Uploading images to hub.jmonkeyengine.org always fails

LunarWatcher 2017-06-18 08:18:16 UTC #1

I have tried uploading a profile picture, and in my previous post an image directly to hub.jmonkeyengine.org. Every single time I have tried uploading, it has failed. In posts, using imgur.com (or a different 3rd party server by adding a link and allowing it to show up as a onebox) works.

It shows that it has failed ("Image upload failed"). Are anyone else experiencing this issue? Any ideas why it always fails to upload images?

Forum avatar problems

jayfella 2017-06-18 08:20:48 UTC #2

We experienced a continual problem with storage space. We just can't get enough these days. Monthly WIP threads usually pull in a ton of images, as well as all the other threads. It's more than likely something to do with that. I'm not certain whether or not a member of staff made any changes as a result.

LunarWatcher 2017-06-18 08:28:47 UTC #3

If storage is a problem and that is why images cannot be uploaded, why not scale the images before saving them to the server? For an instance a 1024x1024 image is considerably bigger in storage size than 512x512. The trick is to scale the images without losing quality. When I post screenshots, they are often 2550x1440 - this takes up a lot of space on the server. Shrinking images that come in to a preset of sizes that saves storage capacity could be a good idea to save storage.

jayfella 2017-06-18 08:31:11 UTC #4

Facebook does this an it annoys the hell out of me. It's only my personal opinion, but I hate that. And secondly why re-create the wheel? Imgur does all kinds of stuff with images. Let it do its thing? They have albums and everything.

LunarWatcher 2017-06-18 08:41:03 UTC #5

For posts, that is fine.

Profile pictures though, do not support imgur or similar.

If the entire page uses imgur for images, it would save storage on the page. But as per now, profile pictures still doesn't support imgur links. I see the point that scaling is annoying, as a lot of quality may be lost

nehon 2017-06-18 08:47:50 UTC #6

they support Gravatar https://fr.gravatar.com/

yn97 2017-06-18 20:36:23 UTC #7

me too ...
I cant change my profile picture .
fails in upload and fails in change in Gravatar acount ....