Limit to 4 images

[RedMk2Gti]

I tried to post a 4Sales threads but got the following messages :-

"You have included 8 images in your message. You are limited to using 4 images so please go back and correct the problem and then continue again.

Images include use of smilies, the vB code [img] tag and HTML <img> tags. The use of these is all subject to them being enabled by the administrator."

I suppose the [img]...[/img] only link to the images in other server, it won't use spaces in our server, why is there such a limit ?

[mikinoz]

The main reason that there is such a limit is to prevent jamming of connections for people that do not have a fast connection. The forum displays images sequentially and by post, so if you have 4 images in 1 post then you end up getting those 4 loaded before the next 4, in theory this is.

You also then get a certain number of posts before a new page is created.

Yes the forum admin control this, personally I think that 4 images per post is fine. If you need to display more images, off site links would be the best suggestion.

Mick

[brackie]

Just to reinforce what Mick has said (thanks mate). The idea is to save server space and to speed up page loading for poor unfortunates like me who only have dialup (in my case 21bps if I'm lucky).
As Mick says, it's best to get yourself some free server space such as at picsplace etc and then the sky's the limit.