HTML - Can't Embed Image Outside Of Root Directory

How do u specify the root folder in HTML without specifying an absolute address? (e.g. does "..//" mean root folder? I mean, like in ms-dos you could specify ..\\ to go back to the root folder)

I'm building a menu by using php includes, e.g.:

My index file contains:

<?php
include ('website/menu/titlelogo.html');
?>

In the titlelogo.html file, there is a link to titlelogo.jpg and lots of other stuff, from the perspective of the index file. It works fine until I change folder. Then of course, the stuff in the titlelogo.html is not from the perspective of the new folder.

So I need to specify a root address to get around this. Absolute addresses aren't accepted for php (i.e. by absolute address I mean http://etc.)

Please excuse me if I'm not describing this in the right terms. I come from a programming background, I'm only a basic html user.

Its breaking my website, and no google searches have helped me find a solution!

Anyone know how I can sovle this?

Thanks

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 &nbsp; and &radic; 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.

So here's the sitch:

Our website, Watershedpdx.com, works from its outside IP address UNLESS you are inside our local area network. It's a Comcast issue, and their router seems unable to rout internal requests for our own IP from the internal and around to the router.

I know I could modify the .hosts file on every computer and such, but for now, I've opted for a slightly different solution:


If I'm inside the building, I check our own website with it's local IP:

http://10.1.10.197

Now, the issue comes up because I'm streaming video to the web at http://10.1.10.197:8079 and http://10.1.10.197:8078

Is there a way to reference this in the code without the IP address?

For this to be visible to the internet, I link it in the code as http://watershedpdx.com:8078 - but then the computers in the building can't see it.


Is there a reference like http://..:8078 that would work?

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

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?

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.

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

Hi all,

I have a query that I hope somebody can help with as my site has been brought to a standstill because of this problem.
I have just posted the new version of my site online and I have a folder below the domain root which contains things like database info, form scripts etc.

When I process the form I get a 404 error. the action is something like

HTML Code:

action="../includes/process_form.php"

There is no need to any output from these files as they process the information and direct to the relevant files above the domain root using php header scripts.

At the beginning of most of my files I have the following
PHP Code:
<?php
$security = 'secure';
require('../includes/default.php');
require('../includes/error_handlers.php');
require('../includes/db.php');
?>

and there is no problem with these whatsoever.
I had all of the scripts working fine when I tested them at
domainroot.co.uk/take2/public/
domainroot.co.uk/take2/includes/

Does anybody have any ideas why this is happening

Any help would be appreciated
John

Hi,

Is it possible to embed a quicktime .mov file and not allow the user to download the video?

Thanks for the help,

B

Hi, i know that iframe isnt xhtml compatible, what do i use instead? is it the embed tags?

If so, how do i use them? i take it i dont just replace the word iframe with embed?


Thanks!

Why won't it work:

HTML Code:

<object width="300" height="42">
    <param name="src" value="http://platnium.fileave.com/No_More_Memory.mp3">
    <param name="autoplay" value="true">
    <param name="controller" value="true">
    <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff">
    <embed src="http://platnium.fileave.com/No_More_Memory.mp3" autostart="true" loop="true" width="300" height="42" controller="true" ></embed>
    </object>

For some reason this code won't work. The black window shows up with controls but the video doesn't play. The filename and directory are correct.


<object id="MediaPlayer" width="200" height="200" classid="22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95">
<param name="FileName" value="gts1.wmv">
<param name="AutoStart" value="True">
<param name="ShowControls" value="True">
<param name="ShowStatusBar" value="True">
<param name="ShowDisplay" value="True">
<param name="AutoRewind" value="True">

<embed type="application/x-mplayer2"pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/Downloads/Contents/MediaPlayer/"
width="200" height="200" src="gts1.wmv"
filename="gts1.wmv" autostart="True"
showcontrols="True" showstatusbar="True"
showdisplay="True" autorewind="Flase">
</embed>

I hope this is the correct forum. I have a large swf file that until some of this loads all the user sees is a blank box on the page. What I would like to do is show a gif or jpg there that is small enough to show the control bars of the swf file so the user can see something is going on and then when enough loads they can push play and see the video not the gif.

I wanted to use preloaders but my client says no they want a static gif above the player controls. I have seen this done on other sites but I cannot figure this out. I code in the image with a div tag above the swf embed code using transparent in the embed code and all I see is a blank screen until the movie has downloaded and my controls are gone when it loads.

So I am wondering do I need a transparent title page in the swf so it will show the image or what?

Code where image will go:
(<div id="flashcontent">
This text is replaced by the Flash movie.
</div>
)

Here is my embed code:

(<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject("capture3.swf", "mymovie", "640", "480", "8", "#336699");
so.addParam("quality", "low");
so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");
so.addParam("salign", "t");
so.write("flashcontent");
</script>)

Thanks!