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Jun 2, 2025

How do you add photos now?

I'm still having difficulties with adding photos. If I add one in the body of the text, the way we all used to do, it shows as the text "{the title of the blog post} photo", without actually showing the photo. The photo I am trying are less than 3 mb. If I try to add any to the gallery area they won't upload, I just get an "upload failed" or equivalent type of message. I also get an "upload failed" when I tried to add a photo (875.2kb in size) to this question!

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BigfamJapan

BigfamJapan

Former nickname was "Saitama". Changed it to save confusion on place review posts! Irish, 20+ years in Japan! I also write on my personal website: insaitama.com

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  • TonetoEdo

    TonetoEdo

    on Jun 11

    @BigfamJapan How are you doing with the photo issue? And have you tried posting on another device to see if it's a cache issue? I miss your posts!

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  • BigfamJapan

    BigfamJapan

    on Jun 2

    I just tried another photo in another post and this time I could actually see the photo when I added it first at the top of the post. But then when I added text and published it is just showing as "{title of the blog post} photo" in text and you can't see the photo. :(

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  • genkidesu

    genkidesu

    on Jun 3

    Mine weren't working for a few days but have since returned to normal, so I'm not much help with an answer! I imagine it's something still not fully resolved after the site issues last week, maybe the City-Cost staff can look into it! I hope it rectifies fully soon!

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  • andikurnia

    andikurnia

    on Jun 3

    @BigfamJapan it seems I also have same problem last week. You can try clear cache for this site in browser, I think it can be use combination of ctrl + F5

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  • TonetoEdo

    TonetoEdo

    on Jun 4

    I've posted some product reviews and a blog post. The photos display when I'm logged in or out. However, I noticed that the view counts are low to zero. This may be an SEO issue and not an upload one. Can someone confirm that they can see the photos in my latest posts?

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  • achmadz

    achmadz

    on Jun 5

    @TonetoEdo on product review from your profile ? https://www.city-cost.com/blogs/TonetoEdo

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  • genkidesu

    genkidesu

    on Jun 5

    @TonetoEdo they don't seem to show on your page, but when I click into the reviews the photos are there. A number of my recent blogs also have zero view counts, so I think that's an ongoing issue, too.

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  • TonetoEdo

    TonetoEdo

    on Jun 5

    @genkidesu I see my blog posts on the profile page don't display, but clicking "See more" reveals the blogs with photos from oldest to newest. However, place reviews are from newest to oldest.

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  • TonetoEdo

    TonetoEdo

    on Jun 5

    @achmadz Thanks for the confirmation, you can see my posts! The product reviews push me to learn kanji. I wrote about my motivation to write these posts a year ago - https://www.city-cost.com/blogs/TonetoEdo/MvNdd-shopping

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  • genkidesu

    genkidesu

    on Jun 12

    @TonetoEdo it looks like your posts are displaying normally now, so I hope it's rectified for everyone now!

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  • BigfamJapan

    BigfamJapan

    on Jun 13

    @andikurnia thank you so much, I'll try that now.

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  • BigfamJapan

    BigfamJapan

    on Jun 13

    @TonetoEdo thanks a million for the tip. I tried on my mobile and could upload a photo that way. Whoop! But I've cleared the cache on the laptop so I don't know why I still can't upload that way. I prefer posting from the laptop so I hope the issue is resolved.

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  • TonetoEdo

    TonetoEdo

    on Jun 13

    @BigfamJapan Good news! And glad to see you posting blogs with photos again!

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  • achmadz

    achmadz

    on Jun 13

    @BigfamJapan So, the problem is solved, right? I can't wait for your post

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  • BigfamJapan

    BigfamJapan

    on Jun 13

    @achmadz unfortunately it didn't work on the computer, but I was able to add a photo through my phone.

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  • achmadz

    achmadz

    on Jun 14

    @BigfamJapan Have you tried using incognito mode in your browser?

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  • genkidesu

    genkidesu

    on Jun 24

    The site bugs look to be back again this morning. I've had multiple issues logging in, my blog from this morning is doing the same photo issue as yours was previously, and I got a 504 error when I submitted a blog, even though it seems to have gone through (just without the photo). A heads up for anyone trying to submit posts or reviews today!

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  • genkidesu

    genkidesu

    on Jun 24

    Scrap that (I think), as it seems to be working again!

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