HTML - Using A Dynamic Reference To Root With A Particular Port?

Hi guys,

I'm wondering if there is an easy way to provide links or image links to a file in the root directory of my domain. I know there's the "/" method but it will not do for me because I maintain the files offline on my PC, and if I used "/" then it will not refer correctly.

Example:

Code:

<IMG SRC="/example.gif">

This will work 100% of the time when it's uploaded on the web, regardless of which directory the HTML file is at, I will still open the same "example.gif" at the root dir. Perfect.

But since I'm maintaining the files offline (before uploading), this causes a problem as I will have numerous "broken links". FYI I even tried to map my folder to a drive (W, or placing the entire file system on a USB drive, but none of those work.

I realise I could use

Code:

<IMG SRC="../../example.gif">

and so on, but shouldn't there be an easier method?

Hi gurus, Excuse my rookie question. I am trying to build a small HTML page which has a formula in it . Please see attachement.

Its something like:

M = nth Root of ABC
----------------------------- - 1
_____________ XYZ

I am trying some combinations of   and √ but cannot make it work. Is there a way to do it other than using the image tag.

THanks,
KOn

Hello,
NVM. solved, delete please.

I have a little problem with my server, I know it is EASILY solved, but I don't know how.

The pages work fine if they are in ROOT, like index.html in ROOT is fine, but when I make a new HTML in a subfolder, ROOT/folder/index.php

All the coding messes up and cannot load the files from the root.

E.G:

My CSS is in my root, cssmovietick.css, this works fine for the php files in the root, but when I go into the sub folder, it cannot find it. Here is the code to find the CSS.

Quote:
<link href="cssmovietick.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
I'm pretty sure you understand

Hi all,

Sorry for such an elementary question but up until now I have always used ../ for my references. So I don't have to duplicate code I decided to use ~/ for some referenced links and it doesn't seem to work. Get 404 on the requests. Ok.. what am I missing?

Much thanks!
s-one

I'm trying to fix up my code a bit so all the files I'm pointing to are relative to the root of the site. Most of my links used to look something like this (all these link examples came from same file)...

<link href="css/styles.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="scripts/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<?php include('includes/header.html');?>
<img src="images/maps/pic1.jpg">

The above was fine as long as my site stayed small, with few pages all in same directory. However, bigger projects require pages in different folders, sometimes in subfolders, yet all these pages share certain characteristics - headers, footers, etc. So I need to start specifying links to those files relative to the root. Here are the same examples, but now starting from the root of my site. They all work, except for my includes.

<link href=" / css/styles.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src=" / scripts/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<?php include(' / includes/header.html');?>
<img src=" / images/maps/pic1.jpg">

Any idea why the includes won't work? Works fine as long as I don't put that / in there.

Hey. I was wondering if this php code can be put into html?
HTML Code:

include($phpbb_root_path . 'PATH' . $phpEx); 

Or is there some other html code with does that same job?

Hi all,
I am trying to get the faveicon on my webpage. I have read some places that IE needs the image to be in the root folder of the web server. Is this true? Has anyone got it to work with the image in a different folder?

The reason I ask is because I have some trouble accessing files in the root folder. If it is possible not to use it I would prefer to.

Thanks in advance for any help,
Jehan

I am working on an ebook site and must provide it to a service that hosts ebooks and does marketing and other things for their clients beyond simply hosting. They have given me an instruction that I don't know what it means, and when I try it, it breaks my ability to preview the work I'm doing. I can only assume that whatever they're doing really needs it to be this way and that it won't truly be broken in their database. Btw, I'm building the individual pages and their database is linking the pages in the prev/next buttons.

Here's the instruction:
Make sure to label any links or images in a global, root-based manner, since once it's
called on from within another folder the links will be broken if you do not. Example:
img src="static/contact.jpg" SHOULD BE img src="/static/contact.jpg"

What does it mean? Do I need to take any precautions not mentioned here? Sorry but any question I ask them just seems to baffle them and makes me wish I had never asked it.


Thanks,
Gary

Hi,

I'm running a personal server on my PC and have an image gallery script that serves up files outside of the root directory.

I am trying to add image tags to folders on my hard drive and it will not display. If I go to the address directly, it shows up fine.

Here's what I'm working with:
<img src='file:///media/sda3/pic/toronto/beach000.jpg'>
shows nothing but going to the address does.


Anybody know what to do?

Wicked simple question:

I have three images located in my "images folder"

My Top level looks like this
-images- (folder)
-party- (folder)
index.html

In my "party" folder I have a page called "events.html" and I need to know how to call an image in my "events.html" located on the top level folder "image"

I know if i move the event.htmls to the top level I could call it by this:
<img src="/images/picture1.gif">

However I DONT want to move the events.html, so how do I call the image?

O and I am not looking for the answer :

put the "http://www.sitename.com/images/" in the image tag

ANY HELP THANKS!!!!!

Hi,

I want to use a text link in order add a certain page in my website,
to the favorites list.

But I want it to be added with a reference, so later on I will be able to see
( with the statistics program of my site) , how many times people entered
This page through their favorites list.

Right now I use this code, which does the job but without the reference:

<p><u><span style="CURSOR: hand; COLOR: blue" onclick="window.external.AddFavorite(location.href, document.title);">Add to favorites </span></u></p>

For example:

If the page is http://www.help.com/me_please.html

I would like the url that is added to the favorites list to be:

http://www.help.com/me_please.html&ref=favorites


Any help would be most appreciated

Thanx

Niv

Hi dudes,
I am having a value in the hidden field of the form and i need to use the value of the hidden field as the source for the anchor tag href. How could this be possible. Suggest me a solution as quick as possible.

Thanks & regards,
Muthuselvan.N

is it possible to link html code from a seperate external html file.

example, the footer and header is always the same and the content changes. can i create a header.html and a footer.html and have my content pages link to the header.html and footer.html. so if i ever need to update the header or footer, i have to do it once.

I tried to look on the net but don't know what key words to look under.

thanks.,

The tutorials on this site are geared toward the newcomer. However, the reference guide provides useful information that would be useful to anyone.

http://www.halshtmlschool.com/