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I've noticed that after I upload files/images/pages to my server, for some reason I cannot load them with any browser, almost as if they don't exist. Could this be a problem with the server or a problem with Filezilla?

Do you upload them to the correct folder? For example www or public_html ?

Lainaus käyttäjältä: CoreISP - kesäkuu 19, 2011, 11:11:14 IP
Do you upload them to the correct folder? For example www or public_html ?

yeh, I've been following the same routine for the past year. What's even more strange is that I deleted the index.php and the index template from the server just to see what would happen, and the forum still worked perfectly normal.

Contact your hosting provider.

Filezilla...

If you have the "Transfer type" set to "Auto", that can break images.

Try setting it to "Binary" and see if it makes any difference.

Lainaus käyttäjältä: K@ - kesäkuu 20, 2011, 07:50:56 AP
Filezilla...

If you have the "Transfer type" set to "Auto", that can break images.

Try setting it to "Binary" and see if it makes any difference.

Turns out that it's not the problem.

Again, try contacting your hosting provider, nothing is wrong on SMF's part as far as i can see.

Those are ghost files.  I've run into that several times, researched it for days, and never come up with a reasonable explanation.  You can delete the files from the server, clear browser cache, confirm that cached files are gone, close/open browser, reboot the box, and the files will persist.  After a few hours, or sometimes next day, the ghost files disappear, and new ones will work.  I've had it happen with image files and .txt files, in frames, iframes, Flash widgets.  I've fixed it by switching from absolute to relative paths (works in iframes), and more recently by using .htaccess to prevent caching of specific files or file types in specific directories (works on Apache servers).  The scary thing is, you can open a browser that you haven't used for weeks (I rarely use FF), and it will load the ghost files.  Best guess is it's something to do with server caching, but it happens even with server caching disabled, so go figure.

Lainaus käyttäjältä: Krash. - kesäkuu 20, 2011, 08:55:39 IP
Those are ghost files.  I've run into that several times, researched it for days, and never come up with a reasonable explanation.  You can delete the files from the server, clear browser cache, confirm that cached files are gone, close/open browser, reboot the box, and the files will persist.  After a few hours, or sometimes next day, the ghost files disappear, and new ones will work.  I've had it happen with image files and .txt files, in frames, iframes, Flash widgets.  I've fixed it by switching from absolute to relative paths (works in iframes), and more recently by using .htaccess to prevent caching of specific files or file types in specific directories (works on Apache servers).  The scary thing is, you can open a browser that you haven't used for weeks (I rarely use FF), and it will load the ghost files.  Best guess is it's something to do with server caching, but it happens even with server caching disabled, so go figure.

I figured it out, recently they upgraded the server and so changed the IP. Works now. Thanks everyone.