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Is it possibe to refer to a folder in the web root in a 'standard'
way?
What I mean is, I know that "../" means look at the directory/folder
one up from where you are.
What I am trying to do is create web pages that refer to an image in a
directory. Since the pages from which the reference come from may be
more than one or two directories deep, using "../" or others may not
work. I am also trying to have only one "img" folder that I can refer
to in my html.

Thanks!!!
Jul 20 '05 #1
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In article <8f************ *************@p osting.google.c om>,
zs****@bpthosp. org says...
Is it possibe to refer to a folder in the web root in a 'standard'
way? .... I am also trying to have only one "img" folder that I can refer
to in my html.

....
/img/my.jpg

The first '/' refers to the 'web root'.
Jul 20 '05 #2
On Wed, Jul 30, SBurrs inscribed on the eternal scroll:
Is it possibe to refer to a folder in the web root in a 'standard'
way?
The web root is "/" in a URL hierarchy.
What I mean is, I know that "../" means look at the directory/folder
one up from where you are.


No, in general it doesn't: it means one up in the _URL hierarchy_,
which might or might not be one up in the server's file hierarchy.

Consider for example the traditional /~luser/ URL, which corresponds
to the file hierarchy ~luser/public_html/ , and then go one up from
there. See the point?

But this isn't specifically an HTML authoring issue: it applies to all
URL references.
Jul 20 '05 #3
In article <8f************ *************@p osting.google.c om>,
zs****@bpthosp. org (SBurrs) wrote:
Is it possibe to refer to a folder in the web root in a 'standard'
way?
What I mean is, I know that "../" means look at the directory/folder
one up from where you are.
What I am trying to do is create web pages that refer to an image in a
directory. Since the pages from which the reference come from may be
more than one or two directories deep, using "../" or others may not
work. I am also trying to have only one "img" folder that I can refer
to in my html.


i.e.:
<img src="/images/my_sister_at_5a m.gif" ....>

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Kris
kr*******@xs4al l.netherlands (nl)
"We called him Tortoise because he taught us" said the Mock Turtle.
Jul 20 '05 #4
Firstly, pardon my lack of/inccorect jargon, I am relatively new to
HTML
Second, thanks to Alan and "Jacqui or (maybe) Pete" for their
information.

So, if I understand Alan and "Jacqui or (maybe) Pete", in order to
refer to a 'common folder', in my case it is something I call 'wp'
that contains the jpg's for my wallpaper- no matter on what page, no
matter what HTML, etc if I had:
/wp/general_wp.jpg as <BODY BACKGROUND="/wp/general_wp.jpg" I would
accomplish what I set out to do? meaning, to keep only one 'copy' of
the jpg's no matter how 'deep' the html page refers to that jpg is on
the web site???
Jul 20 '05 #5

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