Relative vs. fixed path for images

Hi,

I use Dreamweaver to design my templates.  Under my Templates folder I have an Images folder.  Dreamweaver uses a relative link to point to the image.  When I view the page in my browser, the images are not found.  Should I create a fixed path for all of the images?

Thanks,
H

Yes, because the image path will be relative to the script, not the template. Which is normal. You can also prefixe the image path with a variable but the image won't be viewable in Dreamweaver. 

Dreamweaver allows you to use a path relative to the site root when inserting an image. If you set up your site correctly this will work and is the better solution.

Hey neverpanic,

Thanks for the advice.  I will look into it today.

H

Of course the even better solution would be using textpad/notepad and a local web server. Then there are no mixed points of view but you can still see what you will get easily.

RwD, you're such a purist. ;-)

H

Really?

Last time I used dreamweaver it was deprecated element frenzy. I also ended up with "<font><b><font><b></b></font> <font><b>&nbsp;</b></font></b></font>" insidt the html.

I made templates for a website and a woman looked at them, changed a thing and suddenly the whole page had changed and the changed part didn't validate. You can probably tell it not to use deprecated elements but I think using propper css methods with dreamweaver is hard?

So it is more because dreamweaver isn't good enough and it gives these problems about the representation anyway (like in topic start)

Good point RwD.

I think Macromedia is aware of their shortcomings.  Dreamweaver 8 just came out and supposedly addresses your issues.  I am getting a copy at work soon and will let you know.

H

I am using Dreamweaver and I'm producing xhtml 1.1 valid code without deprecated tags and with perfect shorthand css in there... just depends on what your preferences are.

Dreamweaver 8 even supports validation inside Dreamweaver!

Hey neverpanic.  Please tell me what the settings are for ver. MX and 8.

Thanks!
H

Don't use MX (2004) anymore, but the settings are quite similar to version 8.

General > Use <strong> and <em>...
General > Use CSS instead of HTML tags (removes font tags)
CSS Styles > Use shorthand > everywhere
CSS Styles > shorthand when editing > above
New Document > xhtml 1.1 (not availiable in MX or MX 2004, choose 1.0 instead)
New Document > Default encoding > Unicode (UTF-8)
Validator > XHTML 1.0 strict checked

Got it!  Thanks!

H

You're welcome.