Are you having problems uploading pictures?

Everything Else
1

A few members have reported having difficulty uploading pictures, such as including a CD/LP cover as part of their post.

If you are having difficulty uploading pictures, please provide the following information:

  • What browser(s) are you using when you have a problem posting a picture?

  • Is this happening in every category or a specific category? A specific thread?

  • Please provide a link to a thread where images are not properly loading.

  • Does the problem continue after clearing the cache of your browser?

Thank you for your help.

3 Likes
2

This may be the same thing:

Just clicked/tapped on reply and get a squashed up mess for the edit window

image
image2160Ɨ1620 80.7 KB

Sometimes only happens when hitting the upload image button.

In addition the floating banner moves and itā€™s links stop working (will try and get a screen grab next time I see it.
Happens in all threads I try and post in. Last few days.

iPad, safari page saved to Home Screen as an independent web app.

Good luck with the fault finding :slight_smile:

Edit here we go

image
image1920Ɨ1440 95.9 KB

3

Have you tried clearing your browserā€™s cache?

4
  • What browser(s) are you using when you have a problem posting a picture?
    (Google Chrome)
  • Is this happening in every category or a specific category? A specific thread?
    (Spinning Thread - I seldom post on other threads)
  • Please provide a link to a thread where images are not properly loading.
    (See aboveā€¦)
  • Does the problem continue after clearing the cache of your browser?
    (First thing I triedā€¦ā€˜no improvementā€™)

As well as the difficulty loading images I have to constantly refresh the page because images are hidden, not just the content Iā€™ve posted but others to.

EDIT:
Another issue.
Example: - Chris posts an album that I own which Iā€™d forgotten about so I decide to play and post the album, but I cannot copy and paste from Chrisā€™s post/photo, (ā€˜Sorry, there was an error uploading filesā€™) if I search out the same album photo that Iā€™d posted previously on ā€˜Spinning threadā€™ I can copy from said photoā€¦ ā€˜This is a recent phenomenaā€™.

5

Yep I have

6

With iOS devices, disable ā€œhide IPā€ (from trackers) in Safari settings.

2 Likes
7

Well I donā€™t know if @Elk has unstopped the drains or the safari settings change did it but my issues seem to have stopped :slight_smile:

Edit - spoke too soon. An intermittent problem - every engineerā€™s favourite :wink:

I should add - it seems to work perfectly on:
Linux mint desktop, firefox browser, and always has.

It did work fine on android (Chrome) too, itā€™s only iOS I ever have browser weirdness with.

8
  • What browser(s) are you using when you have a problem posting a picture?

Firefox (latest on mac)

  • Is this happening in every category or a specific category? A specific thread?

Spinning thread like Dirk

  • Please provide a link to a thread where images are not properly loading.

see above

  • Does the problem continue after clearing the cache of your browser?

It does - clear cache, refresh, no change

Thenā€¦ it will ā€œcorrectā€ itself sometime later. Only to return in a day or two. I also have the same refresh problem Dirk mentioned above where I have to completely reload the page at times to get images to show up again. The other day that didnt work for quite a while - it just stopped showing any images to me.

1 Like
9

How about some good feedback? I admit I only use two browsers, Edge and Chrome, but this forum in my experience is very well managed and image uploads are always flawless. Good job, Elk. I do have one perhaps off the wall question. Iā€™ve noticed my images appear (I stress appear, could be fooling myself) sharpened when uploaded. Is any image processing being done to sharpen our uploaded images? Iā€™m prepared to be told Iā€™m imagining things. Wonā€™t be the first time. :slight_smile:

10

Are all of the issues occurring while using an iOS device?

11

Hey @Elk, I just now had the site spit out a 504 Gateway error - lasted only about 1 min.

13

Same here.! 504 Gateway error - in a blue box - popped up on my phone twice (fleetingly) within 10 minsā€¦ Really struggling to load images.

14

I think firefox on mac (and on iOS devices) still uses the apple webkit to render the pages (by order of Apple). Reposted as meant to be a reply :slight_smile:

15

No, Firefox on Mac uses the Gecko engine. But you are right about iOS - everyone is required to use the webkit engine

1 Like
16

Ah, just iOS! thanks :slight_smile:

1 Like
17

Thank you everyone

1 Like
18

@Elk, the latest issue. On my ā€˜largeā€™ PC screen in my listening room - the box at the bottom of the ā€˜spinning threadā€™ page where one pastes the images has shrunk to nothing and all but hanging off the bottom of the screen. :slightly_smiling_face: Difficult to navigate ā€¦ and it looks weirdā€¦

19

Argh

Thanks for letting me know.

1 Like
20

Uploading a photo from a windows 10 computer from Google Chrome

20200807_004940
20200807_0049401920Ɨ1080 205 KB

seems to work just fine

21

Some additional questions for thoe who have been having problem uploading pictures:

  1. What is the OS and browser version you are using?

  2. Have you tried visiting the site and uploading images in a private browser session (i.e., with any add-ons/plugins disabled)?

  3. @joma0711 please let us know whether the issue happens in regular Safari (not the home screen web app).

Thanks!