By ajlowndes on

Hi I have my images which will appear on the front page in sites/default/files/. I also have node/1 set to in administer>site configuration>site information. If i insert an image into my node/1 body using the drupal "edit page" like so:

<img src="sites/default/files/background.png">

then it will appear on the front page, but it not until I refresh. This is because before I refresh I am on "http://localhost/mcc/node/1" and after I refresh I am on "http://localhost/mcc"
I guess this is because of the relative link, but I don't know where I should put my pictures instead (i can move them all if there is a better folder for them) or where the link should point to.

any help appreciated.

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3cwebdev commented

try (note the forward slash before 'sites')

<img src="/sites/default/files/background.png">

this will cause the path to be relative to your root directory and will therefore be valid from any page/path on your site it's called from.

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ajlowndes commented

no that didn't work, the image doesn't show at all on any page with that slash in there...

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3cwebdev commented

Then 'sites' is not the in the root folder. If your drupal install is in something like drupal6/sites/... you will have to make your img path drupal6/sites/...

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ajlowndes commented

yeah that worked - my drupal install is in "mcc" so the link was "/mcc/sites/default/files".
But how come then I have to go to "http://localhost/mcc" to see my site? i.e it doesn't display anything when I go to "http://localhost", but the pictures folder is referenced from there. What happens when I move my site up to a server and I want the site to display without typing in /mcc? that is confusing.

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3cwebdev commented

Yes, you will have to change your hard-coded paths after you move your site. The alternitive is to use a combo of php, $base_url variable, and setting the base url in your settings.php.

If you only have a minimal amount of img paths, it is probably easier to make note of them and simply remove the folder from the beginning of the path after you move the site.