiple places I can put my sig ;)

[Zorthar]

I use http://www.strike9.com, but I somehow used all my bandwith this month, they offer alot of bandwith for a free site, and their other hosting is relatively cheap I would guess too, but I havent really looked around at prices.

[mac173]

Thanks, Zorthar, I just signed up for free trial. I will have to see if that gives enough bandwidth to handle my sig or not. Of course, I need to make a sig!
BTW, the link is broken. The URL comes up as www.strike9,.com.
A comma slipped in on you.

[Thrashum Gud]

Some people use geocities (renaming the jpg or gif after uploading to txt to get around the linking restrictions i think) or something similiar.

That's exactly how it is done and it is what I use.  For a non-internet savy type like myself it's about as easy as you can possibly find for free.

[Zorthar]

Also, to post an image use the img command, format is:

[code:1][img]http://www.yourwebhost/images/yoursig.jpg[/img][/code:1]

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

I'm really, really close to having a server up and running on my home network, complete with many little features.  Depending on how it all works out, I might be able to host your sig mac.  I just need to find a new job currently, as the one I'm at is killing me (mentally & physically).  I'm really not cut out to be a car salesman, and after the pain I had shooting through my back yesterday, it's time to move on to another career.

[mac173]

I have been perusing the "Free" web space providers, and most of them have some conditions I can't go with.
Such as, I have to transfer my domain name registration over to them. I have the registration currently pre-paid until 2011, so I'm NOT changing the registrant. I'm not really happy with the idea of an address like www.mememe.com/geocities.mac173.com.  The sub-domain just seems to make the address go on forever, and forever. I guess I could redirect from the original domain though......Huhhhhhh.

OK, sorry, thinking out loud. Will 50megs storage, and 1000megs bandwidth per month be enough? I don't knoe how much bandwidth the sig will take.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Well, it depends.  your sig uses more bandwidth every time it's *viewed* by other people, for every post you make using the signature.  If you are relatively insane and post.... oh..... 100 messages with the sig a day, you might have a problem.  Then again, if the forums you are perusing are *very* popular, and have thousands of hits a day, with dozens on each thread you have your sig on.... you get the picture (hopefully).  Personally, I think that what you've selected shoudn't be all that big of a deal.

[DiosT]

Assuming your signature is within the limits permitted by this board you can get:
28,571 views off that amount of bandwidth

1,000,000,000/35,000 or:
1,000/.035

should be fine, as long as you dont have -LOTS- of other traffic on the website...