I don't know why I said what I did because I actually understood you to say that the Portfolio feature would be available to everyone, both paid and unpaid members. I even said in another comment that at least the price for the Portfolio feature is right (i.e., it's free). Guess I have to chalk my screw-up to staying up too late. Also, I more thoroughly re-read what the group was planning for an apparent "upgrade" to DA's Search function, but it turned out to be some kind of search I wouldn't use -- a search for stock providers based on their restrictions (e.g., Advanced Search checkoffs for: must notify stock provider, must credit stock provider, etc.) and not for the stock itself. So, that comment was irrelevant, too.

So, please Hide my comment as completely unnecessary. Sorry I wasted your time on that one

My mood is really crappy tonight as I just finished a manipulation only to learn when I went to get the URL for the one DA stock photo I used that the stock provider had disappeared from DA along with her picture. This has happened to me multiple times before and I either had to toss the whole manipulation or had to start a search all over again for stock to fill in the missing section. I thought I had deleted all those old stock photos from my computer but I guess I missed this one. Of course, she could have pulled her stock account just yesterday and the result would have been the same--no active link for me to post.

This is a HUGE problem in my humble opinion with using stock from DA, and I'm thinking very seriously of not using stock from this site any longer because you can't trust that the stock will still be active by the time you get your manipulation uploaded. I'm sure most would say "that's tough, they're my photos and I can do with them what I want." Rules are up for grabs, too, and can be changed at any time. But I don't want to do this particular picture over again. Surely I should count a little, too; but right now I feel like dirt. Maybe I'll just post it anyway and let DA administrators delete it if they so choose. Please forgive the rant; I'm just really depressed and back to not wanting to do manipulations again. I'm sorry for the mood. It's the second anniversary of the day my Mom passed away. Not a good day for me all the way around. You can Hide this comment, too!