Thanks again,
why couldn't the main root be /htdocs/
?
ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Peck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ken Sommers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] RE: trash last message ,this ones right I think
> Yes that is correct.
>
> Your main site root is: /htdocs/www/
> And your sub site (util) root is /htdocs/util/
>
> These are two different sites from the browser's point of view.
>
> Neither site will have access to anything below the root folder (from the
> browser).
>
> Tom
>
> At 18:02 10/07/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >Thanks Tom
> > and sorry I didn't mention it properly at first,,
> >I was trying to analyse the problem.
> >is it becuz the first part of the referenece being the ../
> >in <body background="../www/img/background.jpg">
> >the ../ wants to take the browser into illegal territory above the root?
> >because we are starting from /htdocs/util so the ../ would try to go
back
> >to /htdocs
> >
> >which is above the root (/htdocs/www) illegal territory.
> >just tryin to understand it
> >
> >thanks ,
> >Ken
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Tom Peck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 5:50 PM
> >Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] RE: trash last message ,this ones right I think
> >
> >
> > > The problem is that they are completely different websites, from the
web
> > > browser point of view - even though they are so close to each other on
the
> > > server... You should have mentioned this was a sub domain site :-)
> > >
> > > If you REALLY don't want to copy the image from the www folder to the
util
> > > folder, then you have to use:
> > >
> > > <body
background="http://www.consumergrapevine.org/img/background.jpg";>
> > >
> > > So that the browser can reach the image file.
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 17:30 10/07/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> > > >Hello again,
> > > > DOCUMENT_ROOT is...... /htdocs/www
> > > >I have a php file ( showdatabases.php) in my subdomain area
> >/htdocs/util/
> > > >it loads up just fine: and if you click it, you will see my database
> > > >structure if you like..:)
> > > >http://util.consumergrapevine.org/showdatabases.php
> > > >I have images stored in /hdocs/www/img/ right now (of course i
could
> >move
> > > >them, and fix all references to them) but I like them there because I
can
> > > >refer to images in pages in /www/ with background="img/bgpic.jpg"
> >...of
> > > >course this works just fine becuz /img/ is just down from /www/.
> > > >but now I have pages in subdomains as menitoned above like:
> > > >/htdocs/util/showdatabases.php
> > > >and of course I want to refer to images from those subdomain pages
> >too,,and
> > > >of course
> > > >I don't want to have another dir with the same pics in
them..something
> > > >like... /htdocs/util/img/
> > > >becuz I already have the pics in /htdocs/www/img/ and if I make
another
> >sub
> > > >domain called /htdocs/stuff , I don't want to have to copy the pics
AGAIN
> > > >into /htdocs/stuff/img
> > > >right? So,,, (yes I may be getting to the end now..) how or where
should
> >I
> > > >put my pics so the /www/ and /util/ and /stuff/ guys can use them as
> > > >background pics?
> > > >
> > > >what would the body tag look like?
> > > ><body background="../www/img/background.jpg"> doesn;t work
> > > >what will?
> > > ><body background="What??????">
> > > >thanks again,
> > > >
> > > >Ken
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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