Cebu Forum For Expats FAQ

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The more pictures the better. For that reason I've increased the total size of uploaded pictures a lot for groups CEX certified and above.

I've also lowered the size each picture can be. I had the total size pretty darn generous. Some of you managed to meet that quota fast.

So I increased the total size of all uploads but lowered the size of attachments to 2048 per file. That's still 20 times the size it should be, so I will cut that in half later. I often upload pictures of 800x600 and larger and keep them below 100k. 100k is the recommended file size.

There are tools that allow you to compress your pictures. I usually do it with Lightroom or Photoshop. If you have photoshop you can do it by clicking file and then export for web device. Pictures are usually saved for printing. This is much higher quality that can be displayed on ANY monitor. So anything above that quality setting is a waste. That increases load time on pages. It is important to keep load time low. I spend a lot of money to keep load times low.

If you don't have Photoshop or Light Room you can still do it by using a tool provided by Yahoo. You can find that tool here.

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