Brian, Wow... Ok on the storage space. I am glad that this issue has been addressed.
I think perhaps a document that includes all these facts should be created and placed in this Yahoo group in a folder, and of coure on the Wiki site... to help those who: 1. forget what has been said. 2. show up later and ask the same question for the 89th time, 3. etc. Regarding modules.... I would suggest that there be a module folder under S scale. Can there also be a folder placed in other locations such as the general overall layout folder with a redirect link to the S scale module folder? (I see you have created a Modular folder under Building Model Railroads Benchwork on the home page) I would want to worry only about one location, rather than updating several spots. Once I finish with the modular standards / rec. practices, i will be happy to add content to the Wiki. I am not sure if the DCC issue will become an RP or standard yet. Regarding module standards documentation. What I am working on right now is a update in the S-MOD standards which belongs to the NASG and will ultimately be located on their website. Once that is accomplished we can add links and explanations in the wiki. Since these are standards and recommended practices which need to be approved by the NASG Board of Trustees (BOT), original Indesign files should not be made available on a wiki. These are locked documents that are not open to change without BOT approval. Thanks for your effort. I hope you do not burn out! Be very careful about that! Been there... done that! Don --- In [email protected], "Vivamus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. It is hosted by InMotion Hosting: http://www.inmotionhosting.com/ I've > only been with them for a month or so, but they came highly recommended -- > and I highly recommend them myself. > > My account has 4.5 Terabytes of space, and 45 Terabytes of monthly transfer. > (A Terabyte is a thousand Gigabytes.) > > The Wiki will share that account with a number of other domains, but space > is not going to be a problem for a VERY long time. > > The database is mySQL, which is very efficient, run on a Unix server with > php, so yes, the system will keep going as is for many thousands of pages. > > No, I'm not worried about photo sizes. Multi-gigabyte videos might be an > issue, but I'll announce to the users when it is. For now, if you want to > share it and it is about model trains, post it. > > If the traffic gets heavy enough that it starts to bog down the server, I > have the option of moving to a dedicated server. That costs a lot of money, > but if the site is that busy, it should be producing the money by then, > through advertising and sponsorships. > > 2. As I understand it, there are DCC modules which need to be programmed, > and Modular Benchwork modules as well. If so, I expect there would be > different pages under those two sections relating to the appropriate types > of modules. Since I've never done anything with DCC and never built modular > benchwork, I may be completely wrong about this, so those who have a better > understanding can move the pages to the right place. > > Please note that new pages must have unique names, or they will cross-link > to an existing page, which may not be appropriate. In an active Wiki, > cross-linking is used very effectively, but not nearly as much as the > ordinary parent-child linking of creating a new page under the page on which > one is working. One of those pages is already called Modules, under DCC, so > the benchworking module page might be called Benchwork Modules, or something > like that. > > 3. The Files Galleries are the perfect place for those PDF files. If you > don't mind sharing them, you might even want to post the InDesign files as > well. I just created a file gallery and uploaded several types of files as > a test, and all seems to be working correctly. > > Thanks for the support. > > Brian > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Don DeWitt > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: {S-Scale List} wiki question 997 & 998 > > > > I am happy to see such enthusiasm for this new place on the internet. > > I have two questions of which one is VERY important before we go on much > further. > > 1. Who or where is the host for this wiki? > > I find it hard to believe that their is limitless space for everything we > might post for S scale > let alone EVERY other scale. > > I would ask that this issue be investigated very carefully. > > Can you imagine what a mess we will have in three years if there is a > storage limit that is > reached? > > Who will decide what will be deleted? > > Is there a need to set the image size of all photos? > > I have not tried to upload/add anything yet so maybe this issue has been > dealt with? > > If so.. "my bad"! > > 2. I agree that the modules topic should not reside just in the DCC section. > > It is a way of building a layout isn't it? > > A module section could be found at the top level that would be open to every > scale, which > might be nice, but it should also exist on the S index too. > > I guess it could be in both places? > > I am not sure what is best. > > back to work.... > > I am busy redrawing all the S-MOD standards diagrams so that we have > diagrams that are > no longer dot-matrix created as I used in 1987. I am using Adobe Illustrator > to create > .eps files which I insert into Adobe Indesign to create the final product > which is then saved > in Indesign format but also in PDF form for distribution. > > Don > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Yahoo! 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