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Posted by Jonathan N. Little on February 29, 2008, 9:32 am
Please log in for more thread options Dave wrote:
> As long as I keep graphic files in a folder below the HTML the graphics
> are found, but the actual location of the graphics are on a different
> disk. Tried all manner of things, but can't get the graphics to load,
> so would appreciate some help.
>
> Test setup is:
> D:\Programs\Editor\WebProject\HTML // The code
> ..\WebProject\HTML\Graphics // Graphics
>
> The actual location of the graphics is:
> F:\Documents\ArtWork
>
> What I need to do is get the absolute link to the file correct, so I
> need some help here. Funny thing is that if the absolute link is a web
> address it works just fine, but not a Windows file.
>
> I agree that placing the graphics either under the HTLM folder or on the
> same level is a better idea, but that won't happen until all of the art
> is approved, which won't happen until the demo web page is done. See
> the problem?
>
With a *nix system you could use a symbolic link:
/var/www/sites/example.com/imagefolder -> /somewhere/entirely/different
and then later remove "imagefolder" link and replace as folder
"imagefolder" and move all images from "/somewhere/entirely/different"
into it. AFAIK you cannot do this with Windows. So you have 2 options.
1) Use absolute links in the html that will later have to be changed.
BTW don't use Windows-centric path nomenclature but rather:
"file:///F:/Documents/ArtWork/someimage.jpg" that later you will change
to: "Graphics/someimage.jpg"
2) Make copies of images in "F:\Documents\ArtWork" to
"D:\Programs\Editor\WebProject\HTML\Graphics" and just keep folders
synchronized and then just use the relative paths in your html
"Graphics/someimage.jpg" and you won't have to change anything to publish.
3) A third possibility that just occurred to me is to dig up an old
system and slap Linux & Apache on it which would give you the
flexibility that I first mentioned, (symbolic links can point to NFS
mounted folders)... and your development server would more closely
emulate the majority of web servers that a live on the web.
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Take care,
Jonathan
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