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An uploading to a web page question

Jennifer McLuhan
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09-22-2006 07:24
I have a question dealing with uploading to web sites. Someone recently asked me to link to the pictures in my posted tutorial, “An Intermediate Tutorial on Second Life Clothes making” so, they could study the larger picture.

I used MS Publisher and made a hot spot to the actual picture, uploaded everything, including the folder with the photos to my Bellsouth home page. I used a FTP program called WS FTP Pro to do this.

However, it didn’t work. When I went to the page to check it. I see the link, it is the original folder on my computer where the files were stored. How can I get the link to reflect the uploaded picture folder? I can’t find a way, or I am too computer stupid, to get it to link to the uploaded files.

Jen
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09-22-2006 09:12
Hi Jen. I'm pretty sure I know what your problem is, but it would help to see the actual web page so I can tell you what to change. Would you care to post it?

It sounds like you just need to open the html document up in a text editor, and change the links to reference their location on the web instead of their previous location on your hard drive. It should be a pretty simple fix.

If I had to guess at a cause for the problem, I'd call it an artifact of using MS Publisher to auto-generate html, rather than writing it by hand or using a dedicated web editor like Dreamweaver. I've never used Publisher though, so I'm just speculating. I didn't even know it could do web pages.
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Eloise Pasteur
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09-22-2006 09:50
You'll have to look at the code... there should be something like <img url="C:/My Pictures...> or somthing like that to point to your local directory (mine would be totally different, I'm on a mac, but that's the basic sort of structure). You'll want to do that through your ftp programme and something like wordpad as a PC user. (If you're on a mac Transmit + Smultron is the way to go IMO.)

edit the url bit so it says the equivalent of url="/my_pics/image1.jpg" or whatever it needs to be. This is a relative link to a new folder in the current one... that will work just fine from what you've described.

You might need to do that a LOT I'm afraid.

If it doesn't work IM me and I'll try to sort something out for you.
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Jennifer McLuhan
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09-22-2006 12:05
Oh I hate computers! Oops. I am not supposed to say that in here, am I. Let’s just say, I have had cats that listen to me more than computers do. And, cats are pretty independent creatures.

Anyway, Chosen, you were correct in your analysis of my problem. I pulled up the file and found the long paths to the jpg files. However, when I tried to change the paths, it really messed up the web page. I had to over write it with a backup copy.

Eloise, I THOUGHT I had don’t what you say to do. LOL Guess, I was wrong. I will try to fool with it again when I get the time. Why can’t computer just work? My car does and I don’t know any more about how it works.

Oh chosen, here is the link, if you want to see it:
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=323775&ck=


Jen
Eloise Pasteur
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09-22-2006 13:22
It looks like you got it fixed, and it's looking good.

I remember doing something similar, a friend had a leaflet they'd written in Publisher, they wanted a webpage. I started from "let's export this to html." I ended up rewriting the webpage entirely, the html Publisher produced was HORRIBLE. (The final upload actually did what they wanted and was less than 20% of the size of the garbage Publisher produced.

Something like dreamweaver that's actually designed to do the job might be worth it if you plan on doing this a lot. If you don't... well the temptation to say buy a mac is high... but html doesn't really just work from many auto-writers I've seen except the industrial ones. That said there's nothing complicated in what you're doing... I can write you a quick html tutorial if you like... it looks like you only need image tags, paragraphs and headers. Writing it yourself is much like writing a word processor document... you just need to remember to go back and mark up the bits you want twiddly. You could also send it to me and I'll write you the pages if you'd rather do it that way, as long as you don't demand instant turn around!
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Chosen Few
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09-22-2006 14:30
Page looks good, Jen. I'm glad you got the problem worked out.
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Jennifer McLuhan
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09-22-2006 14:46
Actually, it isn’t right. It is just back to where it was before I fiddled with it. I want to allow the viewer to click on the pictures and have a link to the full size picture pull it up. This will allow someone to better view the drawings.

I will keep working on it. This stuff always takes time for me. I just need to figure out what the right //,\\, : thingies are to get the link to work.

I will get it eventually.

Jen
Eloise Pasteur
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09-23-2006 05:35
You need something like:

<a href=##path to your full size pic>##your current image tag##</a>

e.g. <a href=/pictures/largeUV.jpg><img src=/pictures/smalluv.jpg></a>
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Jennifer McLuhan
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09-23-2006 07:12
Thank you Eloise. I will use your info to kick HTML butt!

LOL

Yeah right! NOT!

At least I hope to get the links to work.

Jen
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09-23-2006 07:34
Hey Jen, if I might make a suggestion, I'd highly recommend picking up a copy of HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide by Elizabeth Castro. It's written very well in plain English, and it's incredibly easy to follow. It's also deliberately set up in an order that makes it an ideal reference book, so if you can't remember how to do something off hand, it's really easy to just pick up the book and look up the topic.

I was able to learn basic HTML while sitting in my grandmother's hospital room a few months back. I was there for a couple weeks, and I had nothing else to do while she slept, so I ended up reading the thing practically cover to cover. If you've ever tried to read a computer book straight through, you know it's usually impossible. The fact that not only was I was actually able to sit there and read this one as a book but also retain the information without even having access to a computer with which to practice the techniques is a testament to how well written it really is.

Whether you're just a casual web page author or you have aspirations on becoming a real web designer, this book will get you on your way. Give it a read.



(Now if I could just find my copy. It apparently grew legs the other day, and disappeared. I'm going a little crazy without it. As I said, it's a great reference book, and although I did retain a lot of what I read conceptually the first time through, I do tend to find myself relying on it to grab the exact syntax and to remind me how to do certain things that I always seem to forget. It's easy enough to look up the same info online I suppose, but since I know where everything is in the book, not having it handy feels like a big slowdown. Time to clean the house, I guess. It's gotta be here somehwere. However, if anyone does happen to find an HTML book walking alone on the street somewhere, perhaps wandering in the rain, looking frightened at seeing the wide world for the first time, please tell him to come home.)
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