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Images in CSS not showing in ASP.NET MVC
I have already asked this but didn’t receive an answer that fixed it. I’m asking again because I have tried everything I can think of and am absolutely stuck. My previous question was here: CSS images not showing in ASP.NET MVC
I have an ASP.NET MVC application with images in an ~/image/ directory. When I run it in development, the images show fine. When published, they do not show at all. I don’t think it is a reference path issue because I’ve tried every combination of ../, ./, ~/, etc. I can think of. Neither css references, <img> or <asp:Image> tags work and all have the same problem. I’ve tried editing windows security on the image and all parent folders to no avail.
When I mouse over the image path in firebug, the image preview box just spins as though the image is found but can’t load.
The very strange thing is that when I try to go to the image directly (www.web.com/images/image.png), I am redirected to the default log in page. The default account controller that ASP.NET MVC puts in projects is in my app, but I have not implemented any log in controls yet. So I think it’s an issue with authentication. Or perhaps it is an IIS issue?
I appreciate any help you can give. I have been stuck on this for almost a week and may have to abandon images all together I can’t get this sorted.
I FINALLY figured it out. The image file in question was encrypted. Right click the image file -> properties -> advanced button on general tab -> uncheck “Encrypt contents to secure data” -> OK -> OK.
The tip off finally came when I noticed the file name was green in windows explorer. I see green file names all the time with no problems so I didn’t think anything of it. Then I noticed it was the only green file in the entire web app folder. Put 2 and 2 together and it worked instantly. Thanks everyone for your help.