I have these questions please:

-Are files auto-delegated from the "Web" folder to its sub-directories
("images", "music", "usage")?

-Have any of the naming conventions been violated, that would inhibit a file
from being properly recognized?

-How do the specific locations on the site "point" to the images that the
client wishes to place at that particular location? Is this in the code,
or is it manageable by the GUI?

-Does the new version of CoffeeCup support drag and drop? If so, must it
be enabled?

Thank you,

This should clear things up.
http://www.coffeecup.com/help/articles/ … athslinks/

Hum, I THOUGHT I'd solved my huge problem, but I didn't. I have a regular tech fellow who asked the questions above. I've been teaching him the program and about FTP., and with a different mindset maybe he can understand what's happening.

So, can you answer these questions Please? Believe me I would LOVE to be out of your hair.

Oh,

That article doesn't help..I never use anything but absolute links myself.
He's wanting to know if I put something into the folder called web, does it automatically drop into images, usage and music?

The naming conventions...um...maybe that's related to relative and absolute, heck if I know

Next question ...um..it's in the code, RIGHT????

I used to use drag and drop since day one up until I changed to this computer. I kresent terribly having to fill out all this junk that now stand between me and getting things online. BUT, I'v e learned it.
I gather that he's asking about drag and drop NOW.

You build your website on your computer in the exact same directory and file structure of how it will be online. So if I have a folder called images in the root of my site and I want to link to an image in that folder on my index page the link would be.

Now lets say the html page is inside another folder called main at the same level as the image folder.

and if the html page is inside the images folder then it would be like this.

Hi Canary,

I see you have been at it...

In your case you have to use the first of the three options Eric gave you. Absolute links put an extra burden on the server and the bandwith and should therefore be avoided.
And mind you, when Eric says 'root of my site', that is the web folder in your case!

Since I'm old fashioned and don't do projects, I upload my files, also the images, using DFTP. When uploading images, I first have to navigate to the images folder on the server.
I don't really know if 'projects' when uploaded, puts images and music in their own folders, but maybe if you keep the same folder structure on your machine. And forget the folder 'usage', that is a system folder on the server. You don't upload anything to it.

The HTML Editor used to have a drag and drop feature, but that was taken out some 3 years ago. Those who want drag and drop should move to VSD (CoffeeCup Visual Site Designer), but if you do, you would have to build your site from scratch, as there is no import function for html pages.

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I will use relative from now on, mostly, Thanks.

I will copy all of this and print it so Ken can see it.

He was asking because I said I used to drag my (smaller size k) pictures into the left column of coffee cup and then "drag" those pictures onto the page. Then I would make them the right size. up load them then save and upload the page. But then the older coffee cup let you flip a tab to see what you had put together. Now one has to either plain 'ol upload it to the site or go through that local site thing. It's just complication. I wish I had version 6 or 8 REALLY They were my speed.
Wait a minute! I always use <img src="picture name" width="25" height="50" alt="" border="0">!!!
This is relative??

It is relative, but from now on you need to write

<img src="images/picturename.jpg" width="25" height="50" alt="">

I always remove ' border="0"' from that string since it is obsolete.

Another thing, if I were you, I'd put your site files into a folder and call it 'old', and then unpack the files I sent you and use them instead. They are, at least as of when I finished your site, correct in the linking. You will be able to see how images are linked to by studying the code.

This may have already been covered in another thread (have had a few people talking about the preview stuff so if you were one of them I apologize for repeating it), but might I ask why you are unable to use the preview window? It's an extremely fascinating feature of the editor now and makes things a whole lot easier than what you're saying it is.

Also, @Inger and Bird,
I do understand your reluctance to do projects, but let me tell you how awesome it is once you start using them. Your structure uploads exactly as it is in your local files so if you need to upload an image, it will upload it right to the same location. Even if there's no folder yet for that such as maybe you have all your images in a folder called "images" it will create that folder for you on the fly so you don't have to mess with the server side hardly ever.

Projects are one of the best features they added really. Instead of having to see "every single project" that I have in my main projects folder, I see "only" the directory I have specified as the project directory. This means there's no confusion as to what project I'm on, which folder I was uploading or downloading from etc.

You're not slated in concrete that it is the only way you can do it, but it's an extreme time saver and you can swap between projects on the fly instantly even with files open from a different projects.

I dunno, all I can say is give it a try and see how it works, it's quite an excellent feature and Inger I'm still surprised every time I see you say you haven't done them yet