File Size Limit for Attachments - Too Small

[WoodStein]

In the last week or so, I've tried to include a screenshot in a PM, and to include a screenshot of a photo in a new topic, but both times I was prevented, as the file size limit was just 145kb / 0.14mb.

Are we each limited by a cumulative total in a set period (eg, week or month), or has this limit changed/reduced recently? I don't post that many attachments, and they're usually around 400kb-700kb, either .png or .jpg files.

[WoodStein]

This subject was just raised in the General Chat / Things You Don't See Anymore topic, where a user was trying to post a photo & got a popup saying they were limited to 2mb.

I replied, with a screenshot showing the info at the foot of the "Reply to this topic" box when you click in it....I'm now down to 0.03mb (30kb), so close to impossible to add any files to a reply. Is there a way to get this re-set?

 

 

[TheDarkBlues]

On 19/05/2020 at 13:32, WoodStein said:

This subject was just raised in the General Chat / Things You Don't See Anymore topic, where a user was trying to post a photo & got a popup saying they were limited to 2mb.

I replied, with a screenshot showing the info at the foot of the "Reply to this topic" box when you click in it....I'm now down to 0.03mb (30kb), so close to impossible to add any files to a reply. Is there a way to get this re-set?

The 2mb limit to uploading images is there for a couple of reasons. We have limited amount of space on the our servers and putting a limit on how large an image is is one way to keep the sizes down. There are many sites and apps (on your phone or desktop) that will allow you to optimize the file size of an image.

One of the best free websites to optimize an image first is TinyPNG: https://tinypng.com/

There are a couple of ways to get get around this. By either upgrading to Gold Membership, Removing some of the older images which you previously uploaded or upload to a free image sharing such as imgBB and then dragging the image into the post editor.

[chomp my root]

19 minutes ago, TheDarkBlues said:

The 2mb limit to uploading images is there for a couple of reasons. We have limited amount of space on the our servers and putting a limit on how large an image is is one way to keep the sizes down. There are many sites and apps (on your phone or desktop) that will allow you to optimize the file size of an image.

One of the best free websites to optimize an image first is TinyPNG: https://tinypng.com/

There are a couple of ways to get get around this. By either upgrading to Gold Membership, Removing some of the older images which you previously uploaded or upload to a free image sharing such as imgBB and then dragging the image into the post editor.

I'm a bit crap at this, especially if they ask you for your details but I'll have a look mate, cheers.

[TheDarkBlues]

10 minutes ago, chomp my root said:

I'm a bit crap at this, especially if they ask you for your details but I'll have a look mate, cheers.

TinyImg is very easy, you just drag and drop the image, and save to your device. It is that simple, no other user input required.

[chomp my root]

8 minutes ago, TheDarkBlues said:

TinyImg is very easy, you just drag and drop the image, and save to your device. It is that simple, no other user input required.

Cheers bro. Hope you're not working yourself into the ground on these themes and stuff.

[WoodStein]

On 22/05/2020 at 19:21, TheDarkBlues said:

The 2mb limit to uploading images is there for a couple of reasons. We have limited amount of space on the our servers and putting a limit on how large an image is is one way to keep the sizes down. There are many sites and apps (on your phone or desktop) that will allow you to optimize the file size of an image.

One of the best free websites to optimize an image first is TinyPNG: https://tinypng.com/

There are a couple of ways to get get around this. By either upgrading to Gold Membership, Removing some of the older images which you previously uploaded or upload to a free image sharing such as imgBB and then dragging the image into the post editor.

John, it wasn't me that was trying to upload the 2mb file.....my issue is I only have 20kb left as my limit.

Is there an 'easy' way to delete ALL of the attachments I've posted? I checked the 'My Attachments' menu, which shows pages of them way back to September 2015.....but no obvious way to delete them.

By posting this 14kb screenshot, that'll be me down to 6kb left as an upload limit!