store images on two domains?

[Mike Jacoubowsky]

I'm running up against bandwidth limitations on my current webhost (xo.com,
formerly concentric, formerly something else) and need to either start
paying through the nose for more bandwidth, switch providers entirely (to go
to the next level of service at xo.com, you pay 4 times as much for 50% more
bandwidth), or store the pictures elsewhere.

The question I have is, how easy is it to have the pictures stored on a
different domain? Basically requiring FP to have two domains open at once
while you're working on the web page.

Thanks-

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

 

[Trevor L.]

Why not use a free site for storing pictures .

I use one whcih has 250MB which allows for quite a few pictures - 100s if
not 1000s.

Why should FP have to have 2 domains open at once ?
You can link to your other site from your main site (as I do - see below)

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Some free sites won't allow hot linking either.

 

[Mike Jacoubowsky]

Why not use a free site for storing pictures .

I use one whcih has 250MB which allows for quite a few pictures - 100s if
not 1000s.

Why should FP have to have 2 domains open at once ?
You can link to your other site from your main site (as I do - see below)

Trevor: So basically what you'd do is set up the "storage" site with your
photos, and link to them while working on your main site. That makes sense.
I was trying to figure out how you could do it "live" (in other words, while
working on the primary site, when importing new photos, tell frontpage to
place them elsewhere).

Why not a "free" site? Because this is a commercial business, and we can't
afford to have things slow down or go off-line because they think we're
hogging too much bandwidth. Availability is essential. Surprises are to be
avoided at all costs. And it's not like the cost is all that high. We're
paying $5-6,000 per month for yellow page advertising, while our web hosting
runs about $100. And our website brings in far more customers. Paying
$30/month for additional hosting capabilities is not an issue. Keeping it up
& reliable is.

Thanks-

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Mike, when you link to the live image, do not let FP save them in the current web when you get the
embed link dialog.

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[Mike Jacoubowsky]

Mike, when you link to the live image, do not let FP save them in the

current web when you get the embed link dialog.

Which would make backing up the website to a local drive a bit more
difficult. Hadn't thought of that issue until just now. Yuck.

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA