first off, hi ppl :P my problem is i just JUST started learning about website, got my hosting, etc, up, figured out where to put webpages to display them haha, now when i go to the www.mysite.com/index.html (example), it shows


<?xml version="1.0" ?>
- <!-- TransferQueueItems -->f(clean);
- <Items>
<Version>1</Version>

</Items>

im unsure what this is meaning im doing wrong? HELP? i cant find any useful topics on google, or such, so im lost :/

It looks like your getting an xml page instead of the html. Could you post a link to your site? I think it will be easier to help if we could see the page.

But what you are seeing is xml based on the code you posted.

unfortunatly, i erased most of the files off the site completly, as i messed up few, and cuteftp saved the darn things unknowingly :P also, non-"home pages" were loading perfect besides images. also quick note, for images, how do u set them up? i was told by many u go into the html, find the "src=" then edit the src to "src=image/(name of image here)" and dl it into your image directory, but seemingly not working, i tryed all the little nick nacks, name changing, no caps, etc, but all showed as red x, maybe u could explain that 1 2? hehe :P

so it seems only the index created by my editor is funkin up, as to set it as "index" i have to check a box on it, so i think that may be adding the xml problem, is their any way to manually setup a index.html file, and so it works manually?? may help the problem i think. :P

To show an image in a page you'd want to use

<image src="pathToYourImage" />

pathToYourImage depends on where your image is located. For example if under the root directory (the directory where index.html will be) you create a folder called images and place an image called my-image.jpg inside then the html would be:

<img src="http://www.yourdomain.com/images/my-image.jpg" />

If you see the red x then the image wasn't located at the path you specified. It could be because you forgot to upload the image or because you pointed to someplace other than where the image was located.

I'm not sure I'm following the problem with your editor and the check box to set it as index. What editor are you using.

When I create an index.html file I just name the file index.html, create a valid html page, and upload it to the root folder for my site. I'm not understanding what you mean by manually setting it up. index.html is just a file name.

after 2 todays messin about, i figured out both problems! my editor names my index "Index.html" with a capital, which screws it up it seems :P and images, i didnt realize you need src=/images/(pic here), i was using src=images/pick here, missed that slash which i realized today, and boom, it worked >_< ty for your help tho, well appreciated.

That makes sense about the Capital 'I' and glad you figured it out.

You don't necessarily need that first slash. You can still write a correct path to the file without it. The first slash is saying start at the root and and I think it often makes it easier to write the correct path.

Glad you got everything worked out. I know how frustrating things can be, especially in the beginning as you're just getting started. On the positive side I bet you never forget not to name index.html as Index.html. It's actually good practice to use lower case for all your file names.