Webpage Desgin

Robbie Bossert · Post by **Robbie Bossert** » 1 Dec 2001 12:54 pm

Heres the problem,
I've working on a new page using DREAMWEAVER software. My host is AOL. I placed all the information in my FTP space and called the page up to give it look. Everything is there except for my images. Text and background are fine. My images are all jpg. HELP!!!!!!!!

erik · Post by **erik** » 1 Dec 2001 4:53 pm

I don't know the technical aspects behind this but i have seen at many websites (e.g., eBay) that have a seperate link for AOL users when viewing pics. So there's something to it.

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 1 Dec 2001 5:39 pm

Right click on the missing picture frame, then click "properties" and find the picture URL....then type that exact address in the HTML of your web page. It should then appear with the page.

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 1 Dec 2001 5:56 pm

If you reference any pictures, they have to be on the server along with the web page. The pictures should be referenced as the name of the picture only, e.g. pix1.jpg. If you have them referenced, as an example, C:\my pictures\pix1.jpg it will not display because the location is on your hard drive not the web page server's.

Bill Crook · Post by **Bill Crook** » 2 Dec 2001 12:50 pm

Not to burst your bubble,but....

AOL is your main problem.
It dances to it's own tune.
If you are not a AOL member, any post is placed at the bottom of the que. This is the rule,no matter what. It dosen't matter if your the sender or the receiver. AOL takes care of it's membership before any other posters. If your not a AOL member, It's possible that your post won't get there at all,if it does it will be at least 3 days late.

I have friends on AOL, and we fight this war most every day.

Jeff Agnew · Post by **Jeff Agnew** » 2 Dec 2001 1:09 pm

A couple of things to look for:

Dreamweaver defaults to absolute links, rather than relative, until you save a file - no matter how you have the preferences set. Be certain, as Jack mentioned, your image links do not include the local path.

Second, UNIX is case-sensitive. If you're uploading to such a server and haven't been diligent about file naming conventions, the images won't display. I have no idea whether AOL servers are UNIX-based.

Third, the structure of your files on the AOL server must exactly that shown in Dreamweaver's site window. Be sure the hierarchy is the same in both locations.

Fourth, I'd have to agree with Bill that AOL may be the source of the problem. That is, it may not be compatible with Dreamweaver's built-in FTP client. AOL is notorious for not working with such programs, such as FrontPage extensions. You can easily work around this by using Fetch or WS_FTP to upload your files using a standalone client.

Finally, use one of these programs or even a web browser's FTP viewing capability (type "ftp://YourServerAddress" in the location bar) to ensure the image files are, in fact, actually on the AOL server.