Images from HTML file not opening in Netscape

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When I open HTML files that I created in WordPad in Netscape Navigator, the JPEG images within the page do not open, whereas if I open the same page with IE, the page opens fine.

I just downloaded Netscape and if someone can enlighten me, I'd appreciate it.

I have a feeling Netscape cannot access the files off my hard drive, for some reason..

Thanks,

Tony

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Are the images in the same folder as the HTML page? Are you calling the image as ? Make sure it's not relative to the site root (e.g. /image.jpg) but rather relative to the document (e.g. image.jpg, or if it is in an images folder "images/image.jpg", not /images/image.jpg")

Let me know if this helps. Good luck!

Brian

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Then it's because you have spaces in your file names.

NEVER put spaces in your file names, and ideally, don't use InnerCapitalization either, because you may run into some server conflicts (Unix is case specific, NT isn't).

Smiling Suzanne

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Thanks for your help. I noticed that Netscape wants to read files with the slash written as /, while the files off my hard drive are written as C:\MyDocuments\Images\Javascript.html.

Could this be the cause of the problem? If so, how do I go about changing it?

Thanks,

Tony

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"Are you calling the image as

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The slant to the slashes is a Unix vs. Microsoft thing. Files in Unix all use the /. When Microsoft came out with DOS they tried to emulate this except they messed up and used the \ instead.

You will notice that files that you access on the internet are / since it was unix based.
However, if you open a local file in Explorer, the slash is reversed \

Mark Irving
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Quote: ... Netscape wants to read files with the slash written as /, while the files off my hard drive are written as C:\MyDocuments\Images\Javascript.html.

Ideally, don't use the full path for the images, instead use relative paths for the images and hyperlinks:

images/javascript.html

Otherwise, yes, Netscape reads it slightly differently, preferring file:///c|MyDocuments/Images/Javascript.html where IE wants to do it like Windows.

Using relative paths will remove this problem if it's a hard drive issue.

Suzanne

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Thank you, Suzanne. It's much clearer now, and the pages are opening in Netscape.

TonyMontana

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And thanks Brian, your suggestions make sense now, and they were the right ones.

TonyMontana

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