Trouble loading Pics ?

[Mcbladescar]

I've tried several times to upload a pic with no success.

Any Ideas why SRP is failing the upload ? Not a fan of the "basic uploader"

Mike

[BobH]

Had to see if the way I do it works, sorry. I just copy and paste the img tag from Photobucket which seems to work.

Bob

[Chevhead]

I can only use the Basic Uploader.
Something changed about a month or two ago for me.

[pixelfixed]

PB is one way,The SRP basic Uploader works great for me.I find it effortless.
Well after I wrote the above,tried to upload and it is not working

[pixelfixed]

One more try.
No worky,was fine two days ago,seems busted Now.

[Mcbladescar]

yea, I'm not a fan of PB because i see so many "picture has been moved" from bad URL's

I was using the uploader fine until yesterday

[Haroldg48]

I have not have a positive experience, despite having followed specific instructions in the past from several members and moderators. Sometimes a picture seems to go nowhere. Once in a while it turns up twice, and once in a blue moon it works. I've given up.

[Johnus]

Use an iPhone. I have the problem from time to time. Think it's just one of the programs updating(;-(. Always seem to correct itself in a couple of days.

[MickR]

Sorry to resurrect this, but I have a question. Why is it that I/we can only use the 'basic uploader' and not the uploader as it's presented to us? i.e just hit the browse button.


Mick

[gugi]

The short answer is that it has a security vulnerability and was disabled (including on the Yahoo and Google servers where it's mirrored). Since then a 'guy on the internet' has posted unofficial replacement with the security bug patched, and some sites are using that, but so far we don't. It may change, however I need to become a bit more comfortable with that than I am at present.

I know that it's just a shaving forum, but I can't help it and take the security fairly seriously. For example last year the other shaving forums which use the same software as us had some of their members passwords vulnerable due to a different security bug. We never suffered from this issue because I caught it immediately and closed the exposure (there were no attempts to exploit it, so even if I hadn't we'd be fine, but it's far better to be protected than rely on not being attacked).
Unfortunately there is always a trade-off between security and convenience.