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How to ContributeWhy, oh why can I not get my pictures to be added?
20th Jun 2003 03:57 UTCJustin Zzyzx
22nd Jun 2003 12:40 UTCLloyd Llewellyn
I often seem to have similar problems myself, especially after having typed in a particularly long description. Although it's rather hit and miss, I've found what seems to work best is just typing one word of the 2nd locality descriptor eg Alston gets typed in for Blagill Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England, UK. Sometimes works, sometimes doesn't - I usually copy any long descriptions onto my clipboard, if I remember, just in case it kicks me out again.
Not much help, I know, but at least you know you're not alone.
Cheers,
Lloyd
23rd Jun 2003 07:56 UTCEvan
it may be that you are typing in one too many or too few spaces - computers are sometimes very fussy about spaces, which they treat just as any other character when doing comparisons of text strings when searching for entries. This should not affect 'cut and paste', unless you are not capturing a final space (or spaces). Try highlighting from left to right and see if the highlight area extends beyond the last letter - and if it does, make sure it is included when you paste.
Good luck,
Evan
23rd Jun 2003 14:47 UTCJolyon
Jolyon
24th Jun 2003 08:43 UTCJustin Zzyzx
Thanks for the advise/tips. I wouldn't say I am new to cut and paste or troubleshooting things, so I am 100% sure that isn't the problem. The first time I had this problem was with an Amazonite from Pike's Peak. I tried 3 times, but I got real tired of trying to get it to work. The next thing I was trying to list was a kyanite from Zimbabwe. I tried the country, the exact location on MinDat and just parts of the location. Just now I was trying to put a picture of an Amethyst from the Bullfrog Mine in Nevada, but it gave me an error for Bullfrog, Bullfrog Mine, Nye, Nevada and the whole combination.
I don't think it is an error on my part. I'm not running any firewalls and my settings should affect any postings I am trying to make. So, do you have any other suggestions?
Also, am I alone with having timeout errors on this website? Sometimes for hours at a time I can't get locality or gallery pages to load. Happened earlier today and a few days ago...
24th Jun 2003 11:14 UTCJolyon
Can you tell me exactly what happens when you enter a locality name and try to post.
Jolyon
11th Jul 2003 08:39 UTCRob Woodside
1st Aug 2003 19:42 UTCJustin Zzyzx
After talking about how I couldn't get the picture to upload with my boss it dawned on me...Firewall. So I just tried to upload a picture from work and BLAMO...it worked just fine. I should have thought about that right from the get go.
D'oh.
24th Dec 2003 19:57 UTCPaul Schumacher
I just mentioned my solution to this in another thread here.
I first try the upload with just the mine's name (I use the full name, including 'mine'). That works abot 65% of the time for me.
If that doesn't work, I enter the state/provedence and country. That will often bring up a shopping list of sites, with the one wanted included.
For the rare instances I cannot find the location, I go to that mineral's page and look at its list of localities, and use that to help me out in getting a successful up-load.
My first upload, Coffinite, was a real learning experience.
Paul
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