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I was hoping someone could answer some questions for me.
I had opened a thread the other day regarding , my images and graphics disappear after I upload them to me server.
I had afew come back and answered me, guys thank you.
Now for my new question, I had went in and completely started over and added what they had said. I uploaded it and the images still were not there...

Just for the h*** of it, I uploaded just the template with no changes and the images were not there either.

Now I have the images uploaded in the images folder, so can anyone tell me whats going on.

Also , what is the folder cgi-bin for (mine is empty) so is the products folder.
#website design #questions
  • Are you sure you uploaded the images and are the images relatively referenced? It could be caused by having absolute path of the image from your drive C. For example, you may have inserted images like:

    Code:
     <img src="C:/my documents/images/pic.jpg" />
    Now when you upload your site, it will look for the same path and surely it won't find it. You need to put your images using relative path like:

    Code:
     <img src="images/pic.jpg" />
    cgi-bin folder is rarely used this days, you can just ignore it.
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    • ok, sorry , I am very new to this. I just went in and deleted all the images and the css from the server. Going to start all over.
      Now in my public_html folder there are 4 folders
      cgi-bin, images,css, and products.

      When I have a template I want to use. It will come with an image folder, an index.htm, source.pds, style.css files.

      Do I have to upload all separate? Apparently I am not doing it right...
  • In the public_html, you just need to upload:

    - all HTML files (.htm or .html)
    - all css files (.css)
    - images folder
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    • ok, thats what I have done. So I don't understand!!!
      Does the psd file have to put somewhere? That's the only thing
      that I have not put in the public_html folder..

      Maybe my hosting company can help me?
  • Odds are real good you're not "calling" your images correctly, in other words you haven't given the "path" in your code. What program or editor are you using to make your changes?
  • Here's an idea to check out. Check to see if your image file names get changed during upload. For example, image1.jpg gets changed to IMAGE1.JPG. I think this is an issue with Unix servers. If your html file is looking for image1.jpg, it won't display IMAGE1.JPG. Windows servers don't care about case. Or maybe it's vice versa, I don't remember.

  • Hi Angela,

    You may want to check out this thread.

    http://www.warriorforum.com/internet...-new-post.html
  • Aloha Angela and welcome to the forum.

    First of all, just leave the cgi-bin folder alone - this is a more advanced feature for running PERL scripts that you need not concern yourself with right now.

    Secondly, the PSD file is a PhotoShop graphics file that you do not need to upload to your website, it was probably provided by the designer so that you could edit the header graphics if you were so inclined.

    If this is a pure HTML site (i.e. no files with a ".php" extension) then you should actually be able to put the entire site into a folder in your own computer and run it there. Once you have it working it could then be uploaded to your site.

    Aronya had it right the first time, Linux servers can be stubbornly case-sensitive, Windows boxes generally don't care. If it works on your PC but not on your site this could be the reason.

    I'd be happy to help you out with this if you're stuck, probably would only take a few minutes. Please feel free to PM me.

    Best of luck...

    Bill
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    questions, need help

    I was hoping someone could answer some questions for me. I had opened a thread the other day regarding , my images and graphics disappear after I upload them to me server. I had afew come back and answered me, guys thank you.