some images not displaying because they're JPG instead of jpg

[nathanscrivener]

Hi, this is a second issue I am having with my migration to a new server.

A whole bunch of jpg images on our site have a capitalised file extension .JPG instead of .jpg. This never posed a problem for us on Bluehost, but on the new server and on our local machine these images do not display.

I can correct one by one by changing the database file reference and then manually changing the file name to lower case, but that would take forever!

Would anybody be able to shed some light on this?

Thanks :-)

[Muzz]

I can't name other software in here but i suggest you do a search in google for these keywords.

rename file extensions bulk

[batman42ca]

This sounds like a windows vs unix issue. To the filesystem on Windows, upper case and lower case names are identical. Not so on Unix.

What I would do, because I'm developing on a Windows system, is simply type this at a command prompt in the directory where the images are found:

rename *.JPG *.jpg

Assuming the database records contain lowercase .jpg

[nathanscrivener]

I don't use Windows. Home computer is Ubuntu 10.04. Old server is Bluehost running CentOS (5.2 I think). New server is running 10.04.

Everything works on Bluehost. But doesn't on my Ubuntu boxes.

There is no mis-match between the file names and their associated references in the DB.

But I have to change the DB reference to have lower case .jpg and then also change the actual file name itself.

[nathanscrivener]

Further, I have discovered that browsing directly to those images presents a 403 forbidden error. Changing them to lower case .jpg on the extension allows the image to be viewed.

So there must be a setting in Apache somewhere? One that is set on Bluehost but not on my Ubuntu boxes.

Any ideas?

[DrByte]

What version of Zen Cart?

[nathanscrivener]

My apologies, I resolved this with somebody on the Ubuntu forums. It was an htaccess directive only allowing certain file types - supposedly for security.

I amended this and it fixed the problem.

Thanks
Nathan

[DrByte]

The latest version of Zen Cart includes .jpg and .JPG allowance in its .htaccess files.
If you went and removed the restrictions, then you've removed security protections which are intended to safeguard you from hackers abusing your site for phishing activities.