Stock images

[Acid John]

It was very hard to upload photos. Many contributors gave up.

[Acid John]

Just had a look at the link and that is just the fancy banner photos not the species albums

[Acid John]

I think it is Gallery at the foot of the main page but it is now marked forbidden

[Chris L]

I think it is Gallery at the foot of the main page but it is now marked forbidden

I've had a quick look and that link is going to https:/ /forum .. .bcss.org.uk/gallery/. That is on the BCSS server (I just looked) and has 2000+ images stored in it, all uploaded on the 20th April 2016 by the same user (possibly Bill).

I think Jim's link is a third party website... Zenfolio.

[Acid John]

Is that one of the forum changeover dates?

[Jim_Mercer]

Unfortunately the attempt at creating a BCSS stock library has not had many contributions so not much here https://bcssimages.zenfolio.com/

Never seen that before..... how long has it been around, and what was it set up for please.

It was set up a few years ago, announced in enews and journal with the intention of creating a stock of images for the society's use. No one responded to original request to set it up so I volunteered as it seemed to good an idea to abandon. I did recently ask if in light of the poor response if the society wanted it to continue as there is a hosting fee to be paid although I have only asked for one years money. My own health issues now mean that I cannot continue to look after this

[Paul D]

Unfortunately the attempt at creating a BCSS stock library has not had many contributions so not much here https://bcssimages.zenfolio.com/

Never seen that before..... how long has it been around, and what was it set up for please.

It was set up a few years ago, announced in enews and journal with the intention of creating a stock of images for the society's use. No one responded to original request to set it up so I volunteered as it seemed to good an idea to abandon. I did recently ask if in light of the poor response if the society wanted it to continue as there is a hosting fee to be paid although I have only asked for one years money. My own health issues now mean that I cannot continue to look after this

Jim, this is all news to me- it seems like a useful resource. I did wonder what all those photos were there for. Perhaps we can incorporate it into the new website. I'll send you a PM.

[Jim_Mercer]

Is that one of the forum changeover dates?

Probably as the gallery that you could access from the link at the bottom of this page stopped working after one of the updates - not sure if it was forum or server upgrade that caused the final problem .

Edit

Just looked at my photo archive disk and the last image I managed uploaded to the gallery was February 2017 as I used to upload the winners of the forum monthly photo comp although it might have failed earlier that is last image I kept