How do I post a photo from my iPad in my post?

[chebby]

It seems I can’t post photos/screenshots from my iPad due to them having an incorrect extension…

“The uploaded file does not have an allowed extension.”

I posted this in ‘Ask the community’. Please move to an appropriate section of the forum if necessary..

Thanks.

 

[prince albert]

I think you need to convert to jpeg
hope I'm right

 

[chebby]

I don’t know where (or how) that is done. Everywhere else you just click on attach then select photo library, choose the photo and use.

 

[Deleted member 196519]

I don’t know where (or how) that is done. Everywhere else you just click on attach then select photo library, choose the photo and use.

Hi Chebby, you do the post and take the picture at the same time. Or you can take a picture on your iPad and then re-take that picture on your iPad and then post.

 

[nads]

I host on Imgur and use the link from there.

 

[Gray]

Could the faff be the reason that there's relatively few photos posted by members?

 

[chebby]

No matter. I guess I can do without it.

 

[Gray]

....you do the post and take the picture at the same time.

What does that mean gel?
If I've got a picture on an Android phone, how would I (easily) post it on here?
Keep it simple if you can, I've only just got my first smartphone (and if I don't start using it more, I've wasted 80 quid )

 

[nads]

I think you need to convert to jpeg
hope I'm right

nope

 

[Paul.]

@chebby try navigating to camera/formats in your iPads settings and change it from high efficiency to most compatible. Won’t fix your old photos but may sort new ones. Apple use heif compression as standard and I think this site doesn’t like it.

 

[bigboss]

Just managed to post this on my android phone. Let me try iPad.

 

[Deleted member 196519]

What does that mean gel?
If I've got a picture on an Android phone, how would I (easily) post it on here?
Keep it simple if you can, I've only just got my first smartphone (and if I don't start using it more, I've wasted 80 quid )

You take the picture live and post it. So you do write your post then take the picture and then post it. You get me? Or you can take the picture whenever your like and then press and hold the home button on an iPad for example and turn it off at the same time and your iPad automatically takes a picture of whatever is on the screen preferably your photo you wish to post on here, then you select that photo and post it and it will then post.

 

[bigboss]

 

[Deleted member 196519]

My room in the dark live right now:

 

[nads]

will do screen shots. As png files.

 

[Deleted member 196519]

Picture of picture:

 

[nads]

Basically it will post Jpg files but not jpeg files even though they are the same.

 

[Deleted member 196519]

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That’s it BB.

 

[Deleted member 196519]

Basically it will post Jpg files but not jpeg files even though they are the same.

That’s it.

 

[nads]

That’s it.

And that comes down to poor forum/website set up. Or a decision was made.

hence I host on Imgur as private images and link.

 

[chebby]

I know this is a bit ‘out there’ but couldn’t someone address this glitch to the admins so they can have it fixed? (Or an opportunity for them to explain why it needs to be broken.)

 

[chebby]

Anyway, thanks for trying to help. Obviously this is a technical thing that only someone with access to the code can change. I now dimly remember having to host a photo on flickr to get a URL back in the old days.

 

[Gray]

You take the picture live and post it. So you do write your post then take the picture and then post it. You get me? Or you can take the picture whenever your like and then press and hold the home button on an iPad for example and turn it off at the same time and your iPad automatically takes a picture of whatever is on the screen preferably your photo you wish to post on here, then you select that photo and post it and it will then post.

Thanks for that gel.
I'll bear that in mind

 

[Gray]

Tried to post a video, got this still from it at least.

 

[Gray]

Can a personal video be posted?
Probably not.
(I see the option to share on the phone - not into any of that social media bollox).

Actually......I suppose this place is social media