Photo management issues.

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Photo management issues.

Post by kw573 » Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:46 pm

Good morning,

Help please!
Today, when I upload a picture to Surfacezero, as I've done hundreds of times, the program seems to be locked into a loop of the previous successful upload which was today.
So if I try to upload the next image, the upload box shows the last successfully uploaded image and title. I have gone into the album and tried to delete the image without success, it says image not found despite the thumbnail is still in the album. Also, the 'no thumbnail' will open the correct image but from a different album!
So I loaded the next image into a different album, then used 'edit image' to move it into the desired album. This worked once, then back to the same image at each new attempt ('image not found'). It won't even delete from the album.
I have logged out/in, shutdown/restarted Surfacezero, reloaded the image into my files for retrieval, restarted my computer, all to no resolution.

So, yeah, some advice would be appreciated.

Helplessly,
Sam.
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Re: Photo management issues.

Post by gerrykan » Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:49 pm

I was having a similar issue awhile back.
I got frustrated and quit, with intentions to return after a few days, but it sounds like it would do me no good at this time.

I hope it gets fixed.
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Re: Photo management issues.

Post by zepher11 » Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:23 pm

Happens to me all the time. After I hit the "Upload/Submit" button and it has the extra photos, I then refresh the page and then post the most recent five photos that remain. Also have to refresh to see them in the album after they are posted. Been that way for me a long long long time.

Occasionally I get distracted and accidentally upload the previous photos with the new ones after I hit the "Upload/Submit" button. I've been pretty diligent lately and haven't done that for a year or so. Gotta be on your A game! Other than that. I love surfacezero.
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Re: Photo management issues.

Post by Quartermaster » Tue Mar 16, 2021 2:19 am

I, too, really liked to use Surface Zero and was quite satisfied with the ease of use.

But recently I have experienced the same problems noted above.

All I can find concerning the present condition are the complaints but no explanations, no fixes and no light at the end of the tunnel.

I am considering switching to a similar image hosting program and would appreciate any suggestions for a decent replacement.

Too bad ----- it was fun while it lasted!
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Re: Photo management issues.

Post by zepher11 » Tue Mar 16, 2021 5:10 am

Quartermaster wrote:
Tue Mar 16, 2021 2:19 am
I, too, really liked to use Surface Zero and was quite satisfied with the ease of use.

But recently I have experienced the same problems noted above.

All I can find concerning the present condition are the complaints but no explanations, no fixes and no light at the end of the tunnel.

I am considering switching to a similar image hosting program and would appreciate any suggestions for a decent replacement.

Too bad ----- it was fun while it lasted!
That is so weird. I have used surfacezero for about ten years now....heavily, and beyond the minor issue I posted above that really doesn't slow me down, I have never had a problem with the site (other than one could not create an new album for a year, but that's finally fixed).

I guess I don't understand what the problem is that everyone else seems to be encountering. I just posted about 30 photos over the weekends and still works like the first day I used it ten years ago.

Of course, I know a lot of people are using cell phones nowadays to post, so maybe that's the issue. I use a laptop and never have an issue with surfacezero.
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Re: Photo management issues.

Post by kw573 » Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:10 pm

Thanks for the comments, Gentlemen,

Today I had another go at it and was able to find a lost image and upload the next one.
I used the refresh button to good effect. Thanks for the suggestion.
Then I was able to edit to complete yesterdays' post successfully.

I was even able to delete the image that was "no thumbnail" in the album view, but when selected would show the image.

So it seems to be all behaving today.

Have a nice day.

Sam.
1942 Script GPW (Daily driver).
MB-T trailer.
Diamond T 969. ('The Glorifier')
Diamond T 969, rusty, complete, for sale.
Kenworth M1A1 Heavy Wrecker x 2.
M2A1 white HT. ('Clarrie')
Light Recovery Trailer (Ford?).
3ton GS (Blitz) Trailer.
150gal water tanker trailer.
Air compressor trailer, 100c.f.m.


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