System images are not appearing


Symptoms

Wikka uses a few images in its default installation, for instance an "xml button" to link to RSS feeds and an example image on the FormattingRules page. The problem is these images are not appearing but instead only their alternative text.

Cause

The rewrite mode configuration is incorrect. If the rewrite mode configuration is incorrect the URLs that are used to reference these images will be incorrect; when requesting an image the browser will receive a 404 error to indicate the file is not found and display the alt text instead of the image.

Applies to

All versions.

Solution


Wikka 1.1.6.0 and earlier
Use the following checklist for the mod_rewrite configuration
  1. If you use URL rewriting, check your configuration as outlined on ModRewrite (note that there are two parameters and that they must match)
  1. Check that you have the .htaccess file as distributed with Wikka in your base installation directory
  1. Check that the [wikka]/images/ subdirectory contains the .htaccess file as distributed with Wikka (in that subdirectory); it should have the following content:
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine off
    </IfModule>


Newer Wikka versions
later

Refinement

maybe

CategoryWorkaround
Comments
Comment by MasinAlDujaili
2006-06-30 06:47:40
Have you ever encountered funny errors with files from the upload directory? It worked for me only after having copied this .htaccess there. Might be an issue for future releases, to put the .htaccess there in the first place.
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