Re: Problem with broken images

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 56745
interpreted = N
texte = Opera 5.x on MacOS has a bug in it that causes images to not upload properly more often than not. Large images never upload properly, and small ones are uploaded successfully only sometimes. Other browsers may have similar problems. Is webdna setting the [rid] value or is this a file name that's picked up by the browser when the visitor selects the file to be uploaded? Maybe the file name is sometimes incompatible with the OS you're using which is ... ? Are your visitors actually uploading image files? Many times on my jobs website the visitors fail to recognize that a word file with a picture in it is not a .gif or a .jpg file. The file is uploaded properly but cannot be displayed so the browser shows its 'broken image" icon instead. >I've built a system for forum users to upload photos. For the majority of >site users it works just fine. But for a significant number the image is >broken. > >I can find no pattern regarding OS and/or browser to explain it. > >The code that creates the path and filename in the template looks like this: > > > >The product looks like this: > > > >Can you think of any reason why this would not work every time? Couldn't be >much simpler.... > >Any potential problems with popup killers or home firewalls, maybe? > >Ph. > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ -- Kenneth Grome WebDNA Programmer Outsource Service Provider Phone: +6332 255-6591 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Problem with broken images ( "Gary Krockover" 2004)
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  3. Re: Problem with broken images ( "WebDna @ Inkblot Media" 2004)
  4. Re: Problem with broken images ( Tim Robinson 2004)
  5. Re: Problem with broken images ( "WebDna @ Inkblot Media" 2004)
  6. Re: Problem with broken images ( Phil Herring 2004)
  7. Re: Problem with broken images ( Kenneth Grome 2004)
  8. Re: Problem with broken images ( Phil Herring 2004)
  9. Re: Problem with broken images ( Kenneth Grome 2004)
  10. Re: Problem with broken images ( Tim Robinson 2004)
  11. Re: Problem with broken images ( Stuart Tremain 2004)
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  13. Re: Problem with broken images ( Mark Derrick 2004)
  14. Problem with broken images ( Phil Herring 2004)
Opera 5.x on MacOS has a bug in it that causes images to not upload properly more often than not. Large images never upload properly, and small ones are uploaded successfully only sometimes. Other browsers may have similar problems. Is webdna setting the [rid] value or is this a file name that's picked up by the browser when the visitor selects the file to be uploaded? Maybe the file name is sometimes incompatible with the OS you're using which is ... ? Are your visitors actually uploading image files? Many times on my jobs website the visitors fail to recognize that a word file with a picture in it is not a .gif or a .jpg file. The file is uploaded properly but cannot be displayed so the browser shows its 'broken image" icon instead. >I've built a system for forum users to upload photos. For the majority of >site users it works just fine. But for a significant number the image is >broken. > >I can find no pattern regarding OS and/or browser to explain it. > >The code that creates the path and filename in the template looks like this: > > > >The product looks like this: > > > >Can you think of any reason why this would not work every time? Couldn't be >much simpler.... > >Any potential problems with popup killers or home firewalls, maybe? > >Ph. > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ -- Kenneth Grome WebDNA Programmer Outsource Service Provider Phone: +6332 255-6591 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Kenneth Grome

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