RMweb Gold C126 Posted November 6, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 6, 2022 Please accept my apologies if this has been established further up the thread, but I am hoping to restore my 'albums', with the following method: (1) Create new duplicate album with slight variation in name. (2) 'Hide' original albums with missing images. (3) Up-load all relevant images to these new duplicate albums, including ones not lost. However, will the web-site permit images to be up-loaded when the file-name 'exists' (if only as a grey square) already elsewhere in a different folder/album? I am doing this because, if I remember correctly, one can not 'delete' things, but only 'Hide'. Does this method sound practicable? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted November 6, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 6, 2022 1 minute ago, C126 said: Please accept my apologies if this has been established further up the thread, but I am hoping to restore my 'albums', with the following method: (1) Create new duplicate album with slight variation in name. (2) 'Hide' original albums with missing images. (3) Up-load all relevant images to these new duplicate albums, including ones not lost. However, will the web-site permit images to be up-loaded when the file-name 'exists' (if only as a grey square) already elsewhere in a different folder/album? I am doing this because, if I remember correctly, one can not 'delete' things, but only 'Hide'. Does this method sound practicable? You can delete your images when editing the post in the topic. Just delete the thumbnails at the bottom of the post. I kept all my original file names witbout any problems. The missing images show as a blank thumbnail when you edit the post. You also need to delete the link in the body of the text either before or after you i sert the new image. Jamie 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold C126 Posted November 6, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 6, 2022 22 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: You can delete your images when editing the post in the topic. Just delete the thumbnails at the bottom of the post. I kept all my original file names witbout any problems. The missing images show as a blank thumbnail when you edit the post. You also need to delete the link in the body of the text either before or after you i sert the new image. Jamie @jamie92208 Thanks for such a quick reply. But can you do this when the images are in albums? I was worried you have to 'Hide' and must use a new file-name. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted November 6, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 6, 2022 50 minutes ago, C126 said: @jamie92208 Thanks for such a quick reply. But can you do this when the images are in albums? I was worried you have to 'Hide' and must use a new file-name. I'm not sure about albums as all mine are just in normal thread posts. Obviously you can only edit posts that you have made yourself. Jamie 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteB Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Sorry if this has already been mentioned (I havn't trawled every message in this topic), but can the moderators now assure us that they are taking their own backups to offline storage and not relying on the hosting provider as the only backups being taken? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2023 6 hours ago, PeteB said: can the moderators now assure us that they are taking their own backups to offline storage The site ain't going to fit on a 5.25" floppy... 2 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted March 13, 2023 Author Moderators Share Posted March 13, 2023 6 hours ago, PeteB said: Sorry if this has already been mentioned (I havn't trawled every message in this topic), but can the moderators now assure us that they are taking their own backups to offline storage and not relying on the hosting provider as the only backups being taken? It's taken care of via Invision's AWS cloud storage. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Meh, it'll never work. I saw Die Hard IV..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 WinZip? 😘 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted March 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2023 I'm now printing out paper copies of everything in triplicate. One copy in a fireproof safe, one copy sent to the ISS, and one for looking at. My wife thinks I'm over reacting. 1 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 4 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said: I'm now printing out paper copies of everything in triplicate. One copy in a fireproof safe, one copy sent to the ISS, and one for looking at. My wife thinks I'm over reacting. Only if you're wearing a tinfoil hat whilst doing it... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted March 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2023 3 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Only if you're wearing a tinfoil hat whilst doing it... Not just a tinfoil hat.... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted March 13, 2023 Author Moderators Share Posted March 13, 2023 14 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said: I'm now printing out paper copies of everything Lightweight. I'd have had you down for engraving it on plasticard. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 15 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said: Not just a tinfoil hat.... Of course, you went full spamcan... Didn't they warn you? Never go full spamcan! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) One thing that has happened recently is that some threads and photographs take ages to download. I'm not sure whether it is the site or my computer. Edited March 13, 2023 by PhilJ W Fat finger syndrome 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 20 hours ago, AY Mod said: It's taken care of via Invision's AWS cloud storage. The AWS global server team 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 14, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2023 22 hours ago, 2ManySpams said: Not just a tinfoil hat.... Nooooooo, my eyes! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted March 14, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2023 Although with professionals it shouldn’t happen after making a c*** *p of my own this weekend a tinge of sympathy. 24GB now reloading into icloud after I thought I had accidentally deleted it. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteB Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 On 13/03/2023 at 19:29, AY Mod said: It's taken care of via Invision's AWS cloud storage. Can you assure that is NOT the same company that is hosting the website? It is vital that all the eggs are not in one basket again. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted March 14, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2023 14 minutes ago, PeteB said: Can you assure that is NOT the same company that is hosting the website? It is vital that all the eggs are not in one basket again. Since AWS is short for Amazon Web Services, there's 2 different companies mentioned in the bit you quoted. Can Andy go back to running the site now? Gary 3 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted March 14, 2023 Author Moderators Share Posted March 14, 2023 44 minutes ago, PeteB said: Can you assure that is NOT the same company that is hosting the website? It is vital that all the eggs are not in one basket again. You seem to be making some fairly strident demands having found that images were missing in one topic you are interested in whilst overlooking what took place 9-12 months ago which has affected many more people over much wider usage. 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted March 14, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2023 53 minutes ago, PeteB said: Can you assure that is NOT the same company that is hosting the website? It is vital that all the eggs are not in one basket again. If we can’t trust AWS to keep our data safe then we’re all in big trouble. They know that their business would die instantly if there was any suggestion that they had lost any customer data. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Harlequin said: If we can’t trust AWS to keep our data safe then we’re all in big trouble. They know that their business would die instantly if there was any suggestion that they had lost any customer data. 34% of the cloud market, next is Azure (Microsoft) with 21% and Google third with a lowly 11%. I think AWS can be trusted to keep back ups safe. As long, of course, as Invision have opted for it.................ooops sorry Andy we forgot to tick the back up box when applying for the cloud space. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted March 15, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) 19 hours ago, john new said: Although with professionals it shouldn’t happen after making a c*** *p of my own this weekend a tinge of sympathy. 24GB now reloading into icloud after I thought I had accidentally deleted it. A big word of warning to icloud users (Onedrive may be the same). IT IS NOT an external hard drive independent of your local disc. Sadly I had thought it was due to inadequate research. In moving some stuff around recently to free up machine space I have lost a mass of MSWord data. What I should have done was (1) copy off to a local external hard disc then (2) delete from the main disc and finally (3) clear the caches etc. I have just found out the hard way that icloud only mirrors your local disc storage - doing step (2) first because you think it is safely in the cloud is a disaster waiting to happen. Luckily all the really important stuff like my photo archive wasn't what I'd culled and is also backed up elsewhere but a big chunk of stuff I will miss wasn't. The 30 day restore from deletion buffer had also been cleared before realising my mistake. Edited March 15, 2023 by john new 3 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted March 15, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2023 2 minutes ago, john new said: A big word of warning to icloud users (Onedrive may be the same). IT IS NOT an external hard drive independent of your local disc. Sadly I had thought it was due to inadequate research. In moving some stuff around recently to free up machine space I have lost a mass of MSWord data. What I should have done was (1) copy off to a local external hard disc then (2) delete from the main disc and finally (3) clear the caches etc. I have just found out the hard way that icloud only mirrors your local disc storage - doing step (2) first because you think it is safely in the cloud is a disaster waiting to happen. Luckily all the really important stuff like my photo archive wasn't what I'd culled and is also backed up elsewhere but a big junk of stuff I will miss wasn't. The 30 day restore from deletion buffer had also been cleared before realising my mistake. my 1Tb of Onedrive storage is also backed up on a physical 2Tb NAS drive - I don't trust nobody 🤣 3 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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