The Projects Collection forum

Discussion in 'Feedback and Suggestions' started by jpanhalt, Feb 11, 2010.

  1. jpanhalt

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    Jan 18, 2008
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    Unfortunately, this popular project (more than 10,000 hits) has now become useless, because the project presentation relied on a non-AAC link.

    I believe that the AAC policy requiring any project to be completely presented within the four walls of AAC needs to be emphasized and followed without exception.

    I know we cannot fix spilled milk, but I sense a somewhat loose adherence to that policy, which will have the predictable result seen with that popular thread. If a poster cannot for whatever reason meet that requirement, then the project would better be presented as a regular thread in one of the other sub-forums, e.g, The Projects Forum.

    John
     
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  2. bertus

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    Apr 5, 2008
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    Hello John,

    You are right about the information loss due to an external site that has "lost" the needed pictures.
    I think we should promote the use of the local storage of pictures and documents needed.

    I think the TS of that thread did not realize that the info can get lost.

    Greetings,
    Bertus
     
  3. jpanhalt

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    I agree AAC should promote local storage of images for all posts for a variety of reasons. I hate clicking on one of the photo hosting sites and having to endure all of the advertising and cookies.

    My comment, however, was related specifically to the Projects Collection forum. The main difference I was considering is that with a typical thread, after a few months there is virtually no further interest in it. So, off-site hosting while it may be annoying has very little impact on value.

    In contrast, projects posted to the Project Collection are frequently viewed long after they were posted. Loss of critical information from a non-AAC host destroys the project's value.

    I am equally certain that the TS did not intend for the information to get lost. But, it did get lost. In brief, I was suggesting that the policy exists, let's be more rigorous in following it. The post I picked was just one extreme example. There are others where that potential risk also exists.

    John
     
  4. Wendy

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    Mar 24, 2008
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    I've flagged the post as unusable. IMO it should be removed, or moved.
     
  5. jrap

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    You brought up some good points John. I agree that things should be hosted locally to preserve posts.
    I wonder if vBulletin has a plugin that automatically detects linked images, and hosts them locally. I will search around and see if one exists, and possibly hack one up over my reading week if not.

    Rob
     
  6. Wendy

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    Thank you.
     
  7. eblc1388

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    Nov 28, 2008
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    Just let the project poster knows in advance that if in future the external image or document links to the project is reported broken or unavailable, the whole project will be removed from the forum.
     
  8. jrap

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    [​IMG]

    Hey guys. I have installed a caching module for externally linked images. Please let me know if you experience any problems with it!

    Thanks
     
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