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Posted by Hun Choi
Hun Choi
2,075 Points

Built a simple website - Works on computer, not on the web server

Hello, I finished the website tutorial and the whole website looks perfect on my computer (local), but when i upload the files through ftp to the server (keeping the exact same folder structure) - the website shows without the images. Exact same code, same folder structure. What happened?

    <img src="img/logo.gif" alt="Smells Like Bakin">
Roy Conkle
Roy Conkle
376 Points

Are you using a licensed text editor? Did you buy a license for the text editor you are using?

Hun Choi
Hun Choi
2,075 Points

yes, i bought the sublime license.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Are you using a licensed text editor?

If the text editor let's you save the file then that's not your issue.

2 Answers

Jonathan Musso
Jonathan Musso
3,760 Points
Jonathan Musso
Jonathan Musso
3,760 Points

Can you post the link to your project? Your hosting might be set to require absolute paths only, ie, http://www.somesite.com/assets/images/etc/etc

Hun Choi
Hun Choi
2,075 Points

i just hosted it under a domain i still had.

http://hunchoi.com/

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Your hosting might be set to require absolute paths only

All hosting let's you use relative paths, assuming you are using them correctly.

Hun Choi
Hun Choi
2,075 Points
Hun Choi
Hun Choi
2,075 Points

Ok, this is weird and seems to be a different issue (serverside or domainside). If i put the website files into a subdomain, everything works. If I out it into my main domain (root domain) - no images...

Problem solved!

i had to use the main domain as a subdomain and all of a sudden all works out. Thank for the answers anyway!

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Sounds like an issue with your file paths, check out this primer on absolute vs relative file paths

Hun Choi
Hun Choi
2,075 Points

Thank you James! Yes, thats my guess as well. Thanks for the link, I will read more about the file paths...