Image "Not Found" (from thumbnail to full size)

UPDATE TO ORIGINAL IMAGE PROBLEM

I just did a test as follows:
Upload “new” image into default image folder “Media Library”.
Create new “post” with text.
Insert the “new” image just uploaded.
Insert an existing Media Library image as uploaded in WP 3.1.4

Save Draft
View Draft

“new” uploaded image is clickable and displays its larger version (no error)
Clicking on “existing” image results in NOT FOUND… (etc)

Verified: I contacted a friend who checked this problem just minutes ago. He too was presented with the Not Found error when clicking on the thumbnails, including other non related articles on my site.

I’d hate to think I will have to delete all images currently in the Media Library and re-upload all images to correct the problem.

–bf

Looking at one of the images, https://wp.joshuatreestar.com/wp-content/uploads/ScreenShot002.jpg for example, it looks like the file physically is not there in the uploads folder.

This one is: https://wp.joshuatreestar.com/wp-content/uploads/casino01.jpg

Go in via FTP and see if it’s there.

ETA: I closed all your other posts that just link back here. Please don’t make multiple posts like that. It’s called ‘spamming’ and we don’t like it ??

Hey…Thank you for your interest (and the comment re duplications – Sorry ’bout that. I understand)

The image “screenshot002” is indeed “gone” as I’ve been trying to find a work-around — and deleted that image intentionally… just a few minutes ago. I will re”upload” the same image back into the default folder without “editing” the article itself… to see if clicking on it presents “not found” or is displayed.

Farther “down” in another article (https://wp.joshuatreestar.com/?attachment_id=1365) is one that is “not found”. However, Ipstenu, you must have a magic wand or fingers because as I “again” checked all the pix displayed on the opening page of the site, all of the “old” work as expected (excluding that one “id=1365 which I can manually fix).

I will have to go through all my articles and check for this anomaly. But, all those in the “Snake” article are still “not found”. That article was posted perhaps an hour prior to upgrading 3.1.4 to 3.2.1. (my site host helped me with backing up the site and the SQL prior to upgrading WP, shortly after posting that article).

I’m a 74 year old appliance operator having little knowledge of numerous “how-to’s” (i.e. FTP) although I understand its purpose but have never exercised it — another learning curve for me.

I’ve seen your hundreds of “helps” to others, and I appreciate your help with my little issue. Thanks a bunch. I will experiment and disgnose further so I am armed with more useful details. I’m likely to post an addendum in this thread. Of course, any suggested “fixes” would be most welcome.

Bill Ford

I do have the power to faith heal computers ??

The image “screenshot002” is indeed “gone”

Full stop. THAT is the problem, and no, WordPress didn’t do it. It cannot.

But. But but but. IF you are using caching, or IF you have moved things around on your server, it can LOOK like this happened. Sometimes things need a kick in the pants (i.e. resaving permalinks). None of that will actually physically delete the file, though (and this is why we always say to make DB AND file backups). I wiped my whole uploads folder once. Had a backup and just copied the whole thing back up. Except for December ?? I had to rebuild a month of images.

ANYWAY. The fix for screenshot002 is to upload a file with that name into that location. Or make a new screenshot, upload that, and edit the post.

UPDATE Tue-8-16-11

Ipstenu:

“Faith-heal”… that’s a good thing!! You must have a degree in that line of work.

That screenshot image: I intentionally deleted it from the library while I was “testing” to see if I re-uploaded it, would it show up. I hadn’t had a chance to do the re-upload when I spotted your reply message.

Briefly (as I can) I’ve examined and tested ‘most’ of the images on older posts under WP 314 and found they have somehow survived [hasta be by the grace of computer faith healing] the upgrade to 321, contrary to my earlier actual experience.(??) Only 3 in the test would not display when thumbnail was clicked on – likely a different issue – such as moving a file. The “Snake” article remained in error. Without knowing any better, I tried a work-around for that article. I first deleted the offending images from the Media Library, and without editing the article, I re-uploaded the same images from my hardrive. I “viewed” the article (as if I were a non-admin visitor) to find the problem still existed on that article alone. Apparently the image I.D.s are different when newly uploaded. I then deleting the article’s images, and set about re-inserting them using the WP visual editor. Tested okay. Clicked thumbnails show larger view as expected.

Based on my less-than-techie method, and the fact that you replied to my inquiry (just your presence or faith-healing spell) fixed the former problem. I therefore conclude this issue ‘resolved’ — for the moment :]

I appreciate these WP Forums… and the folks who contribute to it — lots of reading, but worth the time to learn.

Thanks
Bill Ford

Glad to help, man ??