Editing MycoTaxa:Village pump (technical)/Archive 1 (section)

== Can't upload files to commons ==

Can somebody help me here? For some reason, I am unable to upload image files to wp:commons. When I type into the "destination filename" gadget, this weird red light icon flashes next to the gadget, and when I hit the "upload" button, nothing whatever happens. I've tried uploading files from external websites and my own PC, makes no difference. The image copyright selection box is set to "US federal government" so that isn't the problem. Left messages at wp:images and wp:commons village pump but got no response. Thanks. [[User:Gatoclass|Gatoclass]] 04:41, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
:I think I have the answer, left a amessage on his talk page. Will know for sure when he gets back to me. [[User:TomStar81|TomStar81]] ([[User talk:TomStar81|Talk]]) 05:28, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

::Actually Tom's solution didn't work but I've figured out part of the problem. For some reason, when I try to upload jpegs directly from Navsource Online, or even when I save them to my PC and try to upload them from there, Commons won't recognize them. But if I take the same jpeg file and save it in MS Paint as a jpeg, suddenly Commons will recognize the file and I can upload it.

::Trouble is, MS Paint is a rather limited program that doesn't seem to be able to handle pictures beyond a certain size and I don't have another paint program, so I'd still appreciate it if someone could figure out why this is happening. [[User:Gatoclass|Gatoclass]] 11:31, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

:::You cannot upload images directly from another web site. You must save them to your computer first. As far as image editors, I recommend the [[GIMP]]. The GIMP for Windows can be downloaded from http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/

:::There might be a problem with your web browser. What web browser are you using? —[[User:Remember the dot|Remember the dot]] <sup>([[User talk:Remember the dot|talk]])</sup> 20:20, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

::::Thanks for the tip re: GIMP, I'll take a look at it :)

::::I'm currently using IE 7. [[User:Gatoclass|Gatoclass]] 04:32, 21 October 2007 (UTC)