XF 1.1 Avatar Upload İssue

[rivolaz]

Hello

Avatar will not load.



How can I solve.

Thank you.

 

[Paul B]

What error do you receive when uploading avatars?

Are you able to attach image files to posts?

 

[rivolaz]

Some of my forum member's avatar not displayed.

avatars/l/0/557.jpg?1330168887 (403 Forbidden)

I think the token key is wrong? How can I correct that issue?

 

[Paul B]

Token key?

Ensure the permissions on the directories and sub-directories are correct; data and internal_data should be 0777.

 

[rivolaz]

avatars/l/0/557.jpg?1330168887 token number.

permissions configured correctly.

 

[Paul B]

That's just a timestamp for caching purposes.
It doesn't affect the file.

That translates to Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:21:27 GMT

 

[rivolaz]

/data/avatars/l/0/1.jpg?1330168887

/data/avatars/m/0/577.jpg?1331832851

 

[mrGTB]

Worth trying if you use "Shared Hosting" like I did, had the same issue also. Try changing the directories from 777 to 755, including sub-directories that might be created to store avatars inside them. If you still can't see them, trying deleting all avatars there already using FTP and uploading one again from fresh with same 755 permission used for folders Brogan said.

If the avatars themselves (the images) use 777 permission also, try changing them to 644 permission.

 

[Jake Bunce]

This one works:

/data/avatars/l/0/1.jpg?1330168887

I agree with mrGTB. A 403 error can be caused by file / folder permissions.

 

[Coop1979]

I'm also having 403 Forbidden errors on my newly converted test site. I tried changing all permissions to 777, then 644 for files, but none of it seemed to help. I'm on a dedicated server.

Any other ideas?

 

[Jake Bunce]

I'm also having 403 Forbidden errors on my newly converted test site. I tried changing all permissions to 777, then 644 for files, but none of it seemed to help. I'm on a dedicated server.

Any other ideas?

Where are you getting the 403 errors?

 

[Coop1979]

Where are you getting the 403 errors?

I'm getting broken image links like the OP and then if I try to view the actual mysite.com/data/avatars/l/0/1.jpg I get a 403 error.

 

[Jake Bunce]

I'm getting broken image links like the OP and then if I try to view the actual mysite.com/data/avatars/l/0/1.jpg I get a 403 error.

Ok. Permissions are my first guess. For the data and internal_data directories you should try both 777 and 755. 644 won't work. And be sure to set permissions for all subdirectories inside of those two directories. Some FTP clients have a "recursive" option that does this.

 

[Coop1979]

Ok. Permissions are my first guess. For the data and internal_data directories you should try both 777 and 755. 644 won't work. And be sure to set permissions for all subdirectories inside of those two directories. Some FTP clients have a "recursive" option that does this.

I just tried 777 and 755 on both of those directories and all sub-directories, but still getting permission errors.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Try removing (or temporarily renaming) any .htaccess files.

It could also be due to some higher level server restriction such as mod_security. You should contact your host. Give them the URL to demonstrate the 403 error.

 

[Coop1979]

Try removing (or temporarily renaming) any .htaccess files.

It could also be due to some higher level server restriction such as mod_security. You should contact your host. Give them the URL to demonstrate the 403 error.

I'm running my own server using Nginx as the webserver. No mod_security installed.

Here's something else that is odd. When I view a thread with attachments the thumbnails for the attachments are dead, but when I click on the picture the full image comes up without any problem.

PS - thanks for your help so far in helping me try to find the bottom of this rabbit hole.

 

[Coop1979]

This morning I created a new test site and avatars and other images work fine on it. It is in a subdirectory of the site that I am building, and is a fresh install. I did not go through the import process that I did from vB 3.8 on my main test site.

Does that offer any new clues as to how I can fix this? Should I just erase the databases and start fresh?

 

[Coop1979]

Just to update everyone... I ended up removing the following code from my site's nginx .conf file that is supposed to get everything to play nicely with SEO Friendly URLs. Well, I removed it and guess what? Friendly URLs and javascript are still working, and I can now see all of my attachment and avatar photos.

        location /data/ {
                allow                          127.0.0.1;
                deny                            all;
        }
 
        location /internal_data/ {
                allow                          127.0.0.1;
                deny                            all;
        }
 
        location /library/ {
                allow                          127.0.0.1;
                deny                            all;
        }

I left in the following line, though:

            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$uri&$args;