To keep things running smoothly on the new forum and help prevent it from going down like the old one did, we're going to be introducing some guidelines for hosting. Since contests are a big part of this forum, they also take up a lot of bandwidth. Following these tips will help minimise the server load.
- Hosts sometimes use PNG images, which have a noticeably larger file size than JPG. While PNG brings good image quality, it can also hurt bandwidth.
- Please consider the size of the image. The old forum automatically resized images so they didn't appear that big, but the bigger image also means bigger file size. Please try to save the image at the exact size you would like it to appear on the forum.
- Please use outside image hosting sites, do not upload images to the forum.
- Try compressing images without losing any quality. For example, Photoshop has the option to save images for web where you can choose the quality of 60 (out of 100), have smaller file size and not lose any quality. But there are also compressors like https://imageoptim.com/mac or https://tinyjpg.com/ or https://compressor.io/ which can compress images as well.