I like to organize my photos in folders to help keep the number of file names minimal when looking for a photo. So for example, I have an "images" folder, and inside the images folder, there are folders for each type of image like specials, upcoming, soldout, etc.

The only way I can get pictures to show up on the web site is to type the entire address of the image into the location reference sometimes. So maybe I have to tell HTML Editor that the picture is at http://www.mydomainname.com/images/sale … /curio.jpg rather than just being able to browse and pick the image file from its folder in the web on my computer prior to publishing.

Is this normal? If not, what might I be doing wrong?

Thanks,

Toni

<img src="1.jpg" alt="1">
This image is in the same directory as the html file calling it.

<img src="images/1.jpg" alt="1">
This image is in a folder called images. The folder called images is in the same directory as the html file calling it.

<img src="/1.jpg" alt="1">
This image is in the root directory. The html file calling it can be in any directory.

<img src="/images/1.jpg" alt="1">
This image is in a folder called images that is in the root directory. The html file calling it can be in any directory.

I do this by hand, but is the program not able to see it on its own when I browse for the file? Other web programs I've used all fill it in correctly when I browse for the files and choose them.

Thanks! :-)

Toni

If you are using the CoffeeCup HTML editor, be sure to save your page with a name before adding images and other content. If you add images to your unsaved pages, the program won't know the correct path. You will be stuck with having to change the codes by hand.
Save first, make changes, then save again.

Pages were all saved before adding these particular pictures. Weird! Maybe I'll try reinstalling the editor, and if that doesn't work, will try making a new/simple web site to see if it does it in a new one as well. Thanks for the help...sure is confusing to me!

Toni

PS Pictures all show up on my computer, but aren't there online when I save and then publish.

I guess my question is, when you insert an image, do you have to say "yes" to add the image to the working folder if you don't want to code by hand to show the program where the image is stored?

My friend wants to be able to edit this site himself, but he does not want to work in HTML. My hope was that he could drag the image to the place on the page and drop it. The image is not in the working folder, because we want to sort images in folders to avoid having 100 images in one folder.

Can the program do this, or do all images need to be stored in one folder (assuming one doesn't want to edit the code to direct to where the image is stored)?

Thanks,

Toni

Yes I think everyone would appreciate that.

Not a pretty solution but I use CoffeeCup DirectFTP, which can browse the folders and upload to the whatever current folder. i usually have VSD, HTML ED, and FTP all running at the same time.
So to create the upload folders in HTML ED i go to the folder I want in Direct FTP, copy the address bar and paste into HTML ED. If you have a series of /photo/folders/ you can edit /folders/ directly, one after another, in HTML ED because it doesn't immediately clear the address after you click add.
One of the problems with this method is that HTML ED has a compress option to upload which is perfect for large files, jpeg mp3, etc. but won't upload/create a folder. Whereas D-FTP doesn't compress but will do the folders, set permissions etc. and its drag & drop. I don't use VSD to upload a site.
Not perfect but it works.