How to reference root folder in background:url()

[Crowley16]

Hi Everyone,

I've got a site with an images directory and a secure directory.

The site contents are in the secure directory, with a login page and a banner page in the root. The banner page is reused on the secure pages as well.

The problem I'm having is, on the banner page, I use background: url(Images/image.jpg). this works fine for the login page, but on the secure pages, the images aren't shown.

I know it's a path problem because changing the url to ../Images/image.jpg works on secure pages but not on the logo.

So, my question is, how do I get the url to reference the absolute path, including the root folder, i.e. url(~/Images/Image.jpg)

I've tried all the standard things I can think of but nothing works.

Thanks

--------------------
Procrastinate Now!

 

[Crowley16]

I've found a work around by copying the images folder and putting it in the secure directory.

however this isn't ideal as I'd like to centralise images, so if there's a better solution, I'd still like to hear it.

Thanks

--------------------
Procrastinate Now!

 

[Vragabond]

url(/Images/Image.jpg)

This is proven to work. This will look for a folder called Images in the webroot of the server.

___________________________________________________________
[small]Do something about world cancer today: Comprehensive cancer control information at PACT[/small]

 

[Crowley16]

that's something I have tried, and it doesn't work.

my full tag is:

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" 
	style="width:100%;height:50px;background:url(Images/TopBanner.jpg) right top;"
>

could something else be interfering with this to stop it working?

--------------------
Procrastinate Now!

 

[Vragabond]

Yes, your reluctance to include the forward slash at the beginning of the url. Check my line again:

url([!]/[/!]Images/Image.jpg)

___________________________________________________________
[small]Do something about world cancer today: Comprehensive cancer control information at PACT[/small]

 

[Crowley16]

Sorry for the late reply, but had to finish off this project...

Yes, I tried with the / slash

I've tried:
/Images/Image.jpg
~/Images/Image.jpg
//Images/Image.jpg
and lots of other combinations, none of which work...

--------------------
Procrastinate Now!

 

[ChrisHunt]

Are you testing your site actually through a webserver, or just on your PC?

Are you serving up your "secure directory" using https?

-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd