Finally got the photo to upload
By Kevin
@kevin1877uk (36988)
February 12, 2017 5:32am CST
Finally got the photo to upload
This morning I tried again to upload a photo to my post from last night, still no go. @allknowing knowing left a comment about the file size, I’m well aware of the file size and only ever upload files of around 200KB.
So I tried again this time with a file size of 185KB, still NO go, runtime error, I took the photo into Paint and reduce the size down to 55KB and what you know it uploaded.
I know the limit was around 1MB for files and it’s something I never do, never upload that size files, not here or anywhere else online. I’m wondering if they have changed the limit to the file sizes you can upload.
The file size I've upload here is only 54KB
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19 responses
@allknowing (137792)
• India
12 Feb 17
I have always uploaded files of the normal size as I have mentioned in that response but when I reduced the size my image got uploaded.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Feb 17
What is the normal size you are uploading before reducing the file size?
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@allknowing (137792)
• India
12 Feb 17
@kevin1877uk The maximum I do is 864x648px
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Feb 17
@allknowing Need the size and not dimensions, it will tell you the file size.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
12 Feb 17
Most of the time my photos upload without incident. I do find that sometimes it will time out and then I need to first check to see if the discussion and photo arrived. Sometimes they have...sometimes we need to try again.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Feb 17
Glad most of the time they do, what do you do if they don't or won't or have they always uploaded after a few tries?
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
12 Feb 17
@JolietJake Something seems amiss in the land of myLot vis-à-vis image uploading... But if all it means is using a smaller pic, I can live with that.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
12 Feb 17
Lovely shot, I don't know what the size is but wne I put my photos on my computer they are huge, I edit them before posting here or i use my ipad photos here and they must be much smaller...never a problem with those.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Feb 17
Thank you, it's of Plymouth, I know from my DSLR the file size can be between 15-29MB depending on many things. I edit in Photoshop and reduce the side to 584 by 389 so the file size comes down to around 150/300KB which I would normally use for online. This morning I took the photo into paint and reduced the file size to 54KB and it worked, twice :)
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Feb 17
@PainsOnSlate Any ideas of the file size of the photo?
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
12 Feb 17
@JolietJake I just posted a discussion and the photo doesn't show, I got a red message: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine. ??? I tried three times, I will try later...
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
12 Feb 17
if the admin change the file to that small size, they should have told that... maybe it just an error, but at least were okay now that you can upload photo, even me, I tried to upload photo this morning to no avail... maybe I will try later.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Feb 17
@ilocosboy I agree with you, I guess only time will time.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
12 Feb 17
@kevin1877uk in that case also, they need to transfer to bigger
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@Kandae11 (55161)
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12 Feb 17
@kevin1877uk I am not sure, but it finally worked with my last post, the picture is of a phone booth - not the exact one I wanted - but at least it worked.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Feb 17
@Kandae11 Glad it worked, every photo will be a different file size due to the amount of information within the photo, so one might just be a little too big and another one maybe well, be ok and will upload.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Feb 17
Yes totally, depending on the amount of information within the photo
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
12 Feb 17
A lovely photo anyway Kevin. The clouds and the little rows of houses is lovely.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Feb 17
Well you'll know it's Plymouth from centre park looking towards Plymouth town centre.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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14 Feb 17
@TiarasOceanView Awesome, not change much although they are building a new building which is going to be the tallest in Plymouth
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
13 Feb 17
@kevin1877uk Yes I do recall looking over the town.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Feb 17
Yes, that is true, uploading larger files like 2 or even 3 MB's would slow down the load time of the page and it's slow at the best of times without photos.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Feb 17
Thank you, it's of Plymouth and it was just one I bug out to try and upload. The first time it didn't with my normal sizing of around 200KB but by reducing the size to 55KB it worked YAY.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Feb 17
Great panoramic photo.Like the clouds floating over the town.
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@TheInvisibleMan (17597)
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12 Feb 17
I think it was a passing problem. It's all ok right now.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Feb 17
I've not tried in the last 8 hours so maybe it's ok now.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
13 Feb 17
Hopefully, the site gets this issue fixed.
Lovely photo by the way.
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@CookieMonster46 (13454)
• United States
13 Feb 17
I am glad you finally were able to get this to load, it can be frustrating.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Feb 17
and it seems so tiny in comparison
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
12 Feb 17
I have been unable to upload a photo too and have made it small x 2 but still no go it is timing out. Perhaps the site is too busy today!
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Feb 17
You have a point there, maybe the website was busy, maybe when the website isn't so busy thigs upload better.
@JudyEv (342122)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Feb 17
I've just managed to get a really small one to upload too.
