Broken forum images?

[Cirne]

Hi, I've noticed that a lot of the attached images in the forum are broken - it looks like there was a faulty backup or restore of the phpBB files, perhaps? Is there a working backup somewhere that can be restored?

Mainly asking because I've been writing a browser tool to fix the broken JPEG images, and there's not much point in continuing to work on it if a proper backup can be found!

That said, it is coming along nicely, though it's still a little bit clunky to use...

(original image attached to: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=821#p12649)

[Chyron]

The forums had a hard crash a few years back and their professional services weren't able to recover much of the information in the images. I'm probably misreporting what actually happened, but it sounds close to right.

[Cirne]

does that mean I should keep working on my repair tool? do folks actually care about what's in the images?

[mcparty]

I know I personally care about the images. It would be great if people could repost maps though and a few of the pictures in the "open" groups. I feel like that is a lot of work though.

[Cirne]

Well, once I'm done with the tool, it shouldn't be too hard for anyone to fix a broken image on their own. It just takes a little ingenuity... sort of like a little puzzle, and I hear this is the right place for that