This is off the site:- Since January this year! In some ways, due to the mayhem of the Virus and restrictions going on Who would read a small update on Jan 1st?


Sharing Material

Beginning January 1, 2020, members who wish to share material such as midi files, music sheets, style files, etc. with other members should upload that material to their personal online storage account and then share the link to this material in a forum topic or reply. Members have been sharing MP3s with this method for several years. Members should not upload files, in topics or replies, as attachments, which would be stored on the forum server. Exception to this rule would be photos or text files, which are beneficial for visual instruction.

There are many online storage services available, some of which are free. A few examples of online storage services are as follows: Microsoft OneDrive, Box.com, Google Drive, etc.

Attachments

In some cases the use of attachments may be an appropriate way of sharing files and information. There is a limit on the size of attachments. For any single attachment, the maximum file size allowed is 7 MB. Up to 3 attachments, totaling less than 21 MB, can be added to a single post.

There is also a constraint on the kind of files allowed as attachments enforced by monitoring the files extension (file type). Allowable attachments include:
- text files (txt, doc, docx, pdf, rtf),
- picture files (jpg, jpeg, gif, mpg, png),
- music files (mid, kar, wav, mp3),
- Yamaha files (sty, prs, set, fps, vce, rgt, mfd, pad), and
- Other (zip, xls, xlsx, mcsz, mxl, m2s).



Allan