Got my Rave invite and was setting up the notebook....finished stuff and the only way to load a pix of items is via flicker.......I hate flicker as for me on a slow dial up it takes forever....all of my pixs are saved on my hard drive, so other than not being able to post pixs so far looks good and I found a group for Dayton area knitters.
"DAB" wrote in news:LTo0j.6100$K_3.1970@trnddc03:
did you say hello on the rtcy group? it's been a little slow, but that's ok. we post here :) lee
oh shit....no but will go back and hunt you all down
Donna
It would cost the Ravelry owners far too much money to host all the pictures of all the people on Ravelry, so that's why a photo host like Flickr is necessary. I signed up to test using Photobucket (which I far prefer), but it still requires uploading pictures to a photo host. The only pictures hosted on Ravelry servers are the avatar pictures you load into your own profile. I hope you enjoy Ravelry as much as I've come to.
Just as an aside, I also have all my pictures on my hard drive as I would never trust any photo hosting service with my only copies. Just the other day I backed up all my pictures and filled 4 CDs. ;>)
Shelagh
i hope i sm not going to loose contact with all of you when you go to ravelery ,,,, mirjam
Oh Mirjam, I think most of us will still check in here too.... it's quite easy to check messages here a few times a day (which I do), and I leave Ravelry up the whole time I have my computer on. Why don't you sign up for Ravelry too? I'll bet you'd have a great time looking at all the knitting and crochet projects.
Shelagh
What's Ravelry?
Mary
Ok that makes sense. So far I like it and I view it as an additional source for my fave hobby and love all the ads
Me too, my blog is hosted via my website domain and I can store pictures there too but will always have them on my PC and thumb drive.
Donna
No sweet Mirjam...no chance of that...usenet is my first love and nothing will take it's place.
D> i hope i sm not going to loose contact with all of you when you go to > ravelery ,,,,
Mary
It's an online community dedicated to hand work like knitting, crochet, and I guess even sewing. I've been too busy to sign up, but my friend did, and it took her a month to get her invite. They are in the beta testing phase and are adding a couple hundred people every day, but with thousands in line all the time now, it takes time to get processed.
You sign up at
Leah
Ah, I see, thanks!
Mary
They are processing 700 a day...took me about a week to get on.
Donna
snipped-for-privacy@actcom.co.il (Mirjam Bruck-Cohen) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news.actcom.co.il:
i don't think you will. ravelry is an addition to rcty, not a substitute :) lee
"DAB" wrote in news:x6A0j.23811$V74.6184@trnddc02:
they're getting faster. it took me a bit over 2 months to get on. lee
Thank you all Dear friends , i have thought about that ravelry , and decided that there is so much i can do aday ,, i HAVE to finnish my book ,,,,,, and some art , and also you know a bit of house keeping etc,,,, i must draw a line and say no to such temptations ,,, mirjam
My understanding is once it's out of beta, anyone can have access without being a member.
Hesira
Isn't that just too funny - that everyone loves the yarn ads on Ravelry? No blinking, no annoyances, just nice tasteful ads that you can click on, or not.
I'll have to upgrade my own technology and get a thumb drive or two. I think they're a wonderful idea - hey, my DH can get me one for Christmas!!! I just wanted to get my pics and a few other files backed up, and quickly. I don't always remember to do that.
Shelagh
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen spun a FINE 'yarn' :
Mirjam . . . NO, dear friend, you will NOT lose ME! :D I'm here for the long-haul! :D Love, Noreen
Yes I saw that somewhere on the site.
Donna
Just curious, since I have no intention of getting on Ravelry -
Can you change your avatar? Can it be changed frequently? Does it absolutely have to be an avatar? Could you upload a low-resolution picture of one knitted item instead, and change it occasionally to show off the latest?
That's the way! Never trust a hard drive either! Some people say to put one in a ziploc[tm] bag and keep it in the freezer, in case of fire.
And frankly, I still like printed out copies, that don't take electricity to look at.
=Tamar
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