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Links and such...

Hi-Tally

2004-08-06, 4:14 am

Ok, so I'm doing this website right? It's coming along fine. It all looks
good... everything seems to be working... but... OH! I can't get the images to
show up when I click a link to a page!

I put in for the hot spot "/pages/index.htm" and when i "preview in browser",
it works fine, but when I click the link, in goes there, but no images.

Does this sound like any common problem to anyone or anything?

I just don't... under... stand...

Thanks!

A.H.O.

2004-08-06, 4:15 am

are you saying that when you click a link in your site to a new page in your
site the images arnt showing up? Is your site uploaded to your server or are
you just looking at the site from your local web site folder?

.: Nadia :.TMM :.

2004-08-06, 4:15 am

Are you links doc or root relative... when you select the file location,
from the dropdown, make sure it is doc relative....

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"Hi-Tally" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:ceusfp$7qc$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Ok, so I'm doing this website right? It's coming along fine. It all looks
> good... everything seems to be working... but... OH! I can't get the
images to
> show up when I click a link to a page!
>
> I put in for the hot spot "/pages/index.htm" and when i "preview in
browser",
> it works fine, but when I click the link, in goes there, but no images.
>
> Does this sound like any common problem to anyone or anything?
>
> I just don't... under... stand...
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>

Mad Dog

2004-08-06, 4:15 am

Xref: kermit macromedia.dreamweaver:946290

Listen to that wise table girl Nadia said. If you have the "/" before the
link then it's root relative which can be a real problem if you're not
careful and don't know how your server actually sets up your directories.
Either manually take the leading "/" out or go back and reselect them,
making sure you choose "document relative."

MD

Hi-Tally wrote:
> Ok, so I'm doing this website right? It's coming along fine. It all
> looks good... everything seems to be working... but... OH! I can't
> get the images to show up when I click a link to a page!
>
> I put in for the hot spot "/pages/index.htm" and when i "preview in
> browser", it works fine, but when I click the link, in goes there,
> but no images.
>
> Does this sound like any common problem to anyone or anything?
>
> I just don't... under... stand...
>
>
>
> Thanks!

Murray *TMM*

2004-08-06, 12:15 pm

This is how DMX will work if you are using ROOT RELATIVE links, *and*
temporary files to preview.

Here's an example -

* I create a page with a link to an image -> <img src="/images/foo.gif">
(note that the image link is a root relative link)
* I preview that page with DMX (since I am using temp files, DMX is kind
enough to realize that root relative links won't work in a preview, and so
it converts them to document relative links when it builds the temporary
file for the preview) -> <img src="../images/foo.gif"> (I'm assuming that
your document is one level below the root of the site). In the preview,
this page looks fine because the browser has no trouble with the document
relative link - it knows where the file it just opened is, and can follow
the path to the image).
* I then click on a link in the previewed page to another page that also has
ROOT relative linked images --> <img src="/images/bar.gif"> and suddenly
the image does not load.

Why? Because when you click away from the temp file DMX just built for you,
you have lost the benefit of the automatic conversion that DMX does with
root relative links, and the browser looks for this new image starting from
the root of the hard drive, not the root of your site.

The solution is to not use root relative links, and to change all your
existing ones to document relative.

To read more about this, go here -

http://www.macromedia.com/support/d...te_root_rel.htm

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"Hi-Tally" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:ceusfp$7qc$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Ok, so I'm doing this website right? It's coming along fine. It all looks
> good... everything seems to be working... but... OH! I can't get the
images to
> show up when I click a link to a page!
>
> I put in for the hot spot "/pages/index.htm" and when i "preview in
browser",
> it works fine, but when I click the link, in goes there, but no images.
>
> Does this sound like any common problem to anyone or anything?
>
> I just don't... under... stand...
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>

Hi-Tally

2004-08-06, 7:14 pm

WOO HOOOOOO!!!

Thank you guy SOOOOOO much!! I am so happy and excited right now!!!

This is amazing, a forum where people actually KNOW something!!

All of you are super awesome!! And everything is going smoothly!! I wish that
I could REALLY express the immense joy and excitement that I feel now!! I was
trying SOOOO hard to figure that out!!

I LOVE YOU ALL!!! GOD I LOVE YOU!!!!!

Murray *TMM*

2004-08-06, 7:14 pm

Then send money for goodness sakes. And be quick about it!

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"Hi-Tally" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:cf0844$lgu$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> WOO HOOOOOO!!!
>
> Thank you guy SOOOOOO much!! I am so happy and excited right now!!!
>
> This is amazing, a forum where people actually KNOW something!!
>
> All of you are super awesome!! And everything is going smoothly!! I wish
that
> I could REALLY express the immense joy and excitement that I feel now!! I
was
> trying SOOOO hard to figure that out!!
>
> I LOVE YOU ALL!!! GOD I LOVE YOU!!!!!
>

Mad Dog

2004-08-06, 7:14 pm

Yeah, and send it to me. Ignore that Murray guy. He was slow on this
one......

Murray *TMM* wrote:[color=darkred]
> Then send money for goodness sakes. And be quick about it!
>
>
> "Hi-Tally" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
> news:cf0844$lgu$1@forums.macromedia.com...

Mad Dog

2004-08-06, 7:14 pm

Now THAT'S the way to start my day.......want to send me compliments every
morning?

(Glad we helped.)

Hi-Tally wrote:
> WOO HOOOOOO!!!
>
> Thank you guy SOOOOOO much!! I am so happy and excited right now!!!
>
> This is amazing, a forum where people actually KNOW something!!
>
> All of you are super awesome!! And everything is going smoothly!! I
> wish that I could REALLY express the immense joy and excitement that
> I feel now!! I was trying SOOOO hard to figure that out!!
>
> I LOVE YOU ALL!!! GOD I LOVE YOU!!!!!

Murray *TMM*

2004-08-06, 7:15 pm

Yeah, but my answer RULED!

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"Mad Dog" <md@mdp.com> wrote in message
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> Yeah, and send it to me. Ignore that Murray guy. He was slow on this
> one......
>
>
>
> Murray *TMM* wrote:
>
>