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Posted by Stu Cowley
Stu Cowley
26,287 Points

403 (Forbidden) Error When Loading an Image

Hey guys,

I've uploaded my site to my FTP for testing purposes and I've come across an issue that I just can't seem to put a finger on.

I have an background image on the home page and when I load the page it does not show up at all. Naturally I did a console check to see what the problem is and I am presented with following issue

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 (Forbidden) http://juicy-tomato.com/sf8ball-dev/img/bg.jpg

The weird problem also happens over on about.php when a user clicks on one of the venues to view details of a particular hotel.

As mentioned earlier I have been trying and trying to get this to work to no avail.

You can view the site here.

I will mention I am using PHP for the site if that helps.

Any advice on how to go about fixing this issue will be greatly appreciated!

Stu :)

August Fagelberg
August Fagelberg
2,080 Points

Have you checked the access rights on the sf8ball-dev directory? A rule of thumb for permissions is:

Folders: 755
Static Content: 644
Dynamic Content: 700

(Source)

1 Answer

Stu Cowley
Stu Cowley
26,287 Points
Stu Cowley
Stu Cowley
26,287 Points

Hey Ferdinand,

What you're saying makes perfect sense, but do you think I can find where to change these access rights when I'm using GoDaddy! I've tried getting in contact with them asking where I can change them but I got a response saying that I haven't named and linked the images correctly which I know is a load of BS cause I can view it perfectly on my local server, just another reason to ditch my account with them and use someone else!

Stu : )

August Fagelberg
August Fagelberg
2,080 Points

Usually you can modify these rights directly in your FTP program which you use to connect to your webspace at GoDaddy.