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JavaScript Express Basics Serving Static Files in Express Merging the Design Files

James Fleming
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James Fleming
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Wanted to see if this is only me accessing my images like this..

In the video, he mentioned that we can access the images in the public folder by referencing /static to start the file path, then continuing into the folder. So like this: /static/img/close.svg. When I do it like that, i receive an error and the image doesn't show. However, if I remove the /static part and just type the following: /img/close.svg it fixes the problem and adds the image to the browser. Did anyone else experience this? Is this wrong? Thank you!!

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Jelena Feliciano
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Jelena Feliciano
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You might be receiving that error message because the img file may not have been saved in the public file. I made the same mistake and was going to do what you decided until the lightbulb went off after watching the video for the millionth time. As with anything in coding, there are many ways to accomplish one task, so if it works, I'd say go with it.