Files not working

[Quirin]

Hey guys,
i'm using the captive portal function of pfsense without https. Default portal.
I made a custom portalpage layout.
When i use base64encoding and load the images from it's real path (DIR) /usr/local/captiveportal/file.... than it works. But using the impemented relative path of filedirectory, no file work.
Is there something i missunderstand or is this a bug?

Can anyone help me here, i would like to use the correct implemented way to load and use file uploads instead of selfmade php code.

[Gertjan]

@Quirin said in Files not working:

When i use base64encoding

You don't use "base64encoding" : you don't have to base encode the file yourself.
You create a some-same-here.html, and you upload that file. Done.
The upload id done here :

The other important file is the "error' page.
This could be the same file as the login page, with one or two lines more : example :

How and where the files are stored : "you don't care". Let pfSense do its thing, and all goes well.

If you want to source other files from the login or error page, for example tehse two :

then you upload these two files - don't change the name - and you can use the files like this :

and

So : in the html source file you prepend "captiveportal-" to the file name you've uploaded above..

Btw : It's possible to embed php stuff in the html file :

[Quirin]

Thank you for the reply and detailed description, but have you read my message and saw my images?

I don't know how to tell more precise.
To make it more clear:
Step 1: i enable captive portal under Service->Captive Portal.
Step 2: i click on edit.
Step 3: I Click on File Manager and upload files

• background.jpg
• logo.png
  Step4:
  Under configure -> Enable to use a custom captive portal login page -> i uploaded a custom mycustomportal.php file.
  I load the image files like you can see in the images in my previous post in the mycustomportal.php with
  !!!! <img id="logo" src="captiveportal-logo.png" alt="logo" /><br> !!!!

Everything works, except the images, and any other file from the upload.
The files are not loaded correctly, not like pfsense should.

A current workarround for me is using the base64encode(DIR . " /captiveportal-logo.png"); But i want to get rid of this.

Hope it makes it more clear.

[Gertjan]

@Quirin said in Files not working:

I don't know how to tell more precise.

It was already precise enough
I was doing the same thing on my side, double checking for an oversight.

The thing is : I don't use 2.7.2 anymore. It 25.03. I can't downgrade, but you could go to 2.8.0-Beta.
I can't recall if there were any issue as 2.7.2, I know I was using it for a while.
You have the System Patches package and activated all the Netgate patches ?

You do see the symlinks in the /usr/local/captiveportal :

[25.03-BETA][root@pfSense.bhf.tld]/usr/local/captiveportal: ll
total 2182
-rw-r--r--  1 root wheel 2139650 Feb  2  2024 ROOM-DIRECTORY-BH-FUMEL.pdf
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel      43 Nov 19  2023 captiveportal-2style.css@ -> /var/db/cpelements/captiveportal-2style.css
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel      43 Nov 19  2023 captiveportal-custom.css@ -> /var/db/cpelements/captiveportal-custom.css
-rw-r--r--  1 root wheel   82730 Mar  5 21:09 captiveportal-default-logo.png
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel      47 Nov 19  2023 captiveportal-mac-block.html@ -> /var/db/cpelements/captiveportal-mac-block.html
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel      46 Nov 19  2023 captiveportal-nvxx-logo.png@ -> /var/db/cpelements/captiveportal-nvxx-logo.png
-rw-r--r--  1 root wheel    5686 Dec 10  2019 favicon.ico
-rw-r--r--  1 root wheel   14606 Mar 25 15:48 index.php
-rw-r--r--  1 root wheel   14498 Mar  3 15:53 index.php.old
-rw-r--r--  1 root wheel   14474 Mar  5 21:09 index.php.orig
-rw-r--r--  1 root wheel    3072 Jan  7 12:36 rfc8910.php

and you checked the symlink image and font files ?

You had the inspector windows of your browser open.
What was the error when you hover over the place where the logo should show up ?
File not found ?
What was the file name of the logo image file in the html ?

[Quirin]

@Gertjan
Ok updated to the latest beta and it works now.
Thank you for your detailed help and understanding.

[Quirin]

Ok that was too, quick it seems that this was my Phone cache. The page does not load the uploaded files. Not any of them.
When i use the Preview of the page or use my phone or device, it shows a blank icon where it should show the logo or the background image.
When i click on the Preview button the page opens and show the same behavior like the user Devices, http://192.168.7.1:8002/captiveportal-background.jpg.