profile pic

Bogmon

27/06/2009 at 12:12

It's probably me being stupid, or the fact that I use a Mac, but I can't upload a photo to my profile. I've tried the smallest jpg possible to the right dimensions, but still no luck. Macs don't seem to allow gifs either. Any advice?

Benco

27/06/2009 at 12:17

Does it tell you the upload has failed or does the pic just not appear?, on OM they vet profile pics so it takes a few hours for them get through.

Bogmon

27/06/2009 at 12:21

Hi Benco - I get a message that the upload has failed.

Benco

27/06/2009 at 12:24

Don't know then...Sorry.

Bogmon

27/06/2009 at 13:22

Ok. Ta for trying.

Benco

27/06/2009 at 15:25

Treat yourself to a nice new shiny PC

craigp

27/06/2009 at 15:36

Does it give you an error message other than just saying it failed? There's a max file size of 12kB which is very small. Maybe that's the problems?

Bogmon

29/06/2009 at 20:32

Hi Craig. The file size I'm trying to upload is 11.7kB, yet the message is still saying that it is unsuitable due to it being more than 12kB!

Another annoying thing is that Macs don't support any of the map applications, like Anquet (or is that the other way round?).

New shiny PC it is then...

Mrs. Nesbit

29/06/2009 at 20:36

Eh? Macs don't allow gifs???

You should be able to get your avatar pic down way lower than the 12kB limit. At 11.7 you might not be leaving enough room for error. If you're struggling PM me and I'll squish it for you.

Buy a cheap Windows laptop for running mapping software and using as a doorstop.

Rocky

29/06/2009 at 20:38

Try reducing it a bit more. Macs may add some file header info to JPEG's or gifs which are bumping it over. Not much experience of macs though to be honest.

Edited: 29/06/2009 at 20:39

Bogmon

29/06/2009 at 20:49

Thanks guys, I'll give it another go.

Bogmon

03/07/2009 at 15:07

Nope. Still doesn't work. Reduced it down to 8kB which makes the image almost unrecognisable.

My gallery pics seem to be uploading ok so maybe upload the avatar from there?

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