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Can't upload photo to the gallery
« on: October 25, 2020, 02:40:16 PM »
Hi there,

I noticed today, that I can't upload an image. I don't get an error message, so I can't really tell you what's going on.
The browser ( not Chrome but Firefox ) is trying to make a connection but it seems there is no answer. The status bar just says www.railwire.net
After some time it says loading data from ads.goggle.blablabla... or so.
Then nothing, not even a time out...

The browser is not blocked, I can browse this site in another tab or another website, no problem.

Thomas
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Re: Can't upload photo to the gallery
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2020, 04:13:59 PM »
How large (what resolution) are those photos?  The forum software chokes on large photos (even though it is supposed to resize them).  I resize mine before upload (usually to 1024 pixels across). and never have problem uploading,. But several times I have seen people having problem uploading large size photos.
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Re: Can't upload photo to the gallery
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2020, 04:28:31 PM »
The file size is not too big, 541 kB.
I'll check the resolution.

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Re: Can't upload photo to the gallery
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2020, 04:34:38 PM »
It was the resolution! I resized the image to a width of 1280px and it uploaded fine.
Thanks for the tip, I must remember that the nexet time.

Thomas  :)
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Re: Can't upload photo to the gallery
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2020, 05:15:17 PM »
Glad to know that the problem is resolved.  I know that storage capacity  is cheap, but still, I likebeing thrifty. After all, most of us upload photos here, so it make sense to keep the photo size reasonable. The Railwire is not Photobucket, Photki or Google.  :D

I like to keep the photos I upload below 200 kB in size.  They are usually around 100 kB.  After all, these photos are just viewed on the forum, not being published in some magazine where high-res photos are required.
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Re: Can't upload photo to the gallery
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2020, 06:16:30 AM »
I know what you mean...
Resizing the image made it less than 200 kB.  ;)

And yes, storage is cheap, but in generell, it is setting up the backup for a large amount of MB's which is creating a headache.

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