I have a new web client, I'm taking over running their site, which is only
a few months old. I'vve just downloaded the html and image files to my
local drive.
I wasn't expecting any problem, as before bidding on the job I had glanced
at the source and it looked pretty clean. But now that I've downloaded the
files to my local drive, I find something very peculiar.
When I open up the homepage on my system, nearly every image is broken.
Almost all the paths in the code seem wrong to me. That is, the referring
path defined in the code to the images directory, which is one level below
the homepage file, is preceded by a slash, like this:
="/images/hbmbackground.gif"
instead of
="images/hbmbackground.gif"
so the image breaks in my browser. But when I view it online, the image is
displayed. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could explain what is
going on here: I had always thought that if a path was defined with a / in
front of the directory and file name, that meant that the directory was
_above_ the page.
What is odd is that some of the images show up even though their path is
preceded by a / It even varies depending on whether I view the html file
on a Mac or a PC.
The situation is the same with the site's internal links to various pages;
the are all preceded by a / and they don't work locally.
Apparently this is okay on a UNX server? But the client has been editing
and revising the site locally on PCs, how are they doing that?
Barry
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Barry Lee Brisco <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Web Design & Development - Online Marketing <http://www.ToTheWeb.com>
Connecting Businesswomen in Asia <http://www.women-connect-asia.com>
The Pan-Asian Online Underwater Magazine <http://www.asiandiver.com>
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