Problems uploading pictures

JAM said:
Man, I don't like the fact that I cannot reduce the pixels. The above-depicted photo of the Lincoln Memorial is too large; thus, this thread is much wider, requiring one to scroll from left to right for the rest of this page on the thread to read messages. Unless you have a 40-inch-plus monitor, it sucks.

JAM

The photo size is large (1024 by 765px and 83.99KB), but it fits nicely on my 17'' laptop, no scrolling necessary.

Steve
 
I hope not

I hope the problem that is preventing folks from posting pictures directly is fixed. I suspect it is
the same problem that is preventing avatars to be changed. It is obviously due to the migration
to a new server, and somewhere, there is a permission problem.

The good thing about posting pictures directly, is that they become "part" of the site, and maintained
along with the site. If photobucket, or other image hosting sites are down or go away, the pictures
will no longer appear.
 
sde said:
The photo size is large (1024 by 765px and 83.99KB), but it fits nicely on my 17'' laptop, no scrolling necessary.

Steve

That is good to know, then. I have a 19-inch monitor on my desktop, and for some reason, I have to scroll from left to right to read the message as well as see the picture.

As well, at the top of this forum, the two advertising banners and AzBilliards logo appear on two separate lines, which takes up one-third of the top of my screen. Any suggestions on what I can do to fix this?

Thanks in advance.

JAM
 
whitey2 said:
I hope the problem that is preventing folks from posting pictures directly is fixed. I suspect it is
the same problem that is preventing avatars to be changed. It is obviously due to the migration
to a new server, and somewhere, there is a permission problem.

The good thing about posting pictures directly, is that they become "part" of the site, and maintained
along with the site. If photobucket, or other image hosting sites are down or go away, the pictures
will no longer appear.

How come your text in your messages don't go from left to right covering the entire message box window?

I must have some settings wrong on mine. I like the look of your messages better. It doesn't require me to have to scroll from left to right to read them. :p

JAM
 
I put in my own line breaks

I put in my own line breaks, instead of just letting the words wrap automatically.
 
JAM said:
That is good to know, then. I have a 19-inch monitor on my desktop, and for some reason, I have to scroll from left to right to read the message as well as see the picture.

As well, at the top of this forum, the two advertising banners and AzBilliards logo appear on two separate lines, which takes up one-third of the top of my screen. Any suggestions on what I can do to fix this?

Thanks in advance.

JAM

I have a 22" monitor and have the same problem, JAM.
 
hemicudas said:
I have a 22" monitor and have the same problem, JAM.

Why is it that great minds not only think alike,
but encounter the same from time to time?! :D

Notice I didn't let the text wrap around,
thereby not having to scroll from left to right,
thanks to Whitey2! :p

JAM
 
monitor size

The size of the monitor you use has no bearing on how a page is displayed. The resolution
that your display is set to, (X number of pixels, by Y number of pixels) is what really matters.

But it sounds like there are some issues on the new server that need to be addressed.

On my system, the logo, and ads appear on the same line, but I use firefox on LINUX, and
I run at a 1400x1050 resolution.
 
whitey2 said:
The size of the monitor you use has no bearing on how a page is displayed. The resolution
that your display is set to, (X number of pixels, by Y number of pixels) is what really matters.

But it sounds like there are some issues on the new server that need to be addressed.

On my system, the logo, and ads appear on the same line, but I use firefox on LINUX, and
I run at a 1400x1050 resolution.

Is there a way that a reader can reduce the size of the banners,
so that they don't take up one-third of the screen size?

JAM
 
just a suggestion

Well, until they fix whatever is causing the banners to be stacked on multiple lines, all I can
suggest is that you change your display settings to a higher resolution.

This will indirectly reduce the size of everything, and allow you to get more on your display.
This is of course assuming that your graphics card and monitor are capable of running at
a higher resolution.

Q: What resolution are you running at now?
 
whitey2 said:
Well, until they fix whatever is causing the banners to be stacked on multiple lines, all I can
suggest is that you change your display settings to a higher resolution.

This will indirectly reduce the size of everything, and allow you to get more on your display.
This is of course assuming that your graphics card and monitor are capable of running at
a higher resolution.

Q: What resolution are you running at now?

My resolution is 1440x900 and probably explains why I do not have to scroll or have multiple banner lines. Correct?

Steve
 
sde said:
My resolution is 1440x900 and probably explains why I do not have to scroll or have multiple banner lines. Correct?

Steve

Well, that would explain why you don't have to scroll, assuming that you have not customized
your browser or system to use larger than normal fonts.

But the "multiple banner lines" issue is a little more complex, and depends on lots of things, such
as the browser, the code that generates the web page, etc.
 
whitey2 said:
Well, that would explain why you don't have to scroll, assuming that you have not customized
your browser or system to use larger than normal fonts.

But the "multiple banner lines" issue is a little more complex, and depends on lots of things, such
as the browser, the code that generates the web page, etc.

Mine is set at whatever the default is for my Dell XPS computer, which is less than a year old. When I right-click the Properties on my desktop, it says that the SCREEN RESOLUTION is 1024 by 768 pixels, and the COLOR QUALITY is Highest (32-bit), whatever that means! :p

The AzBilliards logo banner looks as if it doesn't line up correctly when it is dropped below. The orange-white-and-blue lines do not line up with the orange-white-and-blue lines which are directly above it.

JAM
 
JAM said:
Mine is set at whatever the default is for my Dell XPS computer, which is less than a year old. When I right-click the Properties on my desktop, it says that the SCREEN RESOLUTION is 1024 by 768 pixels, and the COLOR QUALITY is Highest (32-bit), whatever that means! :p

I would try bumping up the resolution to 1268x1024 and at least you will get a little more
screen space, but the letters will be a little smaller. Don't be worried if the color quality jumps
down to 24-bit (truecolor), which may happen depending on how much memory that your
graphics card has. Again, I suspect that the problem with the stacked banners will be fixed by
the site maintainers, and you may still have that problem if/when you try the 1268x1024 resolution.

The AzBilliards logo banner looks as if it doesn't line up correctly when it is dropped below. The orange-white-and-blue lines do not line up with the orange-white-and-blue lines which are directly above it.

JAM
 
JAM said:
I just opened the account up yesterday. As soon as my account was approved is when the two pictures appeared in my picture folder. It was bizarre, Jimmy Reid and Keith in one pic and Grady Seasons and Tom Cruise in another. I mean, like how did they magically appear in my brand-new opened account like that?

Someone has access to your account. That magical stuff just doesn't happen without a cause. And it's gotta be someone who either knows you or knows you on this forum. How else would the kind of pictures you found be there?


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It was so hot last week when we were sightseeing. My nephew, who is in the Army doing drills every day, has zero body fat and is in tip-top shape, and my brother (his dad) is an ex-Marine who does 100 pushups and situps every single day. So here we are, walking around in 100-degree heat on the Mall.

After about one hour, my gait slowed down, and I couldn't keep up with them. I began to walk 20 paces from behind, got dizzy, and had shortness of breath. My face became the color of a beet-red lobster. I guess I don't get out much, but one hour in that sweltering heat was enough for me! :(

JAM

I know all about DC heat. When it's hot and humid there, relief won't be found under a tree, and in any case, there are few of them on the mall.

During WWI, I heard that British soldiers stationed in DC over one summer received hardship pay... That ought tell us something.

Nice pic!

Flex
 
Flex said:
Nice pic!

Flex

Thanks for the advice on Photobucket. It is funny how two pictures popped up with Keith in them, IMMEDIATELY after I opened my account. :p

You are so right about D.C. humidity. It is brutal. This coming week is supposed to be horrible. When the heat gets as high as the RED zone, the Metro (subway) rides are FREE to all, which is kind of cool. I went out today and took the dog for a short 10-minute walk up and down the hills in Chevy Chase. By the time we got home, we were both panting. :D

Here's another cool shot taken on the Mall in D.C. The World War II Memorial is a sight to behold. There is a monument represeting all 52 Statse as well as the territories, to include District of Columbia which was a pleasant surprise to this native Washingtonian.

I'm going to try to link it this time using something other than Photobucket. Hope it works:
index.cfm


EDIT: Well, it didn't work!

JAM
 
Neil said:
Jam: I clicked on your link, and I got MySpace. What am I supposed to be seeing?

It's supposed to my my picture album. I guess I cannot use MySpace and will have to use Photobucket for AzBilliards in the future. It takes a little longer to use Photobucket, but it works.

Of course, now when I try to use Photobucket, I get this message:

"Photobucket Site Maintenance. Images and videos will continue to serve during this short maintenance."

In the words of Smorgie, Oy-vey! :p

JAM
 
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