Hi Alan,
>when i upload a page with images - no images show, but if i upload a page
with the IMG SRC reading for example
<IMG SRC="file:///C:\Program Files\paint shop pro 5\anims\fffo web
alphabet.gif" ALT="Things to do with your Date of Birth" WIDTH=100
HEIGHT=50>
it works, but<
This works because the SRC= statement tells the browser where to find the
image
"file:///C:\Program Files\paint shop pro 5\anims\fffo web alphabet.gif"
is a path to the file on your C: drive.....which is the hard drive in your
computer. When you load the page from the server into your browser the page
is picking up the image locally from your hard drive rather than from the
server where it should be getting it from. Hence you see the image but
anyone accessing the page from another computer would not.
><IMG SRC="fffo web alphabet.gif" ALT="Things to do with your Date of Birth"
WIDTH=100 HEIGHT=50>
doesn't work<
Avoid spaces in file names at all costs. This IMG statement will most likely
be looking for the file "fffo" on your server (i.e. not looking past the
first space).....you may be confused about this because windows will let you
have spaces in file names....as a rule of thumb though don't do it.
Long file names are okay but if you're troubleshooting stick to the 8.3
convention
for example rename the above gif as just alphabet.gif
So the code should read
<IMG SRC="alphabet.gif" ALT="Things to do with your Date of Birth"
WIDTH=100 HEIGHT=50 BORDER=0 >
Now, say you have this line of code in a page called alan.html then you must
upload both alphabet.gif and alan.html to your webspace otherwise the image
will not be displayed.
I haven't used Cuteftp but most of these programs are the same. The thing
to do is check exactly what files you've uploaded to the server and of
course make sure that all the links within your HTML file are correct. So in
the above example you would make sure that alan.html and alphabet.gif are in
your directory on the server.
Hope this is enough info to fix your problem. Just ask if there's anything
else.
cheers,
Sol.
