Photos and Video

David

Hope you don't mind my asking but I find it interesting to know how/why things do/don’t work.

Would your method mean that each poster could add as many photos on these discussions as they wish & they would all show 1 after the other or would it be the URL one would have to click on & the photo would then be automatically resized before showing in the discussion?  

As you can probably tell I have little knowledge & had to follow chasncath’s instructions using paint to resize etc. which worked for me as well as teaching me how to use paint which I had never even looked at before. Method later posted by Rochelle.

Presumably though David if they did away with the five photos and went to a URL based system, this would involve a cloud based storage system. I would prefer not to use this method but insert the photos direct from my pad, as the five picture method allows. By all means have both options available, but please don't do away with the direct input feature.

 Unfortunately Steve thereby lies the problem. If we are always uploading photos from our computers, even if limited to five, it will eventually clog up the system as everything has to be loaded onto the Club Together server. The URL system only places a link onto the forum  and space is only used temporarily whilst the photo is in viewed. I could go along with the limit of five pictures if it only applied to those photos directly uploaded but would prefer the option of being able to post using both methods. It seems that in order to enable people to upload from Apple devices they have thrown the baby out with the bath water? I have in mind the Story Section where being to load photos into the actual text of the story is an enhancement which has been removed. I have tried some of the other methods that people have been experimenting with but they don't work for me.

David

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How things do/don't work on this forum is a mystery to most of us

See my post above in reply to Steve's post. The number of posts have been limited to five because they are actually loaded onto the Club server, not really a sensible thing in the long term in my view despite restrictions on size. If the site is set-up to accept URL's sometimes it allows just thumbnails which can be clicked on to show a full image or alternatively they immediately show the photo full size. On some forums this can be a problem if automatic resizing is not in place as it tends to expand the width of the forum depending on the size of the photo. One could argue that the new system for photos is marginally better than the old as it does not discriminate and the majority of systems can be used to upload photos which is an improvement but at the moment I think the jury is out as whether that is as big an improvement as was hoped!

David

I agree with DK: a universal method of inserting photos of page width into Discussions and Stories from on-line photo-storage would be very desirable. I've used several combinations of browser and storage with mixed success - I now can't remember which was which! Some photos have stayed in place whereas others have vanished after 24 hours or so. Flickr and Firefox combination seems to most dependable.

The new direct-from-PC photo uploading could continue alongside a CT approved on-line method. However, the new PC system gives poor image quality. Having logged in today on Cath's iPhone, I am now of the opinion that the new format for CT has been designed for smart phone users by young smart phone users who view the world via Facebook and similar.

Chas (BOF)

It's improved for me because I store photos on my PC and now, apart from re-sizing it's easy to add photos. I don't store anything elsewhere,  I lost all my music on cloud a few years ago! I can't see anyone's photos on my Galaxy phone or OH's HTC, even the Avatars are only partially visible. I've no idea how all of this was set up and tested as it certainly seems to work for some and not others across a whole range of devices. My phone is not the latest version but previously I could see everything on the CC web site easily and clearly, I can't now and the lap top is the easiest to use.

test

I seem to have got the hang of it

Thanks David.  

Difficult to please all of the people all of the time.  Being able to choose to use either method, URL or direct from laptop/hardware etc. sounds good. 

Thanks David.  

Difficult to please all of the people all of the time.  Being able to choose to use either method, URL or direct from laptop/hardware etc. sounds good.