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I've been using Photobucket for putting images up but it seems to have all gone to pot recently, tried for ages yesterday without any success.
Any tips?
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You can attach them here directly now but if you need a photo-host then your ISP will likely do it or try Google Photo's (Google Drive).
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I've used Facebook for this for a while.

Also Dropbox, which is handy in that, like Fb, you can create a folder and provide others with a 'view only' link to just that folder, thereby potentially sharing particular folders with particular people. I use one for my choir website, with 'committee only' stuff in one folder, and public stuff in another
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Dropbox are limiting their service soon - unless you have a paid account.
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myglaren wrote:Dropbox are limiting their service soon - unless you have a paid account.
I think that might be what photobucket is up, they keep offering 'ad free' for a subscription.
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Just accidentally logged into my Photobucket account and it seems OK now.
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I tried to add a photo (jpg) as an attachment today (not had problems before) but after uploading it tells me "The image file you tried to attach is invalid."

I reduced it's size from 3.8mb to 400kb and get the same status error which isn't very helpful.
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5BA64FBE-EEC5-4311-AAF7-D14402A311C9_zpstgbh15zt.jpg
Random pictures as test

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>40kb
5BA64FBE-EEC5-4311-AAF7-D14402A311C9_zpstgbh15zt.jpg
Stent ages looking for this to go with an AOL comment from Jim, then just fell over it now.
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It has cleverly attached the first on twice
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Is 400kb still too big? What is "invalid" or better still, what is valid?
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AFAIK the forum photohost should automatically resize photo's.

Will have a look for something bigger to test it.
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That Ed Sheeran's a good looking girl. :)
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Gibbo2286 wrote: 27 Jun 2017, 19:25 That Ed Sheeran's a good looking girl. :)


Careful what you say, Jackie was only 15 there!
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MikeT wrote: 27 Jun 2017, 18:02 I tried to add a photo (jpg) as an attachment today (not had problems before) but after uploading it tells me "The image file you tried to attach is invalid."

I reduced it's size from 3.8mb to 400kb and get the same status error which isn't very helpful.

Could you email the offending file to admins@frenchcarforum.co.uk so that I can test it?