i'm trying to construct my first game board, and when i use the upload function it send me to my computer's index as you would expect.  but when i click on the photo i want and hit "open", the loading icon just sits there inactive.  i've tried opening both a pdf and a jpeg version of the map photo i want to use, and the same thing (doesn't) happen/s.  what's going on?

pdf definitely will not work.  I don't know about jpg.  I always use png.  Try that.

Are you using a mac?  I know there are some problems with macs.

Ozyman wrote:

pdf definitely will not work.  I don't know about jpg.  I always use png.  Try that.

Are you using a mac?  I know there are some problems with macs.

What exactly are the problems with macs?

I'm using a mac, and can't upload a .png.  It is very frustrating.  No, I don't have Windows.  Nor do I wish to.

For the record, the image that I wish to upload is for the educational contest.  It is:

Damn, I learned something already.  I'm gonna have to step up my game for this one. =:0)

On a Mac, from the Design page (before you open the designer for your map), there is an "action" feature.

Right-click/upload.

M57 wrote:

On a Mac, from the Design page (before you open the designer for your map), there is an "action" feature.

Right-click/upload.

Thanks!  That worked!

Unfortunately I can't set the pictures for the cards that way.  I wanted to set the cards to John von Neumann, Tony Hoare, Donald Knuth and then Jeff Dean for the wild card.  (Nobody will know who Jeff Dean is, but maybe someone will..educate themselves.  Inside of Google he's widely credited for having made Google what it is.)

ratsy wrote:

Damn, I learned something already.  I'm gonna have to step up my game for this one. =:0)

Thanks for the compliment!

Hopefully others will agree, and the board will prove playable.

btilly wrote:

M57 wrote:

On a Mac, from the Design page (before you open the designer for your map), there is an "action" feature.

Right-click/upload.

Thanks!  That worked!

Unfortunately I can't set the pictures for the cards that way.  I wanted to set the cards to John von Neumann, Tony Hoare, Donald Knuth and then Jeff Dean for the wild card.  (Nobody will know who Jeff Dean is, but maybe someone will..educate themselves.  Inside of Google he's widely credited for having made Google what it is.)

For some reason, cards upload just fine from the card tab inside the designer.  Go figure.

M57 wrote:

btilly wrote:

M57 wrote:

On a Mac, from the Design page (before you open the designer for your map), there is an "action" feature.

Right-click/upload.

Thanks!  That worked!

Unfortunately I can't set the pictures for the cards that way.  I wanted to set the cards to John von Neumann, Tony Hoare, Donald Knuth and then Jeff Dean for the wild card.  (Nobody will know who Jeff Dean is, but maybe someone will..educate themselves.  Inside of Google he's widely credited for having made Google what it is.)

For some reason, cards upload just fine from the card tab inside the designer.  Go figure.

Not for me they don't.  At least not on Safari or Firefox.

It may not help that I have an older mac.

Try Chrome, I haven't had any problems and don't have to use the special Mac upload either.

Yertle wrote:

Try Chrome, I haven't had any problems and don't have to use the special Mac upload either.

Chrome won't work for me either.

I've got a 2008 Macbook running OS 10.5.8.  When that operating system was end of lifed by Apple, Chrome stopped supporting me as well.  When Flash developed a vulnerability, Chrome blocked flash for my own good.

I am slowly being pushed towards buying a new computer, which I don't want to.  In the meantime I'll need to borrow a computer from someone.

>I am slowly being pushed towards buying a new computer, which I don't want to. 

How about just a new OS?

Ozyman wrote:

>I am slowly being pushed towards buying a new computer, which I don't want to. 

How about just a new OS?

I hate spending on the new shiny just because it is the new shiny.  Particularly when I'm not sure how much they test on my hardware, and my laptop is starting to show hardware problems.

No, I really need a laptop from this decade.  I am just resisting it.

hey guys, thanks for all this feedback.   M57, in the design page, are you talking about the "action" column at the end of the 1-line spreadsheet?  for some reason, that's the only icon on the spreadsheet that ISN'T active for me to click.

am i missing something?  is there another action icon on that page?

unfortunately, png didn't work for me either.  after "opening" the pic, the upload icon remained on the screen inactive, as if i hadn't chosen an image yet. 

p.s.  yes, i am using a Mac

Min Lei wrote:

hey guys, thanks for all this feedback.   M57, in the design page, are you talking about the "action" column at the end of the 1-line spreadsheet?  for some reason, that's the only icon on the spreadsheet that ISN'T active for me to click.

It's not something you click on, like you would most any other button or link on that page.

You have to right-click (or equivalent) on it.

am i missing something?  is there another action icon on that page?

unfortunately, png didn't work for me either.  after "opening" the pic, the upload icon remained on the screen inactive, as if i hadn't chosen an image yet. 

p.s.  yes, i am using a Mac