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damn carey id love to give you the answer but ive never had that issue.maybe one of our smart savy jocks will chime in with the answer.if not pm cricket ?

-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

...Either way, when I select a photo and the thumbnail shows in the form, and hit “Upload File,” I get a message that I must “select a file first.”

Can anyone tell me what this means – I have already selected a file and the thumbnail shows. – Carey Mitchell

Something smells fishy? What thumbnail image shows where?

Are you following the ‘How to insert pictures’ process outlined by Cricket?
https://www.lumberjocks.com/CricketW/blog/114193

It seems like maybe you are not properly selecting a file as outlined in steps 2 &3?

Have seen LJ have issues with image file name containing unusual/illegal characters. Might help to make sure your file name does not contain any punctuation or spaces?

Despite forum software having automatic image size reduction capability, LJ does have picture size limitations. If the file is too large, you should see an error. If a selected file is not uploading, then try another, or might need to use photo editor to crop pictures smaller.

Hope this helps.

-- If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all, Doom, despair, agony on me… - Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign released 1967

Carey – post this in the main forum: not too many people see things if it is in a blog.
plus – Admin has a better chance of seeing it too.

-- I am a painter: that's what I do, I like to paint things. --

After you select your picture are you getting the numbers (file name) next to the “Choose File” box?