Can't access images after upload

[CherryAA]

I'm in despair!

Finally got my pages to work - all paths correct, only 2 errors (according to Dreamweaver's validator, anyhow), thought it was worth staying up night after night ........

But. Once I had uploaded everything, my pages couldn't access the images. I've double-checked the code: the address is correct - I even wrote in the full url, just in case. However, there's nothing but a load of little boxes on my previously lovely site.

I've tried to re-save them with Fireworks (which created them), but it can't open them now!!! :mad: Nor can ANY other image editor.

Worse still, while up-and-dowloading them time after time, I've now overwritten the originals with the new, inaccessible ones.

Has anybody got a clue:
what's happened?
And what I can do about it?

Please!!

I've googled this loads of times with no result, so you guys are my only hope ......

Cherry :(

[CyCo]

...gotta link...?

[Daria]

Perhaps, you have a case of mis-casing? (no pun intended)?

caps vs. small caption? your image may be called ImagE.gif, but if you call for <img src="image.gif"> and not <img src="ImagE.gif"> it will not display properly.

[CherryAA]

Originally posted by Daria
Perhaps, you have a case of mis-casing? (no pun intended)?

caps vs. small caption? your image may be called ImagE.gif, but if you call for <img src="image.gif"> and not <img src="ImagE.gif"> it will not display properly.

Embarrassingly, I did have some typing errors. At least this fiasco has made me pick up on them!

As to why the images became unreadable to the software that made them .... it's a mystery. I've found some VERY old versions of the pictures, and am now plodding through, re-doing them (correctly, I hope!). I'm uploading them one by one, and so far they seem OK.

Does Dreamweaver do something to image files on upload? There was no code behind them, apart from GIF89 and two characters. I'm scared to use it now!

CyCo, I'll be more than happy to send you a link if it happens again .....
Unfortunately, it probably will, unless I find out what caused it. [sigh] I'm backing up everything double from now on!

Thanks
Cherry

[CyCo]

CherryAA, although case-sensitivity nor spelling has ever been an issue with me, I have experienced some corrupt image uploads with ftp, telnet, etc. in binary mode, so don't feel like the lone ranger...

[CherryAA]

It's nice to know this stuff happens to experienced people, too!

Maybe there's hope I will get my life back one day .... :rolleyes:

Cx

[lindafrintrup]

I had the same problem when I began learning Dreamweaver.

What I was doing wrong was making my page relative to the Site Root instead of relative to the document.

Here is how I fixed my problem:

In Dreamweaver click on the Insert Image icon on the Insert tool bar, the Select Image Source box appears. At the bottom of this box is the drop down box "Relative To", select the Document option, not the Site Root option. (Be sure the URL address in the box above is also correct.

This should fix your problem...if in fact you had inadvertently selected the Site Root Option instead of the Document option.

I hope this helps.

[mr_jpt]

Yeah, you gotta be careful with case-sensitivity. I was uploading pics and my HOST was changing some of the the .jpg to .JPG for no apparent reason. It totally screws up my page and I have to go back and rename them all. What a pain!

[rhyeguy]

i'm sure we all know this, but in light of educating the newer members to web design, follow this golden rule:

make sure that the folder structure of your FTP site exactly matches (from the root html down) the folder structure of the site on your design computer (especially if you are using dreamweaver).

seems like a no-brainer but many a beginner (looks in mirror) forgets to do this. :D

best,

sketcher:)