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READ THIS BEFORE UPLOADING!!!

Update Mar 23, 2011: From now on I will not provide warnings if the steps outlined here are not followed. Items will simply be deleted as soon as I see them. This gets really old people.

I want to stress to people uploading items to make sure you go back and edit the item you've uploaded to include a more complete description, keywords, summary, etc. But more importantly, to fill out the Usage field. You can find this field on the Custom Fields tab as you're editing your item. Select either Personal Only, or Personal and Commercial. These values tell how your uploaded item can be used, a very important thing! Protect your copyright!

Minor Changes

I've made a couple minor changes to the site layout.

Mainly, I've removed the login block normally seen on the right side of the main page.

So, to login or create a new account, click the Login menu item at the top navigation bar.

An Appeal

Update Jan 3: As I'm sure everyone knows, the update went without a hitch, and everything is up and running like a champ!

Correction: The server upgrade will occur tomorrow night, Jan 2, starting at approx 10pm EST

Update Jan 1: Well, with the continued donations we've reached $200 exactly! Again, I can't thank you all enough. Another bit of good news. The server folks didn't have the processor in stock that was going to be used for the upgrade, so they're throwing in the next level up at no additional cost! so we're getting a little better deal due to circumstances. There's always a silver lining, I suppose. I'd like to thank the additional donators: Probono, RainyDayMan, and another who did not leave a username in the payment notes and who's email does not match the one used to register here (domain is kenjura.com). Please drop me a note and I will add your name to the Hall of Fame. I really am overwhelmed by the response. I'd better get rendering so I can add more stuff right after the upgrade!

Second Update Dec 31: Wow! you folks have really come through! Another $70, bringing the total to $140! Loads of thanks to psayer, scipiogarling, and Spot! I will take up the rest (unless of course folks want to keep donating, I won't turn it down). I've scheduled the upgrade to occur tomorrow night, so the site will be down for 3-5 hours starting somewhere around 10pm EST. You guys ROCK!

Update Dec 31: Many thanks to Chatty, Jyrrahdr, and The_holy_spartan for their donations yesterday and today! $70 between them! Off to a great start!

Hello All,

You may have noticed some problems with access to the site lately. The problem is the server is becoming a bit overwhelmed, and this site is the main reason for that.

The amount of disk space used from multiple shopping carts of everything on the site is pretty enormous. The bandwidth used from all those hundreds of gigs downloaded is also a factor.

So, I need to upgrade the server. The cost to upgrade to a quad core machine with 4 times the ram and 10 times the disk space will cost me $300 US. This one-time fee will allow me to upgrade to a better machine without increasing the monthly fee, which is very important for me. The server currently costs me $190 a month. That didn't used to be a big deal, but having been laid off two years ago, I now make less than half my previous salary.

I do NOT want to get rid of the server, or have to get rid of this site or other sites so that the current server can run more efficiently, but those are my choices.

Therefore, I am appealing to all those out there who enjoy this site, and would like to see it continue. I currently have $100 set aside for the upgrade. All it would take is for 40 people to donate $5, and we're done.

If you can spare it, please click the Donate link and give what you can.

Thank you

Jeff Alberts
aka Steel Rat

Hall of Fame

Below is a list of users who have donated monetarily to the site. They have my personal thanks.

Be sure to thank them as well, for helping to keep the site going.

Varl
Murgh Bpurn
JayRaider
Richfuel
Oistene
Shoggothic
Zolgar
DerelictMan
Beornvig
Mercutio
Tuzon
Tecnolord
Mr Popo
Chatty
Jyrrahdr
The_holy_spartan
Psayer
Scipiogarling
Spot
Probono
RainyDayMan
Unknown (kenjura.com email)

There are some unknowns who did not leave their usernames when making the donations, and who used a different email address than they did to register here. And if I missed anyone, please let me know!

Adding to and Downloading Your Cart

I've worked with the folks who support the Gallery 2 software and have made some server tweaks to help with the aborted downloads.

The key is to keep your cart manageable. Adding multiple albums to your cart WILL result in a failed download at some point. If you must take everything, then do it one album at a time.

From this point on, anyone mentioning problems downloading their carts will be referred to this post. If you don't believe this solves your situation, then make a forum post with as much detail as possible, and I'll look into it.

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