How to post a chart in four easy steps

[Joe Blow]

Hello Joe,


I just tried to post a chart that was 103 Kb 800 x 600 and the limit was still 92.8 Kb and rejected my chart. I had to resize it to 640 x 480 so it became 71.1 Kb.

Not sure what is going on since I thought the limit was 150 Kb now isn’t it? I would appreciate it if you could look into this, thanks Joe.

Regards,


Mag

Mag,

I just checked the settings and all seems fine. What is the files extension - .jpg, .gif, .bmp etc?

Can you email the image to me at joeblow at aussiestockforums dot com and I will see if I can attach it.

 

[Magdoran]

Mag,

I just checked the settings and all seems fine. What is the files extension - .jpg, .gif, .bmp etc?

Can you email the image to me at joeblow at aussiestockforums dot com and I will see if I can attach it.

Hello Joe,


It was a .jpg file, but I resized it for the Gold thread, hence I overwrote the original file... I can just filter the hell out of charts to make them fit, but it messes with the clarity...

The manage attachement function showed the file size at the time as being 103 Kb.


Regards


Magdoran

 

[Joe Blow]

Hello Joe,


It was a .jpg file, but I resized it for the Gold thread, hence I overwrote the original file... I can just filter the hell out of charts to make them fit, but it messes with the clarity...

The manage attachement function showed the file size at the time as being 103 Kb.


Regards


Magdoran

Mag,

Keep in mind that if your image is larger than the allowable dimensions - 875x1000 pixels, the forum software will resize it for you as long as it is under the maximum file size limit (now 150K).

For example: If you have an image that is 1200x1200 pixels and is 130k in size, you do not have to optimise it or resize it any way yourself. Just select it as a normal attachment and this new version of the forum software will resize it to 875x875 for you as it attaches it.

This wasn't the case before March this year, but it is now. This feature is very handy and will save a lot of stuffing around for those trying to attach oversized charts.

 

[Magdoran]

Mag,

Keep in mind that if your image is larger than the allowable dimensions - 875x1000 pixels, the forum software will resize it for you as long as it is under the maximum file size limit (now 150K).

For example: If you have an image that is 1200x1200 pixels and is 130k in size, you do not have to optimise it or resize it any way yourself. Just select it as a normal attachment and this new version of the forum software will resize it to 875x875 for you as it attaches it.

This wasn't the case before March this year, but it is now. This feature is very handy and will save a lot of stuffing around for those trying to attach oversized charts.

Sounds great, Joe!


This will make posting charts and other images a lot easier.

However, I usually custom resize charts as a matter of course to suit the requirements of wherever I’m posting them.

In this case I set the settings at 800 x 600 pixels, which I would have thought would have been fine, but the detail is what takes up the data size.

The data size was 103 Kb. If the filter is set to accept to 150 Kb, the chart should have been fine, shouldn’t it?

The limit shown on the “manage attachments” was 92 Kb. When I resized the chart to 640 x 480 it reduced the size to 71.1 Kb and the site accepted it.

I can only assume that for some reason, the limit has not updated… my suspicion being that there is some setting somewhere possibly at your end that hasn’t updated for some reason, but I’m guessing.


Regards


Magdoran

 

[Joe Blow]

Just testing with a 960x1280 pixel and 132K JPG image of the Eiffel Tower.

Lets see how it goes.

 

[Joe Blow]

Seemed to work okay.

Mag, when the attachment box pops up you will notice an 'Attachment Key' with file types, maximum sizes and dimensions.

What does yours say?

 

[Magdoran]

Hmmm, the 1280 x 960 actually loaded this time... bizarre...

 

[Magdoran]

Maybe it doesn't like 800 x 600???

 

[Joe Blow]

Mag,

Okay, I discovered what the problem was and it was on my end.

Everything should be fine now.

Apologies.

 

[Magdoran]

Yup, working like a charm now... all the numbers look great!

 

[yogi-in-oz]

Hi folks,

.... while this thread is still on top of the pile ..... have not
been able to upload a .pdf file here for months ...

..... let's try one now, as a test ... nope, still no good, Joe.

Message returned = "Upload of file failed."

Last file was only 69 bytes ... a tiddler !~!

Any suggestions, then ... ???

happy days

paul

 

[Joe Blow]

Hi folks,

.... while this thread is still on top of the pile ..... have not
been able to upload a .pdf file here for months ...

..... let's try one now, as a test ... nope, still no good, Joe.

Message returned = "Upload of file failed."

Last file was only 69 bytes ... a tiddler !~!

Any suggestions, then ... ???

happy days

paul

Will try one now and see what happens.

 

[Joe Blow]

I just upped the limit to 500K for PDF's as they tend to be larger files.

Seems to work fine from my end. Perhaps someone else could do a test upload of a PDF file to see if it works for them.

 

[yogi-in-oz]

Many thanks, Joe ... will look again on this end ... maybe, something
to do with security or suchlike ... (???)

have a great day

paul



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[yogi-in-oz]

..... sorry, Joe.

Unable to upload ANY type of file ......

.... have tried firewall settings, 3 different browsers in Firefox,
Netscape and Explorer ... still the same.

Will keep looking on this end, as it is often handy to post
a chart with the analysis, so would like it to be functional.

happy dayz

paul



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[lesm]

Test upload of pdf file.

 

[yogi-in-oz]

Hi Joe,

Figure it's something peculiar to ASF, as we don't have any
problems uploading, elsewhere ... ie ... shares.com.au use
exactly the same forum format as ASF and we can upload
there with no problem, at all ...

..... have tried everything on this end, so hope you can help.

many thanks

paul

 

[Joe Blow]

Hi Joe,

Figure it's something peculiar to ASF, as we don't have any
problems uploading, elsewhere ... ie ... shares.com.au use
exactly the same forum format as ASF and we can upload
there with no problem, at all ...

..... have tried everything on this end, so hope you can help.

many thanks

paul

Paul, I must admit I'm stumped. I'm not sure what your problem is. I just went and checked all the settings and everything seems okay. If anyone else is having similar problems to Yogi can you please let me know in this thread.

Paul, is it possible for you to try and upload an attachment to the forums from a friend or relatives PC? That will at least help me figure out whether this is an isolated issue with your PC or a wider problem.

In the meantime if you have anything you would like to attach to a post, just email the file and the details of where you would like it attached to me at joeblow [at] aussiestockforums [dot] com and I will attach it for you.

 

[rico01]

Paul, I must admit I'm stumped. I'm not sure what your problem is. I just went and checked all the settings and everything seems okay. If anyone else is having similar problems to Yogi can you please let me know in this thread.

Paul, is it possible for you to try and upload an attachment to the forums from a friend or relatives PC? That will at least help me figure out whether this is an isolated issue with your PC or a wider problem.

In the meantime if you have anything you would like to attach to a post, just email the file and the details of where you would like it attached to me at joeblow [at] aussiestockforums [dot] com and I will attach it for you.

Well Joe
I have not been able to post a chart yet either .The screen area where we write does not allow me to paste, where,as I can quite easily copy a chart to an email the forum does not allow me to copy and paste to the message area
If you can help would be great

 

[Joe Blow]

Well Joe
I have not been able to post a chart yet either .The screen area where we write does not allow me to paste, where,as I can quite easily copy a chart to an email the forum does not allow me to copy and paste to the message area
If you can help would be great

Rico, you upload attachments from the 'Manage Attachments' button below the text area. (See attachment below).

Take a look at the first post in this thread, follow the instructions carefully and see how it goes.