Picture Posting Help

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by tommyjames

I think I got it to work this is my test post!!!

Yay, I'm glad you are figuring it out, your baby is so darling, I know we want to see lots of pictures!

[magicgenie]

Helpful thread--I hope I remember to look for it next time I try to post pictures!

[Opium88]

I have decided that I am a grade A moron. I have downloaded at least fifteen different apps trying to find one that works. And I have so many copies of pictures now that the ones that actually do get accepted I have no clue how I got them to do so or which app I used. Photobucket freezes up on me and I tried a different web image hosting app and it still says too big. Mind you I am working from my iPad and this site doesn't seem to be too Apple friendly. But then I know nothing about editing. I get the pixel size right and still rejects it. I am so frustrated I want to shave my face off. On a positive note, I'm a master at posting videos. Go figure.

[alaskayorkie]

Originally Posted by Opium88

I have decided that I am a grade A moron. I have downloaded at least fifteen different apps trying to find one that works. And I have so many copies of pictures now that the ones that actually do get accepted I have no clue how I got them to do so or which app I used. Photobucket freezes up on me and I tried a different web image hosting app and it still says too big. Mind you I am working from my iPad and this site doesn't seem to be too Apple friendly. But then I know nothing about editing. I get the pixel size right and still rejects it. I am so frustrated I want to shave my face off. On a positive note, I'm a master at posting videos. Go figure.

LOL. A lot of us have been there, done that. Try to be patient. You'll figure it out!

It's all about resizing, so you gotta figure that out. If the photos are on an ipad, you can often take a screenshot of the full-sized photo and then upload the new version.. If you don't know how to do a screenshot, maybe try going to a place like Resize Images online and resizing that way.

If you're trying, you're close. Don't give up!

Meanwhile, post links to your videos!

[Opium88]

What kills me is I can figure out how to do everything else. What should I set the width at and the kb at for each individual picture?

[alaskayorkie]

Originally Posted by Opium88

What kills me is I can figure out how to do everything else. What should I set the width at and the kb at for each individual picture?

Yeah, it's bizarre. Videos are much harder to post. I set my pictures at 400 x 600 pixels. I think 200 kb is the limit, but it may be less.

[Opium88]

Ok I used that resize images online thing resized to 350 pixels and 10 kb and it still won't accept it. What am I doing wrong?its 3 am and I'll be damned if I'm still awake doing this.

[alaskayorkie]

Ugh. Sorry! That should have worked. If you want to try emailing me the pic, I'll shrink and post. mlhome@gmail.com

[Judithris]

Can you post from a cell phone?

[alaskayorkie]

Yes, but the file size has to be less than 200kb, and most smartphones these days shoot at higher. I shrink my iphone photos by doing a screenshot of the high resolution image. This was taken and posted that way.

[alaskayorkie]

Interestingly, the screenshot was 204kb and I couldn't post, so I cropped the screenshot photo a tiny bit and it worked

[Lilah Charm]

Hi there! I have shied away from posting photos on yt forum for as long as I Have been on here because I am not a tech savvy lady at all and was just pleased I had managed to fumble through my avatar and photo albums (felt great sucess that was enough for me, lol) but today I posted my first successful picture in the forums- woo hoo!- and I got to share some of lilah's and my trip to California this last weekend, darnedest thing is- I can only get the attachment page to accept one upload at a time. I have downloaded an app to resize my photos (I use an iphone) and I am so pleased, it is super easy- bit with no explanation it will only attach one. If I try to attach another it will simply replace the photo it had previously accepted. I am so excited to enter lilah's pictures into the Halloween photo contest but I do not want to rudely take up three lines in a row- I would love some advisement if it is available, thanks all!

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by Lilah Charm

Hi there! I have shied away from posting photos on yt forum for as long as I Have been on here because I am not a tech savvy lady at all and was just pleased I had managed to fumble through my avatar and photo albums (felt great sucess that was enough for me, lol) but today I posted my first successful picture in the forums- woo hoo!- and I got to share some of lilah's and my trip to California this last weekend, darnedest thing is- I can only get the attachment page to accept one upload at a time. I have downloaded an app to resize my photos (I use an iphone) and I am so pleased, it is super easy- bit with no explanation it will only attach one. If I try to attach another it will simply replace the photo it had previously accepted. I am so excited to enter lilah's pictures into the Halloween photo contest but I do not want to rudely take up three lines in a row- I would love some advisement if it is available, thanks all!

This happens because you are not uploading directly from your computer, but from a link, where it says, "Upload File from a URL" After pasting the Url's address in the spot, click on the word "upload". You can only upload one at a time. When you see it posted under "current attachments", you can upload another, up to four. You can practice in the test forum. Here's what the attachment form looks like after I uploaded 3 pictures that way.

[Lilah Charm]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

This happens because you are not uploading directly from your computer, but from a link, where it says, "Upload File from a URL" After pasting the Url's address in the spot, click on the word "upload". You can only upload one at a time. When you see it posted under "current attachments", you can upload another, up to four. You can practice in the test forum. Here's what the attachment form looks like after I uploaded 3 pictures that way.

Thank you for your answer Nancy

So to clarify (remembering that I am tech slow here) when I try to upload a photo file from my iphone it does not consider it to be standard photo upload (like a JPEG) instead it considers files directly uploaded from my phone to be from a URL? Like a website? So instead of attaching thee file to the attach buttons- which is what I was doing but as stated it would only allow one photo at a time- I should be using that bar you showed me on your photo to attach my photos? In which case I don't know wha URL I would use since they are files directly on my phone...do you know how I would figure that out? Pardon my ignorance in this matter. I noticed your photo looked different than mine as well, perhaps I can attach the image of what my screen looks like when I am attempting to upload photos.... Perhaps I can just beg pardon and take up three replies!

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by Lilah Charm

Thank you for your answer Nancy

So to clarify (remembering that I am tech slow here) when I try to upload a photo file from my iphone it does not consider it to be standard photo upload (like a JPEG) instead it considers files directly uploaded from my phone to be from a URL? Like a website? So instead of attaching thee file to the attach buttons- which is what I was doing but as stated it would only allow one photo at a time- I should be using that bar you showed me on your photo to attach my photos? In which case I don't know wha URL I would use since they are files directly on my phone...do you know how I would figure that out? Pardon my ignorance in this matter. I noticed your photo looked different than mine as well, perhaps I can attach the image of what my screen looks like when I am attempting to upload photos.... Perhaps I can just beg pardon and take up three replies!

Heck, I can barely make a call from my phone, so I can't answer your questions. I guess I thought you were uploading from a photo storage server like Photobucket. You are right, there is no url, you have to use the "Choose file" method. After you choose the file and upload, you should be able to again select, "Choose file". Have you tried this? The other option is to use a photo storage service, but bottom line is I wouldn't worry about using three spaces to upload pictures to Halloween thread, I would try to do it at a time of day, where it's not too busy so all your pictures can be in a row.