He posted it on the Service forum. But this may well be a trend. For a lot of people the solution might be to look at the size of the files they are using. 5 megabytes should really be a large site if all files are the optimal size.
What will happen is that the huge free sites with big files will move to hosts with more space. If you run a free host, your profit margin will depend on the advertising income and the size of the sites. If a hosts suddenly gets all the bloated sites, they may find in necessary to change the rules too.
Thanks Corwings! I will check into my file sizes and study up on the subject. I have one site that is 4.7 MB. Another is just over 10 MB yet they're constructed similarly. So perhaps that is my solution. I was really thinking that bravehost would shut my sites down come September 15th if I was over the storage limit. I deeply appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Thanks again!
Fyi, it is 5MB of storage combined for all websites.
Corwings is right. A lot of sites we've looked at have images that are over 5MB when really they should be a couple hundred kilobytes. We will look into sending out a future newsletter article that shows how to optimize images.
Actually, a couple of hundred kilobytes will also be way too much for an image on a website. I can think of a few exceptions (the image is supposed to be downloaded and used for printing purposes), but mostly you should try again if the image is anywhere near three digits. I try to keep them under 30 kb, but then my sites doesn't require 1200x900 screens.
How do I delete stored pictures that I am no longer using on my site? I thought I had gotten rid of them all but they are still all available under uploaded hosted images. I am only using 5 pictures on the site and would really like to delete the others. Please help.
