robert charles
Registered User
32 posts
Jo Rice
Senior Advisor
10,951 posts
Hiya Robert,
I just looked at the source code of your main page and although you have the links to the images in the code, you don't have the images either uploaded or possibly in the wrong location.
check to be sure that the images are actually on your server and also check to be sure they are located in a folder in your root site directory. They should be located in something similar to
public_html/images
the public_html will sometimes differ depending on servers, so sometimes that will be www and I'm not sure what other things it may be, those are the 2 main ones I see used the most in servers.
In your FTP settings of the HTML Editor, you should be able to just enter
robcharles.com
as the Host Name for the most part. You may need to do ftp. in front of it, but I'm not sure how to tell that other than to try it. The setup does have a test button so I would suggest just opening your Website Project settings and looking at the FTP settings and then hit that Test Settings... button and see if it's connecting correctly. If that tests fine then you're good to go. If not, then you may need to try alternate settings and see if they work. Enter the ftp. in front of the Host Name and see if that does it, etc.
You can also check with your hosting company and see what they say you need to use. Sometimes they have that right in your information they sent you when you setup your account, and sometimes it's info on your server itself when you log in on their site that you can look for.
As for the images though, it's definitely because they are either not uploaded at all, or they are in the wrong place. Check to be sure that they are uploaded to the correct location. And... if you uploaded them inside a folder then do remember to add that folder to the pathway so that it would be:
/images/your_uploaded_folder_name_here/name_of_file_here
Let us know if that helps and if you still have problems let us know that too
I just looked at the source code of your main page and although you have the links to the images in the code, you don't have the images either uploaded or possibly in the wrong location.
check to be sure that the images are actually on your server and also check to be sure they are located in a folder in your root site directory. They should be located in something similar to
public_html/images
the public_html will sometimes differ depending on servers, so sometimes that will be www and I'm not sure what other things it may be, those are the 2 main ones I see used the most in servers.
In your FTP settings of the HTML Editor, you should be able to just enter
robcharles.com
as the Host Name for the most part. You may need to do ftp. in front of it, but I'm not sure how to tell that other than to try it. The setup does have a test button so I would suggest just opening your Website Project settings and looking at the FTP settings and then hit that Test Settings... button and see if it's connecting correctly. If that tests fine then you're good to go. If not, then you may need to try alternate settings and see if they work. Enter the ftp. in front of the Host Name and see if that does it, etc.
You can also check with your hosting company and see what they say you need to use. Sometimes they have that right in your information they sent you when you setup your account, and sometimes it's info on your server itself when you log in on their site that you can look for.
As for the images though, it's definitely because they are either not uploaded at all, or they are in the wrong place. Check to be sure that they are uploaded to the correct location. And... if you uploaded them inside a folder then do remember to add that folder to the pathway so that it would be:
/images/your_uploaded_folder_name_here/name_of_file_here
Let us know if that helps and if you still have problems let us know that too
paintbrush
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3,816 posts
Nosey Newbie here (but I'm trying to learn,so...)
I've read that mixing upper case and lower case doesn't play well in an xhtml strict doc-type, and making sure tags are closed is important as well.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
Are you sure you haven't moved the folder containing your images?
http://validator.w3.org/checklink?uri=h … heck=Check
I've read that mixing upper case and lower case doesn't play well in an xhtml strict doc-type, and making sure tags are closed is important as well.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
Are you sure you haven't moved the folder containing your images?
http://validator.w3.org/checklink?uri=h … heck=Check
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Jo Rice
Senior Advisor
10,951 posts
hehe nosey! 
Actually the upper case/lower case thing affects many ways, and most of it depends on your server itself rather than just your code style. It's always a good idea to keep your page names and image names etc. in lower case if you think that others may need to type it in the address bar at some point to access it. That way it's less likely that they will be unable to find it later. Not only that, lower case keeps it really easy to remember yourself since you stick with one way of doing it, and the lower case way helps everyone locate things easier online.
Most of the time if you don't type it exactly how it is in the name of the image or file, you will not get to that file as most servers treat caps and small letters as separate entities. That means that THIS and this are not equal, and This and ThiS are not equal. Keeping to a standard is the best way to assure that you and your users can reach your files or pages without too much difficulty
Actually the upper case/lower case thing affects many ways, and most of it depends on your server itself rather than just your code style. It's always a good idea to keep your page names and image names etc. in lower case if you think that others may need to type it in the address bar at some point to access it. That way it's less likely that they will be unable to find it later. Not only that, lower case keeps it really easy to remember yourself since you stick with one way of doing it, and the lower case way helps everyone locate things easier online.
Most of the time if you don't type it exactly how it is in the name of the image or file, you will not get to that file as most servers treat caps and small letters as separate entities. That means that THIS and this are not equal, and This and ThiS are not equal. Keeping to a standard is the best way to assure that you and your users can reach your files or pages without too much difficulty
robert charles
Registered User
32 posts
Thankyou to you both Jo Ann & paintbrush will give them a go later. How quick your responses were.
Have a great day! (what's left of it)
Rob
Have a great day! (what's left of it)
Rob
robert charles
Registered User
32 posts
Is it just me?
I've ftp my latest demo to http://www.robcharles.com/indexsophie.html.
It includes the folder with all the bits CSS,IMAGES,Files in it but still nothing. It dosent seem to be easy as 1 2 3 as the video says. Do I upload each file seperatly or DO i just ftp the Folder?
It's now my third day & to be truthful i am getting a bit tired of it now!
I've ftp my latest demo to http://www.robcharles.com/indexsophie.html.
It includes the folder with all the bits CSS,IMAGES,Files in it but still nothing. It dosent seem to be easy as 1 2 3 as the video says. Do I upload each file seperatly or DO i just ftp the Folder?
It's now my third day & to be truthful i am getting a bit tired of it now!
tassietiger
Registered User
1,392 posts
Robert I couldn't get that link to work but I cut it back to http://www.robcharles.com and got a web page with pictures etc.
I know you believe you understand what you think I said...but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not exactly what I meant.
paintbrush
Ambassador
3,816 posts
Same as what Tassie said 
I see your site with images at robcharles dot com
I see your site with images at robcharles dot com
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. (Douglas Adams)
https://www.callendales.com
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Jo Rice
Senior Advisor
10,951 posts
Yep same here. If the one at robcharles dot com is the correct one and is what we should be seeing on the other link then I have a some strong feedback for you, please don't take it personal, it's just things you need to do to speed it up and make it more user friendly
1. This image is the only image that you have referenced on your site that doesn't show up so you should find out if it's in the right location or if maybe the name is different or something:
http://www.robcharles.com/Images/Misc/1x3White.gif
2. You should go through all your files and images and pages and make sure none of the names of them contain any spaces in them. Just replace the spaces with either an underscore _ or a dash - and you should be all set. Spaces in names of web stuff tend to be really messy for people to get to. Make sure to change the links on your site pages so they also have the same changes as you change the filenames to.
3. I would also suggest you redo your files and folders to be all small letters as mentioned above so that it's easier to type for not only others but for yourself too, and less confusing to anyone trying to get to a location of your site maually.
4. I might also suggest you take all your CSS styles and just move them to a separate file and call it whatevernameyouwanthere.css and add the code for the external css file to your html page. You have quite a bit of separate CSS stuff all over the page which can get pretty messy and slows your site down too. Much more efficient with an external page, and you can also see all the CSS better for editing and such when it's not all mixed in within the HTML pages. Also you can use it for other pages that way without having to paste all the CSS code in each page.
5. Your CSS code references multiple settings for the same class/id tags which might give you some real headaches later when you're trying to change something. I would suggest you pull your CSS code out and give it all a good once over and see what's been duplicated and what hasn't. If you need help cleaning this part up just ask and I or some others will help you out on it.
6. You might want to consider using a thumbnail size image for the Get Doddy Knighted picture as right now it's actually loading the full size picture which slows down the site page loading a lot. You can create thumbnail images really easy using Easy Thumbnails by Fookes which is a free program and really nice one that I and a few others have used for many years. http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/
7. I might also suggest you move all your videos except maybe a couple to the Videos section so that it doesn't take a million years for your home page to load. Right now it loads super duper slow and if I were actually visiting the site out of the blue instead of critiquing, I'd have left within the first 20 seconds of waiting as it took quite a long time to load it. Part of it is images, and I'm sure part of it is all the videos you have on it. When people come to the home page it should be your fastest page to load. Going to a Videos section, people are expecting a heavier load time for those, but on the home page that's where you want people to see everything right away so they don't get frustrated and take off from the site for impatience of waiting.
8. And lastly (for now hehe) there's something wrong on the site your personal images are linked to as that site isn't finishing loading for me at all when clicked on.
On a positive note, once it loads it doesn't look bad hehe, just loads badly is all. I think once you have some of this better organized and moved to better locations it will be quite nice. Love the idea of it for sure and you're doing an excellent job for just starting out so please don't think I'm being negative above, just trying to help you put things in better perspective is all Good luck on it and hollar if you need any assistance with any of it and we'll do what we can here
1. This image is the only image that you have referenced on your site that doesn't show up so you should find out if it's in the right location or if maybe the name is different or something:
http://www.robcharles.com/Images/Misc/1x3White.gif
2. You should go through all your files and images and pages and make sure none of the names of them contain any spaces in them. Just replace the spaces with either an underscore _ or a dash - and you should be all set. Spaces in names of web stuff tend to be really messy for people to get to. Make sure to change the links on your site pages so they also have the same changes as you change the filenames to.
3. I would also suggest you redo your files and folders to be all small letters as mentioned above so that it's easier to type for not only others but for yourself too, and less confusing to anyone trying to get to a location of your site maually.
4. I might also suggest you take all your CSS styles and just move them to a separate file and call it whatevernameyouwanthere.css and add the code for the external css file to your html page. You have quite a bit of separate CSS stuff all over the page which can get pretty messy and slows your site down too. Much more efficient with an external page, and you can also see all the CSS better for editing and such when it's not all mixed in within the HTML pages. Also you can use it for other pages that way without having to paste all the CSS code in each page.
5. Your CSS code references multiple settings for the same class/id tags which might give you some real headaches later when you're trying to change something. I would suggest you pull your CSS code out and give it all a good once over and see what's been duplicated and what hasn't. If you need help cleaning this part up just ask and I or some others will help you out on it.
6. You might want to consider using a thumbnail size image for the Get Doddy Knighted picture as right now it's actually loading the full size picture which slows down the site page loading a lot. You can create thumbnail images really easy using Easy Thumbnails by Fookes which is a free program and really nice one that I and a few others have used for many years. http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/
7. I might also suggest you move all your videos except maybe a couple to the Videos section so that it doesn't take a million years for your home page to load. Right now it loads super duper slow and if I were actually visiting the site out of the blue instead of critiquing, I'd have left within the first 20 seconds of waiting as it took quite a long time to load it. Part of it is images, and I'm sure part of it is all the videos you have on it. When people come to the home page it should be your fastest page to load. Going to a Videos section, people are expecting a heavier load time for those, but on the home page that's where you want people to see everything right away so they don't get frustrated and take off from the site for impatience of waiting.
8. And lastly (for now hehe) there's something wrong on the site your personal images are linked to as that site isn't finishing loading for me at all when clicked on.
On a positive note, once it loads it doesn't look bad hehe, just loads badly is all. I think once you have some of this better organized and moved to better locations it will be quite nice. Love the idea of it for sure and you're doing an excellent job for just starting out so please don't think I'm being negative above, just trying to help you put things in better perspective is all
Good luck on it and hollar if you need any assistance with any of it and we'll do what we can here
robert charles
Registered User
32 posts
Hi Jo Ann, the rob charles.com site was made a few years ago in frontpage so I have hopefully come a long a bit since then. So that's why i decided to buy coffeecup software. The html editor is great I have made some great demo's but it's just the uploading that is annoying. Will have another go later. Thanks for the constructive views on my web site. Really appreciate your help. Rob. I'll let you know how i get on.
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