Hi,

This may be a silly question but I can't figure it out or find an answer on the web....

I am using absolute urls for some images for example site.com/images/image.gif now, I can't get these to show in dreamweaver, is there a way to get them to show up and not only local images?

TIA
Simon

If you upload them to your host -- they should work

All the images are uploaded on the site, just when I try to edit a page in dreamweaver they don't show up (not just for my site).

For instance, lets say I downloaded my index.php file, which accesses an image at http://www.website.com/images/image.gif - the image is there when you type the url into the browser. When I view this in DW the images don't show up (on the design view), they only show when previewed in a browser.

I'm starting to think this is by design, or there is a 'hidden' setting somewhere. I'm sure it worked on an old version of DW I used to use.

Simon

The url should be http://site.com/images/image.gif rather than site.com/images/image.gif (you must include http:// with absolute values)

Alternatively you can set the value relatively as images/image.gif

I have looked at the help files and have not been able to find a solution to this either, and I have been using DW since version 3. It's just one of those things.

Wait until you start doing more work with css. Almost all of your work is done in code view because most of the page is reliant on the browser, and DW's Design view just doesn't do it..

I wonder are the images in the defined site folder?

Is the site testing server paths correct?

check file extension of images. They Should be gif or jpeg, png is ok too.

2. check size.

3. ensure there are no spaces in name of file (imags). ie my_pic.jpg not my pic.jpg

4. check the image is located in the right directory.

5. check that your html source code is valid.

Are caps in the ext?

Phew so much can go wrong in Dreamweaver..ahaaaaaaaa

Hi kate,

I have never been able to get images to show up in Design View when I use an absolute address. I am extremely familiar with DW (currently I am still on MX version.)

I have never been able to get images to show when using absolute addresses. Eveything that you have mentioned I have tried over and over.

Are you saying that you do see images, other than the placeholder, when you use absolute addresses to them? I would like to know how you have accomplished this too.


Thanks, Chip

Sorry I haven't been back for a while. I actually found the following quote in the help docs...

Note: When inserting images (not links): if you use an absolute path to an image that resides on a remote server and is not available on the local hard drive, you will not be able to view the image in your document window. Instead, you must preview the document in a browser to see it.

So, I'm guessing it just can't be done!

Nevermind!

Simon

It can be done, I've done it but now I can't repeat it. I work on an html emailer, so the paths to images have to be absolute. I'm on dreamweaver mx 2004

1. Select the broken image and delete it.

2. Add it again, but use relative path, this way it shows up.

3. Save your document.

4. Double click on the image and you will get the select source, in the url, type in the absolute path. Hit ok.

5. The image still shows, and if you look at the code, it has the absolute path.

Now this worked for me for several months. Recently Dreamweaver crashed a couple of times and now I can't get it to work again.

I'm think it was either a glitch in the program that corrected itself, or something else happened.

As for the last quote from recedo, it clearly states if it's not on the local drive it won't show, but I'm guessing for everyone they have a copy of the image on their local drive.

I've been digging around and can't seem to find a solution. But maybe my technique will work for someone else as it stopped working for me.

I'm not quite ready to throw in the towel yet, so if anyone else has any ideas, please post them.

Thanks,

Alex

Broke down and emailed Adobe after not finding anything. After the first canned response from them, I replied and told them the issue I had thought that I explained clearly in my first email, but persistance has prevailed!

The reason it worked before was because I had defined my http address in the http address box in the site definition--->General info pane.

You have to make sure that your local site structure mirrors your remote, which it should, and any image links that you have with absolute links will show, as long as you have them on your local drive.

Odd thing is that I didn't need to do this in Dreamweaver 8....but that's not really a problem since it works.