Problems Uploading Image with FireFTP

I was having problems uploading pictures to a new website using FireFTP for Firefox and couldn’t figure out why.  I was working on a newly created WHM account where I had been experimenting with cPanels hotlink protection & I thought that was the problem.  It didn’t make sense though because some images worked but others didn’t.  I was also working with a new installation of WordPress 3.0 with pretty permalinks enalbed and enabling/disabling hotlink protection made the pretty permalinks stop working.

Here’s what was happening and how to fix it

FireFTP problems uploading images

When images were uploaded, they showed up in the remote directory.  The images weren’t showing up on webpages nor would they appear when going to the image URL directly.  Instead of the picture appearing, the image URL would appear instead.

The problem was with the FireFTP upload options.  I don’t remember if I changed the settings or if they’re the default FireFTP settings, but the FireFTP setting “When transferring files use:” was set to ASCII Mode.  Changing it to Automatic Mode made images start uploading properly.

The Fix:

1. Open Firefox
2. Open FireFTP
3. In FireFTP click Tools – Opetions (top right corner)
4. In the Options window, click the Downloads/Uploads tab
5. Select Automatic Mode in the “When transferring files use” box
6. Save & close