I'm just thinking out loud, and I don't know how hard this would be to setup/implement; but is there any chance of getting a page/script setup that would allow people to upload their pictures/images to a folder on the iceinspace server (browse, upload image and then provide vB code to paste into the forums). Something like this would stop the database from growing too quickly (but not the total size of the site), but allow people with no webspace to continue adding pictures to the forums. To avoid abuse you could use some form of authentication first (ie. using forum user/pass?), and if possible add a limit so the pages are only available on the forums. I'm no web design/code guru so I don't know if this is even possible (mojo?).
I guess, though, that something like that could be abused easily, and cause more work for the admins. Like I said I'm just thinking out aloud.
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