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[jasonrhl Friend jasonrhlJoin date: February 2007Posts: 4Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 2]

#139368

In my server error logs Im getting this file missing

/templates/ja_opal/css/thumb_invisible.gif

Not sure what it is meant to be. Hope you can help.

EDIT: Found this in the logs also

[Fri Mar 20 01:09:32 2009] File does not exist: /home/website.com/templates/ja_opal/css/thumb_invisible.gif, referer: website.com/templates/ja_opal/css/ja.slideshow2.css

[teletrance Friend teletranceJoin date: July 2008Posts: 110Downloads:0Uploads:10 Thanks: 11 Thanked: 8 times in 1 posts]

#296974

does this missing file affects you somehow? I don’t think it is a reason to worry. it’s missing becouse it’s invisible, :):)

the file can be “seen” here: http://template15.joomlart.com/ja_opal/templates/ja_opal/css/thumb_invisible.gif

[Arvind Chauhan Moderator Arvind ChauhanJoin date: September 2014Posts: 3835Downloads:74Uploads:92 Thanks: 1240 Thanked: 1334 times in 848 posts]

#297033

The reasons for missing file in a normally working template can be a result of development process. – May be designers used the pic during development, made entry to the css file and later did not use it.

First open and check whether the file is physically present in the said folder. If no then based on your assessment of your site layout, if you find everything is normal then remove the entry of the missin file from your css file.

One should remove such “NOT FOUND” entries, as it results in poor performance of Joomla.

<blockquote>General:
Watch out for errors in your template. When you reference a file like arrow.gif and this file is non-existent, the performance of your server will drop immensly.</blockquote>

the above quote is from the Joomla.org forum thread http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?t=50278

If your template is working normally without that image and you do not find any layout problems, you can remove the entry of the image.

Example : If i have a image file “bullet.gif” , which is not found in web stats (as you say) and i want to remove the entry. Then this is what i do

Search your css files for similar entry :

background: url(../images/bullet.gif) no-repeat ;

Make it look this way :

background: none ;

I would advise NOT to remove the whole block from the css file. Experiment only after taking backup of original file.

1 user says Thank You to Arvind Chauhan for this useful post

1. jasonrhl

[jasonrhl Friend jasonrhlJoin date: February 2007Posts: 4Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 2]

#297054

This is why I was trying to find a copy of the file. It also puts 404 logs in sef components.

I will remove the line as you advise but not the complete tag.

Thanks

teletrance
you link sends me no where, sends me to a non existent file. Google Chrome tells me “Oops! This link appears broken.”.. You must be using firefox. most errors are not as bad which is good and bad. Bad because you never get your site totally bug free. 🙂

[Arvind Chauhan Moderator Arvind ChauhanJoin date: September 2014Posts: 3835Downloads:74Uploads:92 Thanks: 1240 Thanked: 1334 times in 848 posts]

#297110

Let us know if the problem is resolved, and if it is then mark the thread as answered. 🙂

[jasonrhl Friend jasonrhlJoin date: February 2007Posts: 4Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 2]

#297111

Well technically it isnt resolved until someone who makes the code fixes it.

I have fixed mine to a point where I do not get that persistent error in my logs.

Should I still say resolved?
Or should a programmer or admin?

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