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Posted Peter's picture of a beautiful Mini Cooper.

Hi Peter That is bizarre. I wonder if there is something in the file that's confusing the board. I've sent you a direct message with my email address in it. Would you be able to send me the original files? I'll look into the make of it using the Hex editor in Notepad++ and see if there is anything t...

Hi Peter Can you tell share the file size of the photo you are uploading? Are there many files or a single one? I have tried a 5.4MB file (which exceeds the threshold) and receive the same (expected) error you reported. I then uploaded a file smaller than the limit and it was successful. Many thanks...

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Hi Peter, John,

I'll dig around the logs and test things out. Thank you for persevering!
David.

Hi everyone There is a limit per uploaded file of 5MiB (just over 5MB). There is also a constraint that permits no more than 3 files per individual post/reply. Nothing in the settings appears to distinguish between file types, it's simply a blanket rule. I recall these limits were set to keep the le...

[attachment=0]Messsage.pdf[/attachment] Hi everyone It seems the software which runs the forum deliberately prevented PDF (and other) document types from being uploaded. I have researched the settings and adjusted the constraint this evening. You may now upload PDF documents. Best wishes, David.

Hi everyone, It appears that the image rendering and manipulating software on the server behind our forum server has moved. We have started the process of contacting the hosting company to determine where this has gone. I will keep an eye on communications and recover the functionality as soon as po...

Hi Peter

Your findings concur with the server logs, there is a record of a redirect attempted on 12th October 2015, 7.32pm against your ID. That's usually caused by an advert, add-in or similar in your web browser.

In all, the MGB Register Forum appears to be healthy.

Many thanks,
David.

Hi everyone, Regarding the forum timestamp: There is a "summer time/daylight saving" setting which can be controlled individually. Go into User Control Panel, then select "Board Preferences --> Edit Global Settings" and here you can switch the setting to "No". Press Sub...