Navigation Common file

[bloise]

I have created a navigation html file that contains rollover images, logos and such. I include this in muliple pages throughout my site directory. The navigation file is in the home or root directory.

All works fine in the first page, however when I go to the second page, in another directory, I lose all my images. The include html is there, however all the images are lost.

Thanks,
Mike

 

[tviman]

How are you calling the images in the other directories? In most cases, the images are in a sub-directory in the same directory as your index (home) page. When using pages that reside in other directories, you have to use a qualified path to the images and any other files you're using.

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

 

[bloise]

Yes,

The images are in a directory called graphics which exist in the main root directory. I have trying mucking around with the image source, (i.e. ../graphics/theimage.gif

When I change this it works for one directory structure but not the others. The nav page is also in the root directory.

It almost seems that I need to dynamically link the images depending on where I am at.

Any suggestions...
Thanks,
Mike

 

[mrDrive]

If your include file is going to be used in multiple documents in mutilple directories, you should probably always reference the images by their absolute url.

e.g. src="

http://www.domain_name.com/dir/image_name.ext"

Sometimes a url will break if it's referenced with too many "steps" (e.g. src="../../dir/whatever.ext&quot

Cheers!

 

[bloise]

Thanks for the hint. But what happens when you move this from your developement site to production site. The URLS might be different.

Mike

 

[ChrisHunt]

If you reference them with a leading slash, as
[tt]
/graphics/mypicture.gif
[/tt]
They'll be looked for in a directory called "graphics" immediately below your domain's home directory.

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[bloise]

Thanks all for your responses and info. I actually redesigned the structure of my site using a modified fusebox technology and it all seems to work fine now.

Mike