Profile and pictures, general

Hi @SimonZ - if I remember rightly, DRFS is a file storage system, and not the files themselves.

I suspect that your images are either being stored within that as either .RAW or .JPG - - if it is the latter, then they will upload just fine - however, there is a restriction on the maximum size you can upload to GC.

Do you have MS Office by any chance?

 

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I am happy to help where I can @SimonZ, as are all the Admin team, so don't hesitate if you need help with those photos

 

I'm definitely not an expert on these things (never heard of DRFS) but do upload lots of photos with no trouble.

As with most cameras, my photos are in JPEG format. As long as your camera is set to produce the photos in not too big a file (memory) then it's very easy to upload them.

If you go to where you have them stored on your computer (I'm assuming that you do store them on your computer) and right click your mouse on one of the photos it will produce a menu with a lot of options. Click on the 'Properties' option and it should tell you how big the file is in MB. I don't know what GC allows for direct transfer to it but my photos are 1.5MB and they work easily.

All I do is go to the thread on GC that I want to post it to, open up the software where I have the photos stored, left click on the photo and just drag it and drop it in where I would normally type my post on the thread.

It takes a few seconds for it to upload and you should see a small black scrolling area on the top right of the screen. When that finishes it will drop a thumbnail size photo to the bottom of where you are posting. You should then have two options alongside it. One says 'Thumbnail' and the other says 'Full Image'. Click your cursor on your post where you want the picture to appear and then go down to the photo and click 'Full Image' and it will appear where you put your cursor.

I have fairly slow internet and I have just timed how long it took to upload this photo. It was 20 seconds.

 

We only deal in different coloured bottle caps, marbles, and old cigarette cards, Simon. There is no fee to join GC, nor is there any pressure to donate, but such donations go solely to the running of GC. Admin Staff are all unpaid volunteers with no agenda than making sure GC is a friendly, informative,and helpful in not only gardening advice but in the myriad of subject areas covered.

 

Yep! I was wearing glasses when you saw me.

 

Welcome Ellie,

I'll put out a call for the staff to give you a hand. They're all volunteers so are probably working at the moment.

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