After moving to a private server, Dreamhost has informed me that I’m using more resources than before (what?), and as such my hosting bills have increased. The biggest culprit seems to be WordPress’ built-in Gallery feature, along with the Lightbox-style image displays I’ve been using to share larger copies of my photos.
I’ve been experimenting with using a combination of WP Gallery, the NextGen Gallery plug-in, and hosting photos on Flickr to see which would be the least drain on my server’s resources, and Flickr is the winner, hands down. The problem is that if I use Flickr to embed images in my posts, you can’t see the full-size versions unless (1), you click through to Flickr and (2), if you’re one of my Flickr contacts.
So I’m asking your opinion: do you like it when I use lightbox to display my photos on this site? Is the Flickr embed good enough? Do you care whether I post my photos here?
Please leave your answer in the comments. Thanks!
Polling the Audience: Photos on this Blog
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I prefer Flickr. You can change your Flickr settings to allow people other than just your contacts to see your images at full size.
I don't want people to be able to see them full size at Flickr – they can be stolen. At least this way, being wrapped in a Flash layer, I can keep people from leaching them.
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