Uploading photos is the definition of 'frustrating'.
Submitted: Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 16:44
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Member - Boo Boo (NSW)
I have been trying for an hour to upload photos of a family of Curlews nesting on the edge of the street where we are staying in
Cairns.
I can get into the 'insert image', but it tells me I must have 'upload files'.
I have been trying to upload from my picture folder but it doesn't work.
What step or steps am I missing?
Reply By: Motherhen - Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 17:02
Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 17:02
Hi BooBoo - do you mean onto a thread here? Have you downsized them (max 800 pixels)? System will ignore big photos.
Test photo went on instantly.
Image Could Not Be Found
Motherhen
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Follow Up By: Member - Bucky - Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 07:19
Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 07:19
Motherhen
You have a viald point .......
but that dosent really matter, as theExplorOz down sizes them anyway.
If you have a bad or a slow internet connection, that will likely be the main problem.
Time of day, and the amount of people on the
forum, will also have an effect on uploading Foto's
Cheers
Bucky
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Reply By: Member - Leon A (SA) - Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 17:18
Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 17:18
Host them on photobucket and then link to them from there. I.e. when you go to insert image you use the address of the photo from photobucket under web hosted photo.
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Reply By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 17:27
Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 17:27
Resize them with something like Irfan View to a small JPG and then click on INSERT IMAGE
Click on browse and go to the folder that your
pic is in.
Click on the one you want and then click upload and wait as it takes a few moments
Image Could Not Be Found
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 17:35
Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 17:35
You wont see the
pic in the post but will have a line like this
[fi]/Members/**********.375/Forum/45[/fi]
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Reply By: Tonyfish#58 - Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 17:39
Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 17:39
An easy way to resize pictures without getting a special program to do it is use Windows.
Select all the pictures you wish to resize and just use the option to email them.
Outlook will come up with a dialog box to resize your pictures for email - It you choose Medium size that gets them to somewhere around 120kb and a good size to upload.
It will then put them in as an attachment to email -
You then go to File and Save Attachment Option and save the resized pictures, you can now upload these a lot easier.
After you have saved the attachments just delete the email draft :-)
No special program required if you do it this way
Cheers Tony
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Follow Up By: Member - Craig F (WA) - Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 19:09
Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 19:09
If you have MS Suit you can use "Microsoft Office Picture Manager"
Picture>Compress Pictures
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Follow Up By: Member - Toyocrusa (NSW) - Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 19:52
Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 19:52
I second Tony's way. I email them to myself and then save them to a folder called "Resized photos" under Pictures. I'm using Windows Vista and I keep them in that folder cause sometimes you need them again in the future. Regards, Bob
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Follow Up By: Road Warrior - Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 20:26
Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 20:26
Use Imageshack, that site has resizing options without having to fart around doing it yourself.
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Follow Up By: Member - Boo Boo (NSW) - Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 22:29
Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 22:29
I've talked to my son and he's reminded me(seniors moments I have them too often) that he set up a picasa for me to upload the photos (years ago) so that I could share them as
well as having an online backup.
Below is a link to the photos of the curlews that have nested on the side of the street.
Have a close look at the bird on the gravel and you will also see the baby lying flat out just in front.
http://picasaweb.google.com/booboo.nt/CurlewsAndLulu?authkey=Gv1sRgCM3a_-GW7PjSXg
I hope this works!!!
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Follow Up By: Nutta - Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 22:41
Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 22:41
They have fantastic camoflage!
I could hardly see one of them.
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Follow Up By: Richard W (NSW) - Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 at 07:07
Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 at 07:07
Boo Boo,
As said
well camouflaged.
Thanks for sharing.
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