need .jpg help on my TR web page update

[tim87tr]

Hope there's a web page expert out there. I have been trying to update my web site on geocities by adding a new picture of my car. I've uploaded the new Frontpage web design successfully, but can not get the picture of my car to display. I don't have any spaces in the .jpg file name of the car pic either, as they tell you not to do that. The .jpg file uploaded fine, but won't display on the web site. Any ideas?

 

[TurboJim]

Thats because when you build a page in fp, it saves it all locally. I forget how to change that in FP, but look in the source code, and change the img src="file:///path/to/image" to img src="real/path/to/pic". ie: img src="images/timstr.jpg"

HTH

 

[tim87tr]

Jim, Thanks A Lot!! I changed the hard drive path in the html like you said using forward slashes //, and it worked! It seems that FP would be more user friendly for us new users. I had deleted the old pic and added the new, but of course that does not change the file path in FP.

My next project is to add a menu and additional pages with more pics. I have been looking at other web site html as an example, but it's still progressing slowly. At least I have my new wheel pic up

Now, I just need a chip from you sometime to get a couple more mph out of my stock turbo BTW, check out my new wheels, now that it shows up on the web page

 

[KEVINS]

Originally posted by tim87tr
Now, I just need a chip from you sometime to get a couple more mph out of my stock turbo

Maaaan, that's NOT funny!

 

[tim87tr]

Originally posted by KEVINS
Maaaan, that's NOT funny!

I meant that as a compliment. I figure if he took the time to figure out my web page mess, Jim would burn a good chip for my stock injectors. I'm going to need something for next year.

 

[xrunner123]

Picture properties in FP -the source should be within the scope of your web page folder and should be something like-- images/pic.jpg.

When you click 'browse', do not use the the icon- select a file on your computer-, use the Look in drop down and just trail within the scope of your web page.

 

[TurboJim]

Originally posted by tim87tr
Jim, Thanks A Lot!! I changed the hard drive path in the html like you said using forward slashes //, and it worked! It seems that FP would be more user friendly for us new users. I had deleted the old pic and added the new, but of course that does not change the file path in FP.

Still not working. You need to change "img border="0" src="C:/My Documents/Websites Design/Red T/newwheels4.jpg" to img vorder="0" src="http://www.geocities.com/tim87tr/newwheels4.jpg" or simply img src="newwheels.jpg" since the pic is in the webs www dir.

The reason it worked on YOUR computer is because that pic IS in the c:\my documents...... directory. But people outside of your PC wont see it because that pic is not in THEIR c:\my documents..... directory.

As for viewing peoples source to see how things are done, thats how I learned.

I only use FP to format a page quick. I do all my html in Notepad...it is just faster for me to code, than to figure out where to find stuff in menus.

 

[UNGN]

You are trying to get the picture from:

C:/My Documents/Websites Design/Red T/newwheels4.jpg

that won't work

Here's the picture you want, right:

http://www.geocities.com/tim87tr/newwheels4.jpg

(with geocities you have to add a space after the picture to view it by itself)

Use the path and replace the above.

 

[tim87tr]

Thanks, Jim and Chris. That all makes sense once you explained it to me. Can you try my site now to see if it is working?

 

[TurboJim]

You got it now!