Title: [Plugin: FancyBox for WordPress] Bad reference in css generates 404 errors
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: FancyBox for WordPress] Bad reference in css generates 404 errors

 *  [acurran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acurran/)
 * (@acurran)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-fancybox-for-wordpress-bad-reference-in-css-generates-404-errors/)
 * I noticed fancyBox for WP is the source of multiple 404 errors in my logs. This
   is due to bad references to image files in the CSS, e.g.:
 * .fancybox-ie #fancybox-bg-n { filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(
   src=’fancybox/fancy_shadow_n.png’, sizingMethod=’scale’); }
    .fancybox-ie #fancybox-
   bg-ne { filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src=’fancybox/
   fancy_shadow_ne.png’, sizingMethod=’scale’); } .fancybox-ie #fancybox-bg-e { 
   filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src=’fancybox/fancy_shadow_e.
   png’, sizingMethod=’scale’); } .fancybox-ie #fancybox-bg-se { filter: progid:
   DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src=’fancybox/fancy_shadow_se.png’,
   sizingMethod=’scale’); } .fancybox-ie #fancybox-bg-s { filter: progid:DXImageTransform.
   Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src=’fancybox/fancy_shadow_s.png’, sizingMethod=’scale’);}.
   fancybox-ie #fancybox-bg-sw { filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(
   src=’fancybox/fancy_shadow_sw.png’, sizingMethod=’scale’); } .fancybox-ie #fancybox-
   bg-w { filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src=’fancybox/
   fancy_shadow_w.png’, sizingMethod=’scale’); } .fancybox-ie #fancybox-bg-nw { 
   filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src=’fancybox/fancy_shadow_nw.
   png’, sizingMethod=’scale’)
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/)

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 *  [FemmeFM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/femmefm/)
 * (@femmefm)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-fancybox-for-wordpress-bad-reference-in-css-generates-404-errors/#post-3123218)
 * Thank you for the heads-up 🙂
 *  [mikeheller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeheller/)
 * (@mikeheller)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-fancybox-for-wordpress-bad-reference-in-css-generates-404-errors/#post-3123236)
 * So what is the fix for this? I’m getting the 404 messages as well.
 *  [vander25](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vander25/)
 * (@vander25)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-fancybox-for-wordpress-bad-reference-in-css-generates-404-errors/#post-3123239)
 * Yes, also seeing this. Must be an easy fix?
 *  [alex80ks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alex80ks/)
 * (@alex80ks)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-fancybox-for-wordpress-bad-reference-in-css-generates-404-errors/#post-3123241)
 * same errors here.Is it possible to get fix for that?
    Thanks 🙂
 *  [alex80ks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alex80ks/)
 * (@alex80ks)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-fancybox-for-wordpress-bad-reference-in-css-generates-404-errors/#post-3123242)
 * `.fancybox-ie #fancybox-bg-w { filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(
   src='http://www.mysite.com/wp-content/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/fancybox/
   fancy_shadow_w.png', sizingMethod='scale'); }`
 * i found hardcoded solution.
    replace all 404 error path`s as i show on example
   and try it to check if is any error left.We are talking about CSS for IE 6 7 
   8 so if you testing errors then you ll need to use some of IE browsers.

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