thanks ... it was a path screwup.

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Brion Vibber <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Steve Stevenson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I (thought I had) configured a new wiki to upload files and images. When
> I
> > tested it, it found the file correctly, but only portrayed the "broken
> > image" symbol. Suggestions on how to debug this?
> >
>
> Couple of things:
> * right-click and copy the URL to the broken image
> * paste that somewhere and make sure it looks correct
> * paste into the URL bar and load explicitly: do you see an error, a web
> page, etc?
>
> Common problems may include:
> * wrong $wgUploadPath pointing to wrong URL
> * bad rewrite rules showing you wiki pages instead of images
> * some system "/images" alias taking over your "images" directory in root
>
> -- brion
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