Maybe it's just me, but when I upload files, all the keywords are lost along with the data if there's one mistake when clicking proceed? It goes back to everything blank. There were three words that IS though were the same word, so when I clicked SAVE it refused because the same keywords were used twice. BLANK AGAIN!

IPTC data doesn't seem to be being picked up all the time, so I need to enter the caption and description over again.

Also when I include keywords like proper names, it refuses them. How is someone supposed to search for any name that isn't in their database, and trust me, many aren't?

Categories often have no fit so I'm clicking the most general areas that might fit.

The disambiguation makes the files less reliable for searches because the important select or specific data is refused.

It's frustrating.

IS doesn't read my IPTC data edited with Exifer and Irfanview.  They are awere of the problem, but they couldn't care less. I have to copy them from other sites. 

On occasions I've had this keyword disappearing without a reason.  I never understood why.

Regards,
Adelaide

Why don�t you use i.e. ProStockMaster? You can keyword you pics easily and you can upload your images to several sites with one click!

I'm a bit suspicious of giving a third-party program my passwords.  Besides, Exifer is a freeware that works perfectly for me, I can copy info from other files, etc. And then I use Irfanview when I have to include a keyword (I always use relevance order, not alphabetical order), as with Exifer new keywords are inserted only in the end of the list.  And this works perfectly with every site but IS.

Maybe if I were a mass producer, PSM would be useful, but for uploading 2-3 images per week this is not necessary.

Regards,
Adelaide

PS: Sorry RacePhoto for diverging from the original subject.

Here's what I have now.

My upload bin was full, I clicked manage uploads, IS took me to a page with pending uploads that needed editing, (not the ones that I completed the edit and are waiting, which is "pending") and I could see that I had two duplicate files. Now I have seven waiting and a batch kind of invisible uploads. As soon as I deleted the extra one, I can't get to my new uploads anymore. There are four files there that need editing.

I tried my portfolio, tried reload, looked for everything I could and the files are counting as uploads, but I can't get to them. If I upload one more file, I'll be able to see that page again.

What am I doing wrong? Or better yet, how do I get to the files that need to be edited before they go into the cue?

Meanwhile the file I did edit, added metadata and keywords, doesn't show in My Uploads. The newest four uploads are in some sort of limbo? If I could get to them to delete, I'd re-upload them, or activate them. The reason for duplicates is I uploaded the same files on the 17th and they went into that same "island of lost files"  They are there, they count, but I can't find them to edit.