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    Photos for Private Internet Users (NAS?)

    Oh yeak, I forgot to add: From I read in research I should go, as you suggested, with either NAS or webhost. My problem with NAS is that I can find all sorts of tech specs on them, but very little on UI and what they really allow one to do. Like any computer hardware and software, there is...
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    Photos for Private Internet Users (NAS?)

    I used WP about a year ago, and quite successfully, but I was adding to one that someone else built and it was the simple 2013 calender template. I have been trying to find a template that will work for what I want. Then, I couldn't figure out the search/sort buttons, got frustrated and quit...
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    Photos for Private Internet Users (NAS?)

    I have looked at Hostgator and I chose a free webbuilder to try to figure things out before I started paying for something I don't understand. I didn't get very far. That was for my WordPress effort. It looks like maybe I will still have to work on that some more. Even so, would it be best...
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    Photos for Private Internet Users (NAS?)

    USAFret - "3. Access - This is tricky. Hosting it at home, you will be opening up ports on your network to the outside world. A misstep here could make all the pics (and the rest of your network) available to the planet." This is definitely a concern and the main reason I tried to do it with...
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    Photos for Private Internet Users (NAS?)

    "if no one is going to use the raw files, don't worry about uploading them. that will cut down on your space and just back them up locally. no need to upload them really." Sorry for the wasted post I just made. Obviously, I haven't figured out how to reply on this forum yet. Anyway, for the...
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    Photos for Private Internet Users (NAS?)

    The more I read about NAS, the more confused I get. After probably 20 - 30 hours of study I finally have to ask those who know much more about it than I. My internet searches have come empty with respect to my goals. Please help. Goals: 1) Store 1T of photos 2) Share with forty+ relatives...