Attachment of photos to thread!

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Attachment of photos to thread!

Post by MTXM » Fri Sep 30, 2016 11:04 am

The website is not allowing me to add photos at present irrespective of the file sizes and I wonder if anyone else has trouble? The message I get repeatedly in response is 'This file is invalid'. I would appreciate advice including on other methods to be used. With regards, Matthew T.
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Re: Attachment of photos to thread!

Post by White Exec » Fri Sep 30, 2016 11:48 am

Had the same problem for several days, even with small files. Have resorted to linking to photobucket.
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Re: Attachment of photos to thread!

Post by MTXM » Fri Sep 30, 2016 12:18 pm

I am glad it is not just mean Chris, although Dean and others seem to be loading photos onto threads successfully! Regards, Matthew T.
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Re: Attachment of photos to thread!

Post by White Exec » Fri Sep 30, 2016 3:28 pm

It's the forum's own Upload Attachment facility that doesn't seem to be working at the moment.

Adding photos, diagrams etc by other means (eg by using Photobucket) does work. On some sites (eg FCF) this is the only way of adding photos. Downside, I presume, is that the photos themselves do not end up being archived on the Club's own server, along with the post text, but rely on the external link remaining available and maintained. I guess this is the reason why some other old forum material can get stripped of photos and attachments. For a very technical and archival site like ours, this would be a shame, and could undermine the value of some detailed old posts when the photos and attachments "go missing".
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Re: Attachment of photos to thread!

Post by MTXM » Fri Sep 30, 2016 6:08 pm

Oddly I now seem to be able to attach photos Chris and as I recall the problem has fixed itself before! Regards, Matthew T.
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Re: Attachment of photos to thread!

Post by White Exec » Fri Sep 30, 2016 9:07 pm

Always be suspicious about things that fix themselves...
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Re: Attachment of photos to thread!

Post by MTXM » Fri Sep 30, 2016 9:10 pm

You are right Chris as is has now broken again!! Regards, Matthew T.
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Re: Attachment of photos to thread!

Post by xmexclusive » Fri Sep 30, 2016 10:46 pm

It is an elusive problem which drops in and out.
Ciaran has tried to fix it a couple of times for me over the last few months.
Quite a bit of effort has not yet tracked it down.

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Re: Attachment of photos to thread!

Post by White Exec » Sat Oct 01, 2016 7:01 am

The worst sort of bug to fix.
Did find, about a week ago, that an attachment was rejected, so I just tried repeatedly. On the fourth attempt, it took it. No such success a few days later, though.

A guide on how to use Photobucket (and similar sites) is on FCF.
PB works well, after you've realised it is easy to use after all.
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Re: Attachment of photos to thread!

Post by Dieselman » Sat Oct 01, 2016 12:00 pm

Personally, I always use an external host for a few reasons.
1. The pictures load faster and a lot more reliably for viewers of the thread. I find that I can only view forum hosted pictures once, then they wont load again.
2. As the owner of the picture I can control it's circulation. Not a problem I expect on this forum, but have experienced on another forum and elsewhere.
3. The forum runs faster due to not clogging the HDD.
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