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rubix333
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« on: May 19, 2002, 07:22:00 AM »
if i've got a file in public_html/folder1/folder2/file.html, how do I make a URL that refers to an image in public_html/folder1/image.gif?
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« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2002, 08:27:00 AM »
The link would be:

<img src="/folder1/image.gif">

Basically, you don't refer to the root directory, so if the image was in the root directory (public_html),then it would have been <img src="image.gif">, so you just go down from that point to where it is.

I hope that helps.

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« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2002, 08:29:00 AM »
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« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2002, 02:48:00 PM »
Seems it would be "../image.file" if it's the same directory structure you indicated above.

That would be for relative.

But you can always be sure to get to it by using:
"/folder1/image.gif"
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« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2002, 06:20:00 PM »
Yeah, "../" makes it go back on directory from the page you are on/

You can add two together to go back two directories like this: "../../"

For example,

Webpage address = /hello/pictures/s/w/g/sss.htm

Image address = /hello/pictures/

html from webpage = <img src="../../../../ etc...

(I think I counted them right...)
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« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2002, 09:55:00 PM »
But if you try to go one more slash, it won't happen unless you're using the file system.  That's why its nice we have public_html folders inside our user folders.  We can create a folder in our user folder next to the public_html folder and use it for flat files and such, and they're unnattainable through http, only through the file system.

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« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2002, 07:51:00 AM »
of course, now i see why that public_html's there!  useful.  thanks for the tips!
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