cds hold at least 540MB and can hold 700MB.  i record stuff all the
time.  i agree that a size limit, not a format limit should be set
instead.  in fact, i think that a self contained folder of limited size
is what should be submitted.  the first page should be called
index.html.  the folder should be called by the author's first initial
and last name with an underscore between them.  this way, links from the
cd's main tutorial page can be standard, each pointing to the correct
folder with no mention of filename (as index.*, and default.* are loaded
automatically by the browsers).  pictures are usually small if they are
in the tut, with links to larger images at key places.  i think this
method works well, hense my above opinion on size limit instead.

greg, maybe download some tut's from a few websites and see what they
involve MB size-wise and get back to us with your thoughts on it.

Bob Hughes wrote:
> 
> "Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
> news:39aede6d@news.povray.org...
> |   I really don't understand why limit the number of items and not set any
> | limit to file sizes when it should the exactly the other way around.
> |   It's the disk space we are concerned about, isn't it? The tutorials
> shouldn't
> | take too much disk space so that they will all fit in the CD. What does it
> | matter if the tutorial has 2 or 200 images as long as they don't take too
> | much space?
> |   I still propose that the limitations are set for the disk space needed
> for
> | the whole tutorial.
> 
> Sounded like Greg was hoping for a somewhat standardized look to the web
> pages, since he also mentioned only a 320x240 size image; at least within
> some constraints.  Obviously people have trouble with that kind of thing,
> rules have been changed before to suit the individual versus the masses (or
> is that the other way 'round?).
> A CD holds 360 Megs so makes me wonder about the collection of such a
> potentially large amount of stuff, hope he's got a good 56K connection or
> better there  :-)
> Although a little calculating (guestimating) turns up that only a 1/2 or
> less of the CD would probably be filled, still a large amount of data to
> pass around if a fair amount of people submit there stuff.
> 
> Bob

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