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Is there a reason why none of the pictures that I upload ever come out as wallpaper?

The resolution, as well as size, both fit the wallpaper standards, at least on my computer, and I always chose Wallpaper each time I upload some picture large enough for a wallpaper, but every single time it comes out as photo, never a wallpaper! What am I doing wrong? What size and resolution should a wallpaper actually be on this site? I'm new on this site, so I have no idea. Any suggestions?
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As a bit of a workaround, I make sure that I add "wallpaper" in the keywords each time I add an image I'd call a wallpaper, so even if it falls into the photos category (where I then move it to fanart because I think that works better), it'll still appear in the results whenever someone searches for that keyword.
LowriLorenza89 posted over a year ago
 Germany101 posted over a year ago
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UNMe4ever1 said:
Hi, Hans! To put it simple, all you gotta do is go visit some site searching for a wallpaper, like let's say Wallpapercave, and then download the wallpaper to your device (PC, laptop, notebook, tablet, cell phone, or mobile phone, whatever). Just make sure that a file you're downloaded has a tag wallpaper in its name, or at least wp for short. Then upload that file to Fanpop and you won't get any trouble anymore. It's not so much a question of resolution, and the size in this case doesn't really matter, it's a question of your file name. Without a tag wallpaper, or wp in the file name, it would always come out as photo. Believe me, been there myself, only couple of months ago, when I was still a newbie on this site, much like you. I just uploaded a bunch of wallpapers to Charlie Puth fan club using the same trick of trade. You wanna try it yourself? It's so easy. You just need to be careful when you're downloading pictures. Any picture without a tag wallpaper, or wp for short, would go to photos by default. That's how this site works. It's not your fault, my friend, it's this Fanpop algorithm which makes it impossible for any newbie like you to upload wallpapers properly to any fan club on this site. Hope this helps. If not, let me know, okay? I'm only a mailbox away, my friend, and I'm always there for you. Even right now, when I'm drunk at some party on Saturday night with my friends. No, wait, it's already Sunday! Time sure flies, when you're having fun... And when you're drunk, like me, right now. So, what do you think of my answer? Not bad for someone who's been drinking all night.
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I just tried this and it didn't work. The image still went into photos even when I'd written "wallpaper" into the name.
LowriLorenza89 posted over a year ago
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^Doesn't always work, I know, but works just fine for me. Well, most of the time anyway. Looks like it's not just the size that matters, or the name of some file, but also the way how you download it. There's gotta be *wallpaper* somewhere in the original name of the file itself.
UNMe4ever1 posted over a year ago
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No, they were both smaller. I think over 2 MB would just be too much for Fanpop's systems to handle so they'd reject it. And images which haven't gone into the wallpaper category are larger than the 2 which are! I think it's just down to the size in terms of dimensions
LowriLorenza89 posted over a year ago
LowriLorenza89 said:
Do they fit the wallpaper standards exactly, or are they just larger than the minimum stated? I know that they have to be a set of exact sizes, but I don't know what those sizes actually are. The same thing happens to me regularly - it's annoying.
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I heard someone mentioning 2 MB being a wallpaper size limit. Not sure if that's true though. :(
UNMe4ever1 posted over a year ago
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