graphics not loading

guppy75 · - Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 4

i've seen this issue raised before, but no answers that have helped. none of my graphics will load when accessing pages via the net. for an example, have a look at http://www.cope.net.nz

the images display just fine if i use http://127.0.0.1/cope/

i'm using dynamic dns (dyndns.org) to direct traffic to my site, but no funky port specification, just the default port 80

i've tried uninstalling ver 1.2 and installing 1.1, but this makes no difference. the allowed MIME types include jpgs

i've tried changing the html from <img src="paralogo.jpg" border=0> to <img src="http://www.cope.net.nz/paralogo.jpg" border=0> and it makes no difference.

any suggestions appreciated. i have 5 sites to get up and running. tearing my hair out seems like a viable option right now.

mrblue · - Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 27

try using http://www.no-ip.com i find them to be alot better and it could be a problem to do with your rediret service do the pictures show up when you go to http://yourip/cope/
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senshi · - Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 385 Location: UK

guppy75 · - Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 4

thanks, but the image is there, in the same directory and the html is exactly as i posted it above. here's the whole file:

<html>
<head>
<title>CoPE</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor=black text=gray alink=gray vlink=gray link=gray>
<p align=center><font face="Verdana" size=6><a href="/test/index.htm">CoPE</a></font></p>
<center><img src="paralogo.jpg" border=0></center>
<table border=0 bgcolor=gray>
<tr>
<td>
<p><IMG SRC="http://homepages.paradise.net.nz:80/cgi-bin/count.cgi?cope01"></td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

the jpg file is only 5kb, so it's not an issue of size.
i've also tried putting the entire file path: <img src="http://www.cope.net.nz/paralogo.jpg" border=0>, but again, the image doesn't load.

i've tried signing up to no-ip, but it'g going to take a while for the domain's dns to update.

guppy75 · - Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 4

well, i've solved the problem. i installed another server (LiteServe) and now everything works just fine. i really like the console that comes with Abyss, but i just don't have the time to spend on getting it working properly. also LiteServe comes with multiple domain support, which i need, as well as an FTP server. thanks for the help tho.

senshi · - Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 385 Location: UK

guppy75 · - Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 4

thanks, but that's not the image i'm having the problem with. the image you're referring to is the counter, which works fine. the code for the counter was supplied by the ISP that offers this script.

the image that was not showing was paralogo.jpg, which is a simple image file. it's sitting in the same directory as the index.html file. i tried referencing it as relative - <img src="paralogo.jpg"> and with the full path <img src="http://www.cope.net.nz/paralogo.jpg">. neither worked. when i set it to <img src="http://cope.net.nz/paralogo.jpg">, which still points to my old site, the image showed.

since i needed to get my sites working again (i have a lot of images on them) i've changed to another server, so if you go there now, you will see the image. the problem is not with the html, since as soon as i moved the files to the new server directory, all the image files were showing again. all i did was move the directories the files were in from the htdocs directory to the directory specified for the new server. i didn't make any changes to the files at all.

i'd still like to use Abyss, since it has features i like - such as configurable error pages, so if you have any ideas let me know. i realise it's going to be pretty difficult to suggest anything since i'm no longer running the software, but you never know.

btw, i've been designing websites for 8 years, and started out writing the code myself in notepad, so i do know how to link an image file. i realise (having worked in tech support for almost as long) that it's usually user error, but in this case i went over everything very carefully before posting my query.

TRUSTAbyss · - Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 3752 Location: USA, GA

LiteServe has Virtual Hosting so it comes to my attention that you where
probably trying out the ::Virtual Host Creator:: script , their are certain
rules for those scripts , their not real Virtual Hosts , read the main area.

Example:

senshi · - Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 385 Location: UK

Yeah, You said it, you said the bit that you didnt tell us... Supplied by your ISP...

so you need to supply the URL in full to the counter your ISP has supplied.

You should have been given a URL to your personal counter, use that instead of a relative path, well if your using cgi, use the URL in the cgi script to the ISP supplied counter image.

TRUSTAbyss · - Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 3752 Location: USA, GA

I did some research and it was indeed the Virtual Hosting script , god im smart , if you look at
the two different URL's in my example below , you will see that one of the URL's are broken but
get this , thats the actual server IP Address so he was trying to get Virtual Hosting and failed
to configure the script. If people would read the docs I put they would get it to work. LateR!

Example: 203.167.187.201 (www.cope.net.nz)

when you compare these URL's , their both the same as the
actual Server IP because I did a ping , now using the paths
for the image with the IP and URL , see the difference.

http://www.cope.net.nz/paralogo.jpg (Not Broken)
http://203.167.187.201/paralogo.jpg (Broken)

why is the second broken , well thats because its a Virtual Host , stick
with Abyss man , I know why you switched and I want that feature also.