Images not loading fully and broken links

[shig]

Hi all,

 

I just uploaded the oscommerce (www.smilefabrics.com) and the product images are not loading up.

they seemed to linked right but they seem to be either broken or aren't loading up.

 

I been trying to find the answer for two days. I'm a newbie and any help is appreciated.

[MrPhil]

The files exist, and your site is pointing to them in the right place, but they don't show? Most likely you corrupted all of them by uploading them in ASCII (text) mode rather than binary. This can happen if you did a "bulk" transfer via FTP, and transferred every file in the same (ASCII) mode. Sometimes FTP clients autoselect the wrong mode, too. Anyway, try displaying an image or two directly with your browser (e.g., http://www.yoursite.com/catalog/install/images/success.gif) and see if it shows correctly. If it doesn't, you corrupted it with a bad FTP upload. You'll have to upload all the images again, this time being careful to do it in binary mode.

[germ]

After you get the images fixed, chew on this.....

 

Visit the link below:

 

How to Secure Your Site

 

Pay close attention to "SECURING THE ADMIN" - Yours is vulnerable.

 

It's easier to do a few security fixes now than to clean up a hacked store later.

 

And if you don't secure the admin your shop will be hacked.

 

It's just a question of when...

:o

[shig]

Thank you MrPhil! I uploaded the files again without transferring them as ASCII mode and the images are showing now.

Thank you germ! for the heads up on the security risk. I will have to definitely secure the website before setting up shop.

 

These advices has saved and will save days of trouble shooting!