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extremebfn 09-04-2004 03:24 PM

How to Attach a file on my thread?
 
How do i attach a file to my thread?I want to add a pic to explain my network setup.

Thnx

darin3200 09-04-2004 03:41 PM

LQ doesn't currenty allow for users to upload pictures or files. Allowing people to post pictures would require extra server bandwidth, server space, resources, etc... Also we have users who are using dial-up connections which would be slow for them and users who use text based browsers.

Dark_Helmet 09-04-2004 03:48 PM

Just to expand on that...

If you have a picture you want to accompany with a post, set up a web server to display it and provide a link to it in your post.

There are a number of free web hosting companies (like tripod) that will give you some storage to display a personal webpage. You can use a service like that to provide your image.

trickykid 09-04-2004 05:37 PM

Moved: More suitable in Website Questions and Suggestions.

david_ross 09-05-2004 08:49 AM

Or you could just make a text diagram like:
Code:

              {Internet}
                    |
                [ROUTER]-----[DMZ SWITCH]---<SQL SERVER>-
                    |              |    \
[JETDIRECT]---[LAN SWITCH]  <WEB SERVER> \
                /  |  \                  <MAIL SERVER>
            (PC1)(PC2) [HUB]
                      /  |  \
                  (PC3)(PC4)(PC5)

Key:
{}=Cloud
[]=Network Device
<>=Server
()=PC


J.W. 09-05-2004 10:03 PM

Just my 2 cents -- While I might be inclined to agree that in certain cases the ability to attach a file would be both helpful and advantageous, at the same time, it could really be a Pandora's box -- suppose that through either an innocent mistake or deliberate malice someone attached a file that contained a virus/trojan/spyware, or a wildly inappropriate .jpg, etc. In addition to the issues darin3200 identified, the ability to attach a file to a thread is not something that many people either need or want, and thus it just wouldn't have a favorable cost/benefit ratio. If a picture is needed, as david_ross suggested a simple diagram should suffice. Again, this is strictly my personal opinion. -- J.W.


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