I got my free webspace *YAY*. Now, I uploaded my homepage. First problem: I made a homepage directory. I then made an image directlory. Nonethess, none of the images are visible. I used "../image/picture.jpg as my format. I just used the cpanel to upload. Is there a special directory I should be putting this in? Or should I be using something else to upload. I did not see a tutorial on this topic, but if somebody could point me to one, I would appreciate it. Thanks!

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First off, congrats!

Your base directory, although it may not seem like it, is called "public_html". So you upload your images and make it visible, you'd have to upload it to a folder called "images" INSIDE the "public_html" folder.

If you need more help, feel free to PM me or post a reply.

Edit: Fixed a typo. Oh, and one last thing, if you call your images using the src attribute "/images/xxxx.jpg", then all your all your images will be visible no matter how deep it is inside your directory.

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Hi sunkist,
just like "snlildude" said

for clarification...
the tag should look something like this:

<img src= .../images/yourimagename.jpg >

make sure you specify the height , width etc. attributes after the ".jpg" and before the ">"
Hope this helps,
RGPHNX

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Hi:

Thanks for your response.

Yes, I use a format similar to <img src= .../images/yourimagename.jpg >; However my image directory is just called "image". It works on my other host.

I just made the directories "homepage" and "image" when I started Cpanel. You are telling me that I should put them in the folder named public_html instead?

Next question...where do I go to point my domain to Trap17? Do I go to the site I registered my domain name with? Or do I do it in C panel?

Thanks again!

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Also, do I make a subdirectory with my site name? Or just put all my site documents in public-html?

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Another thing that can cause you problems like this is the capitalization of the names you give to your files and folders. I know this has happened to my several times in the past.

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agghh....still not working.

Should I be able to view my webpage in Cpanel and see all the relative links and images?

I wanted to get my page set up before I point my domainname to trap17. Could that be the problem?

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Okay, explain the problem here. What's happening? What error, if any, are you getting? Is cPanel confusing? Do you need any features explained? State the situation and what you have tried here.


That all depends. What url did you enter at the process page (http://www.trap17.com/process/)? If you entered in a subdomain, then yes, you will be able to: simply go to yourdomain.trap17.com where yourdomain is what you used. However, if you entered a domain, histology-world.com, then the only way to view your website is to point the name servers to ns1.trap17.com and ns2.trap17.com.

That wasn't a very good explanation, but that was the best I could do based on your question.

Post back or PM me if you have a problem

 

 

 

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Ok, thanks.

I uploaded my directory called "homepage" to the directory WWW.
I uploaded my directory called "image" to the directory WWW.

I used file manager in CPanel to do this. I did not use WS_FTP (although I have this program, it seemed that CPanel was able to do it.

When I use file manager, and pick a file, I look at homepage.htm
None of the images are viewable.

The relative links work on my cox host, so I cant figure out why they don't work here.

I have not yet pointed my domain name histology-world to the Trap17 site. I want my site to be working before I do.

Thanks for any other suggestions.

Sunkist

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