Indeed, as Jackie pointed out, if your images are hosted on another server (such as photobucket) they will not be taking up any space on my server. Also the host server will be the one serving the image (this is also known as "hot linking") while my server will be simply processing the hyperlink.
Don't get me wrong, I really want this to continue to be the friendly board that it has become. I also am surprised at how quickly it has grown. There's a new user every couple days and tons of great cacti-related info, pictures, and commentary. I am thrilled with the direction it's headed.
Primarily, I want to try and keep from getting too sidetracked on the forum for the sake of future growth. If not for hosting concerns, at least for the sake of relevancy when searching topics and browsing the forum. I'd like new users to be impressed with the amount of cacti info here. I don't just mean technical jargon either. I think everyone's personal expriences with cacti, your favorites, heck even cacti related poetry if you have any
are all good things to post. Bob's idea of putting up pictures of each other I thought was a pretty good one. I still think the Robert Redford/Clint Eastwood self-description that John had is an uncanny fit. 
Also when using the [Img] tag to post am image right on the forum (rather than a link), sizing pictures down helps make them easier to view and fit better on the page. I recommend 600 X 450 pixels for that. Some visitors have smaller monitors than others and this will be helpful.
I encourage the use of Private Messaging, too.
Overall, I really want this site to become the best it can be at what it was concieved to be; an on-line guide for the positive identification of members of the cactus family. In doing so, I want it to be easy to navigate, content-rich, and most of all uncluttered! You'll notice no advetising, banners, pop-ups or any of that sort of thing. Further in the future, perhaps, an on-line store might be added. (After a lot of other features.) However, my thoughts on that would be to create an outlet where unique and specialty cacti-related products and plants can be found; things like grafting stock such as was recently inquired about on the forum or even a "Send-to-a-Friend" type system to make international shipping easier and faster.
Not to get off subject, but I hope that this makes some sense and that everyone will continue to utilizie this forum and keep adding more great posts.
Daiv
