i have an interesting problem

[shaggy]

i'm not sur eif its me internet explorer or 1st page, i have a small set of web pages which i have in neatly ordered files so i have three files one with backgrounds one with pictures one with the pages in when i use 1st page to automoatically work out the file path to the pictures from the pages it doesn't show up in internet explorer, but when i move the pictures and folders within the pages folder as sub folders they show up in internet explorer but not 1st page. Is this me being stupid or something else because its irritating >.<.

[Daybreak_0]

I think you need to explain it a bit better, maybe using some examples of the different directories, and showing us the code for img src.

[webmom]

Sorry I don't have an answer yet as I'm just a begginner with 1st page. Just trying to understand and ... get help myself :)

If I get it right (?) you have 3 folders : one for the backgrounds, 1 for the pictures and 1 for the web pages. If the folders are not related all's ok in IE but not 1st page and if the background and pictures folders are sub-folders of the web Folder all's ok in 1st page and not IE. One thing is, the link to the backgrounds and pictures can't be the same if they are in sub-folders of the web pages or folders on the same level. Unless 1st page does miracles ! You also have to be careful to keep the same folder hierarchy (is that the correct english word ?) when you upload to the server.

I am interested in this because I have all my pictures in many sorted folders and haven't yet gotten to relating automatically to them in 1st page. I haven't either succeeded in loading the folders in the project.

Other newbie question about 1st page : is there any way of getting the tidy tool not to change anything but just mention the problems ? I came out with warnings I don't understand and empty DIVS erased when I need them for dynamically writing in them. So I can't have the whole page tydied, but would appreciate a little syntax checking.

P.S. Do you have a tidying tool for my daughters' bedrooms ?:crazy:

[DCElliott]

Maman de web

Could you give us some examples of what the links look like and what your directory structure is like.

One thing, if you have a directory c:\web and subdirectories c:\web\backgrounds and c:\web\somethingelse, then you woud use "relative paths" from your root directory.

If you want an image c:\web\backgrounds\mypic.gif in a webpage, you would have: <img src="./backgrounds/mypic.gif" width="##" height="##" alt="Always include alt text" />

Remember to use forward slashes.

DE

[webmom]

Actually I don't have any problems with adding images to the pages, I had it done manually before I discovered 1stPage. It's just that I hadn't found the "Insert image menu" so I didn't know how to add new ones vith the software without tying the code ... I'm really new here aren't I. Well I've found it now so it's ok, Merci DE.

Your advice might help Shaggy though, and if not, as you and Daybreak ask: if you need more help Shaggy, give us examples !

I do have alt tags as well as titles for all my images. Why is the alt tag so important? Isn't it just supposed to be for displaying text when the image can't be, which, for my site which is a painting gallery wouldn't be of much use !

[DCElliott]

Alt text should always be on any image that is "important" to the meaning of your site. For example, any graphic buttons, any pictures that are part of your content, etc. should all have alt text. The reasons are several:
1) It provides information for visually impaired persons using text readers. This is especially impotant if you are using images for navigation purposes.
2) Image indexing by some search engines may use the alt text.
3) You may chose to provide additional explanatory text that appears with moueovers of the image.
4) Some users are still on very slow connections and may have image downloading turned off, choseing to d/l images that have interesting alt text (Much less a problem now)
5) You will not be able to validate your HTML without alt text, since it is a WWW standard.


DE