Does anyone know why my image, a 200kB JPG file, which was captured from a 20x15 cm area of my screen and which displays as this size in my browser, appears as an unreadable 10 X 6 cm image in the Forum. Or more to the point, what can I do to paste screenshots which are such a powerful method for explaining issues? So I'm trying imgur https://imgur.com/a/dLZLTlt
I'm not sure. How exactly are you uploading the file? I typically click the attachment button on the top-right of the 'Write something...' field.
That option takes me to a file select dialog, and when I select a png or jpg file it returns a fail box with "Error uploading image".
When I take the option in the bottom left "Share photos" the file select and upload works, but the image is unreadable, as you see above 1/2 width, 1/2 height. Platform Mac desktop, MacOS Mohave.
I think once you upload a certain amount of images (all-time!), the forum either starts limiting the size or blocking image uploads completely.
For some reason, it wants to add the images you upload to a personal album which has a limited size (depending on which method you use to attach images), instead of just embedding images in individuals post.
When you upload the image, just after uploading it there are links generated at the bottom (thumbnail / small/ medium / large / full size), when you do not select any of the links it defaults to the smallest size.
Personally I prefer choosing an external image host and then include the image in within the img bbcode. (External image hosts have the downside that images may get deleted after a number of months without views though so there's also a downside to choosing this path)
