file path help needed : make forward slash go away

Thank you for your time,

When i make a link using either text or image via the "point-link" method, DW keeps placing a forward slash before the link name, ie. /index.htm When i try to view the document using F12, none of the images are displayed. However, if i remove the preceding forward slash from the path to the images and the html document, the page loads fine. As a matter of fact, the preceding forward slash is also loading on my stylesheet, ie. /stylesheet.css resulting in a full page of text with absolutly no css effect. Again, if i remove the forward slash then the styles work on the page.

How do i remedy this problem??

The file pathing is set up as follows:

(-) Site - Ozcan (root folder) (D:/Web)

+ - images (folder)

- index.htm
- page1.htm
- page2.htm
- page3.htm
- page4.htm
- stylesheet.css

Again, thanks for your time.
Hanek

You may not want to - the first / is what is known as a root relative path and can be a good thing.

I'd advice you read

http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/site_root_rel.htm

and

http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/document_vs_site.htm

and
http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/path_types.htm

Before making your mind up

CH



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http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/site_root_rel.htm
http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/document_vs_site.htm
http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/path_types.htm

"Hanek" webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com wrote:

Thank you for your time,

When i make a link using either text or image via the "point-link" method, DW keeps placing a forward slash before the link name, ie. /index.htm When i try to view the document using F12, none of the images are displayed. However, if i remove the preceding forward slash from the path to the images and the html document, the page loads fine. As a matter of fact, the preceding forward slash is also loading on my stylesheet, ie. /stylesheet.css resulting in a full page of text with absolutly no css effect. Again, if i remove the forward slash then the styles work on the page.

How do i remedy this problem??

You are using root relative paths as opposed to document relative paths.
To use the latter, do this:
When linking a file, you get the dialog window which you're using to
navigate to the file in question. At the bottom of that window, there's
a small drop down menu that allows you to select root relative or
document relative. Select the latter and never touch it again, unless
you have very good reasons....

HTH

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Thanks Dan,

Your advice did the trick!!

Han

"Hanek" webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com wrote:

Thanks CH for your reply.

I read the documents you suggested and i learned a lot.
However, i think i will remain with "document - relative paths".

The strange point is that i've built many website before this one and i have never experienced this problem before. As soon as i chose a link, DW automatically designated the image or link as "document-relative". Why is it suddenly forcing me to choose now and subsequently forcing me to delete the "/" at the beginning of the path? Needless to say it's very time consuming... and time is money

It's possible that i screwed myself by moving the site folder or documents in the site into another folder.

Can you (or anyone) please explain to how to get that simple, easy going "document-related" pathing process back for me, without having to make and slash deletions?

Again, i really appreciate your time!!

You could try a Find & Replace, but BACKUP the site first!
Find code, entire local site: <a href="/
replace with: <a href="
and
Find: <img src="/
replace with: <img src="

HTH

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