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Until a few days ago I was able to attach a photo to my posts by clicking on the picture icon and adding a url. This does not work for me anymore. Has anyone got a solution, I wonder.
 
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I would verify the format of the image you're using, and possibly the size of the image. Not sure if there is a threshold on image size or the amount of image content you're permitted.
 
There's two tabs, click the second.

Uncheck the box.
 
jotathought said:
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I would verify the format of the image you're using, and possibly the size of the image. Not sure if there is a threshold on image size or the amount of image content you're permitted.
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I had no trouble before. If the photo is too big, I download it to my own computer and that makes it a permitted size.

swing_voter said:
There's two tabs, click the second.

Uncheck the box.
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Jeepers! Two tabs? Probably you refer to the first one which is from my own computer and the second is the url from the original source. On that second one, I always get a notice that the photo is too big. IDK
 
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Jean-s said:
I had no trouble before. If the photo is too big, I download it to my own computer and that makes it a permitted size.


Jeepers! Two tabs? Probably you refer to the first one which is from my own computer and the second is the url from the original source. On that second one, I always get a notice that the photo is too big. IDK
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Try re-posting an image here that you've successfully been able to post.
 
Jean-s said:
I tried in Post #4 but it failed. It's a mystery.
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For a picture housed on a web server, the manual coding is...



The pic must be in either .gif - .jpg - .jpeg - .png file format.
 
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As you can see, I found a round about way of posting an image but I have to choose from my list of attachments.
 
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Please, could an administrator arrange for me to be able to post images like other members by clicking on the photo icon.
 
Jean-s said:
Please, could an administrator arrange for me to be able to post images like other members by clicking on the photo icon.
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If you're posting an image from the internet you have to un check the box that reads "Retrieve remote file and reference locally".

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azgreg said:
If you're posting an image from the internet you have to un check the box that reads "Retrieve remote file and reference locally".
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OK. Anytime I have tried posting from the internet I always got the message that the image was too big. I was able to copy such images to my computer and then post here by clicking the photo icon and posting from my computer. This worked fine until last week.

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Jean-s said:
OK. Anytime I have tried posting from the internet I always got the message that the image was too big. I was able to copy such images to my computer and then post here by clicking the photo icon and posting from my computer. This worked fine until last week.
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So you're saying that when you try to post a pick using the URL option you get a pop up box that says:

error: Remote file is too large

Is that correct?
 
azgreg said:
So you're saying that when you try to post a pick using the URL option you get a pop up box that says:

error: Remote file is too large

Is that correct?
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Look at post #11. I did as you said and it worked! Thanks.
 
Looks like you figured it out.

I'm posting another one anyways.

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Jean-s said:
Look at post #11. I did as you said and it worked! Thanks.
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Excellent! Do you need my PayPal address or do you prefer to send me a check?
 
azgreg said:
Excellent! Do you need my PayPal address or do you prefer to send me a check?
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LOL What I was doing wrong was failing to un check that box thing. Thanks again.
 
Jean-s said:
LOL What I was doing wrong was failing to un check that box thing. Thanks again.
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It got me for the longest time as well. I got around it by doing it the long way by actually typing
around it. You can also post GIFs the same way.

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azgreg said:
It got me for the longest time as well. I got around it by doing it the long way by actually typing
around it. You can also post GIFs the same way.
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I miss my dog.
It does seem odd that I was posting fine from my own computer and all of a sudden, last week, that didn't work anymore. Computers!

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Checking that box turns the URL picture into an attachment, most of which are too large.
 
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