Hi Tamara, Thank you and GW for providing this site. Like my friend Susan above, I've been a member for years and check in almost daily. Some changes/additions I would like to see: 1. Arrange members names alphabetically on the "Rate & Review" forum. Use links which would allow only direct posts to a particular trader, and "force" the forum to work as it was intended to. 2. Allow posts to be deleted or sent to a "recycling bin" by the originator when they are no longer useful or valid (especially in the case of trades/exchanges that have been fulfilled). 3. Combine the Gardening by State "Discussions", "Exchanges" and "Conversations" forums into one. There simply isn't enough traffic to support all three, at least amongst Alabama gardeners. The "Exchanges" and "Discussions" forums are mostly dead areas. There are some other forums on GW in general that could be combined to increase traffic and interest. Sometimes "bigger" isn't "better". 4. I would like for there to be a process by which the accounts of our deceased GW friends can be deleted. I usually post a notice on the Alabama forum and Trades/Exchanges forums so members/traders/friends are aware and will understand if/when they don't get a response from a certain member or their e-mail is returned. Lastly, "Thank You!" again, Tamara, for giving us the opportunity to help shape the very best gardening forum on the internet! Your efforts do not go unappreciated. Nelson (who is rarely short on words)

You're welcome, I'm sorry it's not working for you. It shouldn't make a difference but what browser are you using? I use IE for GW and Firefox for most everything else. Can you make another post and include a link to one of your pictures that you would like to post and I'll give a try and see if I can see what's happening? Greg Southern Nevada

Thanks Vickie-I'll try that!

There are many ways to resize pictures. I use Irfanview but I'm sure there are other ways just as good. Irfanview is useful for dealing with graphics in other ways and I like it for resizing because I feel it gives me more control over the end result. Here's how to use Irfanview: Resizing pictures for posting There are two 'sizes' involved, the dimensions and the file size. If the dimensions are too large the viewer has to scroll to see the entire picture and it also means scrolling to read other posts in the thread. I don't think any picture needs to be more than 800 pixels wide and probably no one will have to scroll to see the entire picture. If the file size is larger than 100 KB it will be very slow for viewers using a dial up network (DUN) and almost half of internet users are on a DUN. One way to have a picture big enough for easy viewing with a file size under 100 KB is to use the free program Irfanview. It can be downloaded from the author's home page at Irfanview.com. Download the plugins also and you will have a very useful photo editing program. There are many tutorials for using the program. Just do a search for "Irfanview tutorials' and you will find many. To resize a picture for posting you need to do so before uploading it to photobucket or your other online host. Here's how I go about resizing a picture after installing Irfanview: Right click on the picture, pick 'Open with' on the drop down menu and select Irfanview. When the picture opens in Irfanview click on 'Image' > 'Resize/Resample' and the following screen opens: I've typed 800 in the width box and the height is filled in automatically. Make sure 'pixels' is chosen and that 'Preserve aspect ratio' is checked and type 72 in the 'DPI' box. Click 'OK' and you will see the resized picture. Now click 'File' > 'Save As' and you get a screen like this: Notice that I've made a folder called 'Resized Pictures' and I'm saving it there. If you save it in the same folder it was in originally make sure you give a different name so your original picture is not changed. I've given the picture a name and am saving it as a .jpg file. This brings up the 'JPEG/GIF save options' that you see on the right of the image. Set the 'Save quality' slider at around 30 and click 'Save'. Now go to the saved picture and check it to make sure it is what you want. It should be, but if not experiment a little with the 'Save quality' slider. This may sound like a lengthy process when you read this but after you do it a time or two it only takes a few seconds.