I've been trying to upload one picture for the past 10 minutes, it always give me the time out error. Is this normal for Flickr? Are there any other popular free photo galleries to try?
I've been trying to upload one picture for the past 10 minutes, it always give me the time out error. Is this normal for Flickr? Are there any other popular free photo galleries to try?
it always give me the time out error. Is this normal for Flickr?
They range from 120KB to 520KB so can't be too big right?
I have to keep trying and trying until it finally uploads.
I'll try and increase the JPG compression to make them smaller, right now it's at 70%.
Why do you blame Flickr? From your computer to the Flickr servers it's a long way and a lot of things can go wrong. In many cases it is worth checking the equipment at your desk / place, not forgetting the person in front of the keyboard :bsmilie: Chances are very high to find the root cause there, since Flickr works well for many other users.I've been trying to upload one picture for the past 10 minutes, it always give me the time out error. Is this normal for Flickr? Are there any other popular free photo galleries to try?
no they don't sound too big to me. I frequently upload bigger images than that.
are you using the upload from the Flickr website? or are you using the desktop software?
if you are uploading from the Flickr website, probably you can try the basic uploader @ www.flickr.com/photos/upload/basic/ and see if you still encounter the same issue.
Why do you blame Flickr? From your computer to the Flickr servers it's a long way and a lot of things can go wrong. In many cases it is worth checking the equipment at your desk / place, not forgetting the person in front of the keyboard Chances are very high to find the root cause there, since Flickr works well for many other users.
Suggest you check your upload speed at different time of the day with this:
If it worked properly in the past and suddenly you have this issue then try to remember whether you have changed anything in your setup: router, modem, computer settings etc. It looks like a very slow upload link. Try to reconnect your modem to re-establish the link.Not blaming Flickr, just wondering why I can't upload properly. Have used Flickr for a while now though on and off and didn't have this problem before (even tried batch uploading). Just wondering if its because I'm using a free account? Or maybe its that time of the year.[...]
Thanks trying that now. Getting 26.97 M/b per second download....uploading however is "Preparing upload" which has been a few minutes already.
Tried another site (http://www.ozspeedtest.com) and got this:
You uploaded 104 KB bytes in 59.29 seconds.
kbps: 14.38
KB/s: 1.8
Mbps: 0.01
i am using their pro account. i usually upload full size image from my cam using their macbook version of flickr upload. no issues for me except sometimes a bit slow (maybe network congestion).
Thanks you brothers, I think its my provider because I've tried uploading stuff on my own personal website and with a different browser and its still slow. Will try and reconnect the router and reset the IP address to see if it makes any difference. Maybe the net is getting slower for us, at least my downloads isn't affected