Hi
Read many hours through forums regarding problems respecting being unable to upload files (pictures for example into profiles) and getting similar errors that so many others have experienced.
Running vb 3.6.5 on a server with PHP running in safe mode.
Followed many suggested workaround/solutions to no avail with one exception and that was to go into admin/vb option/server settings and change the value of safe mode from yes to no and then was able to upload a picture at last.
You would think given the many people who experience this problem. apparrent from the many posting on thia topic, that VB technical staff would provide a comprehensive listings of answers to this issue allowing installers to go though a check list to and find an answer to which is basically a simple problem.
I am no expert respecting PHP hence I bought VB in preference to other FREE scripts as I felt that VB is safer, stable and very secure, and last but not least the support and forums here would assist me in a smooth install and setup.
I am a little concerned that I am only able to upload pictures by giving the script mis-information regarding the PHP safe mode as NO when in fact my server is definitly in safe mode ON, as a newbie one suspects that there is in fact a problem with the script. Is this solution a safe solution ?
I want to ask also where is the folder /tmp ? As I was unable to locate it to chmod it to 777. I already chmod class_upload.php to 777
I created a /tmp folder chmod it to 777 and put it in the main forum directory as I was unsure where to actually place it, putting it in the main directory of the forums directory never worked for me as a solution.
The only other issue regarding VB and pictures is the profile pictures:
Profile Picture 100 * 100 pixels and 64kb ...fine
Signature picture 500 * 100 pixels 2kb !!!! ...not fine
Appreciate one would want pages loaded with many pictures as this would put great strain on the bandwidth etc, and also total MB volumes would be unecessarily high, but 2kb, even I had problems compressing even a 422 * 77 pixel jpeg 12.9 kb no where near to 2kb
I reduced the image size to 211 * 39 = 4kb
Then used JPEG compression software to reduce the size to 1.93 kb (51% compression)
I am concerned that some end users would not be able to actually use signature pictures due to the quite severe size (KB not pixels) restrictions, and not many people own/use JPEG compression software.
Went into the admin area to see if I could increase the 2kb to a more sensible size but could not find anything, only on the forums did I find anything close to a solution known as a PHP script hack !
Any suggestions, comments and help appreciated
Read many hours through forums regarding problems respecting being unable to upload files (pictures for example into profiles) and getting similar errors that so many others have experienced.
Running vb 3.6.5 on a server with PHP running in safe mode.
Followed many suggested workaround/solutions to no avail with one exception and that was to go into admin/vb option/server settings and change the value of safe mode from yes to no and then was able to upload a picture at last.
You would think given the many people who experience this problem. apparrent from the many posting on thia topic, that VB technical staff would provide a comprehensive listings of answers to this issue allowing installers to go though a check list to and find an answer to which is basically a simple problem.
I am no expert respecting PHP hence I bought VB in preference to other FREE scripts as I felt that VB is safer, stable and very secure, and last but not least the support and forums here would assist me in a smooth install and setup.
I am a little concerned that I am only able to upload pictures by giving the script mis-information regarding the PHP safe mode as NO when in fact my server is definitly in safe mode ON, as a newbie one suspects that there is in fact a problem with the script. Is this solution a safe solution ?
I want to ask also where is the folder /tmp ? As I was unable to locate it to chmod it to 777. I already chmod class_upload.php to 777
I created a /tmp folder chmod it to 777 and put it in the main forum directory as I was unsure where to actually place it, putting it in the main directory of the forums directory never worked for me as a solution.
The only other issue regarding VB and pictures is the profile pictures:
Profile Picture 100 * 100 pixels and 64kb ...fine
Signature picture 500 * 100 pixels 2kb !!!! ...not fine
Appreciate one would want pages loaded with many pictures as this would put great strain on the bandwidth etc, and also total MB volumes would be unecessarily high, but 2kb, even I had problems compressing even a 422 * 77 pixel jpeg 12.9 kb no where near to 2kb
I reduced the image size to 211 * 39 = 4kb
Then used JPEG compression software to reduce the size to 1.93 kb (51% compression)
I am concerned that some end users would not be able to actually use signature pictures due to the quite severe size (KB not pixels) restrictions, and not many people own/use JPEG compression software.
Went into the admin area to see if I could increase the 2kb to a more sensible size but could not find anything, only on the forums did I find anything close to a solution known as a PHP script hack !
Any suggestions, comments and help appreciated
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