Newbie here, need MAJOR help

[KatzGifts]

Hi everyone,
I am new to all of this web building stuff, and you can really tell by looking at my site (www.katzgifts.com).
I have built web sites before using Bravenet and Tripod, but now I am using Lypha.com

My problem is that I cannot get my template to work. I downloaded 1stpage and unzipped the templates into the templates file in 1stpage, I also downloaded the 1stpage transfer thing into the 1st page file.

When I use the templates I can't seem to get any of the pictures to come up (The pics that are part of the template). I am going out of my mind!!! I have been trying to figure this out for 3 days now and just can't seem to figure out how to fix it. Can anyone help? I am really desperate. Thanks soooooooooooooo much! :)

[azlatin2000]

Did you upload thye images with the index.html file?

[KatzGifts]

Thanks so much for taking the time to reply. =)

I uploaded both the index.html file and the images in my www folder (public_html folder). The basic part of the template is showing, just not the .gif pictures. The have the little white box with a red 'x' in them.

Could it have something to do with the fact that my website is maintained on a Linux OS and I am using a Windows OS? Or does that not have anything to do with it?

It is so frustrating trying to do something when you have no idea what you are doing, lol.

Thanks again!

[DCElliott]

A template to 1st Page is just a HTML file or fragment - not the whole shebang like the templates you are used to. I suggest you put the template files (HTML and images) in a separate directory for your web projects and access them from there, keeping the relative directory structure that the template requires.

DE

[azlatin2000]

It has nothing to do with what os your using. Right click on the "red x's" in M$IE or the "broken images" in Mozilla and click properties. See if the url it says is corrct.

[KatzGifts]

DE- Thanks for the tips! I will try that. =)

Azlatin- Thanks again soooo much for your help! I tried right clicking on the red x's like you said to, and I copied the URL and pasted it into the IE web browser and it showed another red x. Is that what you meant? If not, how do I find out if the URL is correct?

[pascal]

Originally posted by KatzGifts
I tried right clicking on the red x's like you said to, and I copied the URL and pasted it into the IE web browser and it showed another red x. Is that what you meant? If not, how do I find out if the URL is correct?

If you get another right x (after copying in the browser) there can be 2 reasons:

- incorrect link (wrong name, a space in the name, and so on)
- not uploaded (the images are not, or not correctly, uploaded)

[azlatin2000]

Originally posted by KatzGifts
DE- Thanks for the tips! I will try that. =)

Azlatin- Thanks again soooo much for your help! I tried right clicking on the red x's like you said to, and I copied the URL and pasted it into the IE web browser and it showed another red x. Is that what you meant? If not, how do I find out if the URL is correct?


I meant to right click on the images to see what url they are so that you can check if you used the correct url.

For example:
My dir structure:
ROOT
ROOT>IMAGES

and my site url is http://127.0.0.1/
and when i right click on the images it says http://127.0.0.1/IMAGES/IMAGES/Porn.jpg
that means that you added an extra "IMAGES/" and you should remove it.

It would be much easier if we had a link.

[logowizard]

your problem lies here:
<img border="0" src="file:///C|/WINDOWS/Desktop/300%20web%20templates/161/images/blankbutton.gif" width="168" height="30">

as you can see the url is linking to a file on the desktop, and not your server. you need to change it to link to the immage on your server as below

<img border="0" src="images/blankbutton.gif" width="168" height="30">

do this with all your image links on your web pages and your problem will be solved.