Uploading photos on forum album

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27 May 2016 at 10:19 #32704
ROBERT BLACKSHAW
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@robertblackshaw40066
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27 May 2016 at 10:19 #240490
ROBERT BLACKSHAW
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@robertblackshaw40066
Hello a basic question, I have used the search site on how to upload photos on the forum album but cant find a match. I have clicked on album, clicked on the two blue photo words etc but nothing happens. I have seen a forum about this some time ago but cant find it,

Thanks Bob.
27 May 2016 at 10:25 #240491
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Hello Robert.

You need to create an album first.

Click camera on green icon at the top of the page.

Choose create a photo album, then follow the instructions.

To insert in a post, click the black camera icon on the post a reply box.

Neil
27 May 2016 at 10:26 #240492
Keith Long
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@keithlong89920
Bob, click on "All Topics" just under this post, then choose "Website FAQs" – first topic heading as it's a "sticky".

HTH
17 August 2017 at 06:34 #312436
geoff walker 1
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@geoffwalker1
Hi

I currently am unable to upload photos to any of my photo files.

Following all the usual procedures?

Is there a site problem at the moment or is the problem definitely at my end?

geoff
17 August 2017 at 06:45 #312437
Thor 🇳🇴
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@thor
Hi Geoff,

I am not having any problems with my album, so the problem may well be at your end.

Thor
17 August 2017 at 06:59 #312438
geoff walker 1
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@geoffwalker1
Hi again

This is what's happening

The photo uploads very slowly to 100%

Then waiting for modelengineer.co.uk

This page then comes up www. modelengineer.co.uk members/albums/upload-allow-images-action asp

But this page is blank except for this message…….sorry the page you requested cannot be displayed at this time please try again later.

which I have done on several occasions.

It does look like the problem is at my end unless anyone knows otherwise

cheers geoff
17 August 2017 at 07:28 #312439
JasonB
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@jasonb
How big is the image file, if many Mb then the system can suffer. I'll log in as you in a moment and upload something which should show if the problem is your end or on the site.

J
17 August 2017 at 07:30 #312440
geoff walker 1
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@geoffwalker1
No problem loading this, I assume you were trying to load into that new empty album. You will have to login again as I will have logged you out.
17 August 2017 at 07:47 #312443
geoff walker 1
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@geoffwalker1
HI Jason,

Thanks for that, still got the problem, tried uploading again, very slow and the same result.

Must be at my end, I'll get my lad to have a look at it this W.E.

I can think of a number of 4 letter words to describe my internet at the moment, but I'll stick with 3, "not very good".

Cheers geoff
17 August 2017 at 13:15 #312511
Ian S C
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@iansc
What size are you trying to load, I reduce all photos to 640 x 480, this is quite adequate for web sites. Until I reduced the size of the pics I was trying to load I got nowhere.

Ian S C
17 August 2017 at 14:00 #312518
SillyOldDuffer
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@sillyoldduffer
+1 for Ian's 'reduce the size' advice.

I have a good 8Mbs down / 1.2Mbs up service and can confirm that big photos are still likely to cause trouble. The forum automatically shrinks any big photographs you send it. The process seems rather slow and erratic, and I suspect the conversion sometimes fails or times out on the server. Uploading is much more reliable when I set my camera to low resolution, or scale big pictures down myself with a Photo Editor before uploading them. Using a photo editor also solves the 'wrong orientation' problem people sometimes see.

Dave
17 August 2017 at 15:38 #312541
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Geoff,

The website reduces all uploaded photos tow 1024 pixels on the long side, but if you try an upload a file that is too large the connection will time out with the behaviour you are describing.

Neil
17 August 2017 at 19:44 #312575
geoff walker 1
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@geoffwalker1
Neil

What is too large? are we talking mb

The file I am trying to load is 1.9mb

I loaded one twice that size last week

geoff
17 August 2017 at 19:58 #312577
geoff walker 1
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@geoffwalker1
Neil

sorry it was 3.8mb

Just managed to upload the 1.9mb one, still very slow but it has uploaded.

My question still stands, what is too large?

geoff
17 August 2017 at 20:31 #312586
JasonB
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@jasonb
Most of what I upload from the camera are 5mb or there abouts. Not had a problem and also often do 3 or 4 at a time.

Edited By JasonB on 17/08/2017 20:31:31
17 August 2017 at 20:53 #312592
geoff walker 1
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@geoffwalker1
Most of what I upload from the camera are 5mb or there abouts. Not had a problem and also often do 3 or 4 at a time.

Jason, which makes me think it's a problem with my internet. Last week I was loading 4/5 mb files in under 10 sec, no problem.

The two I have just uploaded into the jepson album I had to crop in size and shrink to under 1mb before they would upload and even then it was really slow, up to a minute.

geoff
17 August 2017 at 22:42 #312606
mechman48
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@mechman48
Hi Robert.

Down load FSResizer; I use it, it's a free resizing programme, simple enough to use, it allows you to convert a Mb pic size to Kb size, just follow instructions, it's self explanatory really, create an album then upload your pics to album then you can select which pic you want to show using the camera icon at top of this box then upload… voila!

George.
18 August 2017 at 07:29 #312634
JasonB
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@jasonb
Geoff does sound like a problem your end if you are still finding it takes a long time to upload smaller files so can't see any point in resizing them. Sometimes just turning your router off and on can do the trick.

Although the software resizes the pics to fit within the forum layout it is often useful to have them at a larger size so people can click on the image in the forum and have it come up full size, you often see me type this when I know detail can't easily be seen on the forum size image.
18 August 2017 at 07:48 #312638
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
It's a timeout, not a size thing, so the biggest image you can upload depends on your connection speed.

If you have a big file and fast connection, it will upload.

If you have a medium size file and slow connection, it will time out.

I have a relatively slow upload connection here, so I don't upload more than three images at a time or I get a time out.

As all big images will be downsampled, you may as well crop them yourself.
18 August 2017 at 08:45 #312648
geoff walker 1
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@geoffwalker1
It's a timeout, not a size thing, so the biggest image you can upload depends on your connection speed.

That's it Neil, the nail hit firmly on the head.

I'll wrap this one up guys, thanks for your comments. I have the BT engineer calling next week although quite what he is going to do I don't know.

I live in the sticks, 9 miles from the main town hub, on standard broadband with fibre currently at a premium in my area. We shall see!!

geoff
18 August 2017 at 11:12 #312667
Ian S C
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@iansc
I'm sticking to loading 640 x 480, I'v only just changed to Broadband, I was on Dial up, and anything of size bigger that that took an age to load on, and to down load.

Ian S C
19 August 2017 at 00:56 #312824
Enough!
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@enough
Posted by geoff walker 1 on 18/08/2017 08:45:34:

I live in the sticks, 9 miles from the main town hub, on standard broadband

If your "broadband" is what we call adsl on this side of the pond, 9 miles is an awful long way to go back to the box and it sure won't help your speed or latency.
19 August 2017 at 07:45 #312832
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Posted by Ian S C on 18/08/2017 11:12:22:

I'm sticking to loading 640 x 480, I'v only just changed to Broadband, I was on Dial up, and anything of size bigger that that took an age to load on, and to down load.

Ian S C

Even with crap broadband, you should notice a difference. 2 meg broadband is slow, but nearly 100 times faster than 27K dialup.

Welcome to the 21st century

Neil
25 October 2017 at 10:40 #323427
larry Phelan
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@larryphelan54019
I tried to add two photos to my album,was told they would go live when approved,but have seen nothing since,and that was last week. Any idea what I may have done wrong ?
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