Problems backing up SMF gallery images with ftp program.

[ApplianceJunk]

Forum version: SMF 1.1.3


When I ftp my forum files back to my computer to save as a backup my SMF Gallery images look ok, but all the smaller thumbnail photos look scrambled.




When I try and open one of the scrambled looking files to view it I get this message.

This is not a valid JPEG-JFIF file.

I am using FireFTP and have Download/Uploads>Options set to Binary Mode. I tried Automatic Mode first and the same thing happened.

What am I doing wrong?

Mod I have installed.

1. SMF 1.1.2 Update Package 1.1.2   
2. SMF 1.0.11 / 1.1.3 Update 1.1     
3. SMF Gallery Lite 1.7.6   
4. Ad Managment 2.3   
5. Streaming 3 4.2.2b   

[ApplianceJunk]

I tried a couple other ftp programs and they all do the same thing with the smaller thumbnail images.

I also tried a number of different setting on the ftp programs and I still can not download the smaller thumbnail images without them being messed up.

Not sure what to even try anymore.
I am out of idea's at this time.

Anyone?

[ApplianceJunk]

@ Appliance Junk

SMF Gallery creates thumbnail images "on the fly" (meaning as and when they are required to be displayed) using a very fast system that your host has added to your PHP installation...it's called GD.

The thumbnail files made by GD tend to have incorrectly attributed file extensions but are really.png files...try making a copy of one on your local machine and altering the file extension to .png and it may work better with the image viewer you are using.

You may need to get a viewer that can properly render .png files (google for irfan view.)

Thank you TrueSatan for the help,