I have been using Frontpage to make a website - when I zip the file, email it, then unzip, it loses some of the graphics/file-inserts. Can anybody tell me why I am losing some of the pictures? zg
I have been using Frontpage to make a website - when I zip the file, email it, then unzip, it loses some of the graphics/file-inserts. Can anybody tell me why I am losing some of the pictures? zg
If I remember correctly, FrontPage puts graphics in a subdirectoy. Are you zipping the subdirectories and mainaining the directory structure?
> I have been using Frontpage to make a
> website - when I zip the file, email it,
> then unzip, it loses some of the
> graphics/file-inserts. Can anybody tell me
> why I am losing some of the pictures? zg
When on your computer, where it works, right click the picture, choose properties, and look for the path. It should not include any reference to c:\ or http:// It should be a path relative to the page.
..\ means the parent directory
For instance, if you have two directorys, one for web pages, one for pictures, it would look somthing like this:
\pages\homepage.htm
\pics\logo.jpg
when you place the logo.jpg picture on the homepage.htm page, the relative path should be ..\pics\logo.jpg
..\ says to go up a level (out of the pages folder)
pics\ says to go into the pics folder.
on any certian computer, there are other paths that will work, but only on computers configured exactly that way. so it's not sharable with others.
The most common mistake I've seen is picture references with hard coded web addresses such as http://www.mysite.com/pics/logo.jpg The problem with a reference like that is that it only works at www.mysite.com. if you zip up the site and have www.theirsite.com host it, all the picture references will be broken.
The next common mistake I see is when pictures are hard codded with something like c:\webs\inetpub\pics\logo.htm Then when they try to view the site from any computer but their own, the picture links are broken.
I hope that helps and wasn't too technical.
Ray
> I have been using Frontpage to make a
> website - when I zip the file, email it,
> then unzip, it loses some of the
> graphics/file-inserts. Can anybody tell me
> why I am losing some of the pictures? zg
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ANSWER - the images that are used MUST be contained in the accompanying 'image' file. zg
Be careful with your slashes though. All html should use this slash / instead of \. The reason behind this is that a L\Unix machine won't be able to read the \, but Windows and L\Unix macines understand the /.
Using the proper slashes is important becuase many website hosting companies use L\Unix servers.
> \pages\homepage.htm
> \pics\logo.jpg
Yes, use the forward slash(/), not the backslash(\).
Backslash is common in MS-DOS, the forward slash is common in UNIX. The Internet uses the UNIX style.
Ray
> Be careful with your slashes though. All
> html should use this slash / instead of \.
> The reason behind this is that a L\Unix
> machine won't be able to read the \, but
> Windows and L\Unix macines understand the /.
> Using the proper slashes is important
> becuase many website hosting companies use
> L\Unix servers.
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