HTML Help

ryanjackson2003 · Joined: 04 Jul 2004 Posts: 2

I am just beginning to learn this web page stuff. While trying to insert a simple image (from a picture I scanned), I only get that white box with the red "X" inside of it. The pic is not loading.
I double checked my <img src="solomnsbay.gif"> tag. I used Adobe Photo Delux to lower the pixels down to 72. I converted the pic to Jpeg and changed the image tag. Still, NO DICE!!!!!!!!!! HELP ME PLEASE. :roll:

mjpliv · Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 402 Location: Nova Scotia

Could you post the HTML code (copy/paste) you are using to display the image. Also make sure that the file name in the HTML matches the file name of the image (its case sensitive) and make sure that you either have the full path of the image file or it should be located in the same directory at the HTML file.

Did you upload the image in binary mode? If you upload it in ASCII mode the image will not work properly.

ryanjackson2003 · Joined: 04 Jul 2004 Posts: 2

Thanks for replying mjpliv. Heres the tag I used
<IMG SRC="solomnsbay.gif">
The filename in this HTML tag matches the actual file name and I saved it in all lower case letters too. I also tried to write the HTML image tag with the whole path name of the file like this <img src="Pics4webPages/solomnsbay.gif">
To let you know exactly where the pic is, I saved it under "my computer" then "local disk (C:)" then in the folder named "Pics4webPages" and I named it "solomnsbay.gif".
Last, I honestly dont know if I uploaded in "binary" mode or if I loaded in "ASCII" mode. I wouldn't know how to do that if I tried but I did use the Adobe Photo Delux. I really appreciate any help you can give me.
THANKS AGAIN........and again HELP!!!

:?

mjpliv · Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 402 Location: Nova Scotia

Are you trying to view this page from your computer or a remote server?

It should work on your computer as long as the html and the image are in the same folder.

When you upload your files to the remote server you will find an option on your FTP client software to use binary or ASCII mode. Binary mode uploads the file in its original form. Ascii mode removes the carriage returns and replaces them with ASCII end of line characters. For standard HTML and image uploads you can stick with the binary mode. When you start playing around with perl or PHP scripts then you will be required to use ASCII mode.

eXcentra · Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 91

Okay, here's the things that I can think of:
1) Put the HTML file and the GIF (or JPG) image into the same directory.
2) Make sure that the image tag matches the file name (make sure to check the file extension. If you're using a jpg then the ext. should be jpg, etc)