Re: Increase upload limit

Posted by Hugo <Nabble> on Jan 30, 2013; 10:37pm
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Increase-upload-limit-tp7582850p7582851.html

Hi Rob, you are not the first person to request this feature. Currently the 5Mb limit is hardcoded in our system, so we can't easily change that value for a given forum. Since a higher limit would mean more storage/disk space and bandwidth for the forum, the natural path is to make this a premium feature, which would cost some bucks per upload or per month. We still don't know yet how much this would cost.

Another option is to deduct credits from the forum. As you probably know, Nabble allows you to buy ad-free credits (see Options > Remove ads) which keep your pages free from ads while the number of credits is above zero. One credit means one page view without ads. Some pages don't count as page views, so they don't affect the credits as well (e.g., configuration pages, new topic, reply, people page, etc.). So the idea is to deduct credits also when someone uploads a file with more than 5Mb. Here is one possibility:

From 1 byte to 5Mb = For Free (current configuration)
From 5Mb on, each extra 1Mb deducts 200 credits:
     6Mb = 200 credits
     7Mb = 400 credits

This is just an idea and would have to be discussed with the whole Nabble team (including the number of credits per Mb). Please let me know what you think and if you have questions, comments or concerns.