images not loading, no broken links

Let me start by saying I'm a beginner. I've designed 2 pages for a 10 page
website so far. All the files I've used are in one folder. When I go to
preview a page in the browser, everything comes up looking fine. However, I
have a table set up with roll-over buttons, and when you click on the button,
the link is supposed to take you to another page. When the button is clicked,
it goes to the page, but none of the images load. For example, the page I'm
previewing in the browser is the home page, and also on the home page is a link
to the home page that just takes you to where you already are. When I click
that link to open the page I already have open, none of the image files load.
I can refresh the page as much as I want and it loads fine. When I click the
other link to go to the other page I have done, it does the same thing, and
will not load any images. The page itself loads fine when I preview it. I
don't understand, because I did the broken link check, and it says I have 0
broken links. Plus, I've only been working in one folder anyway, and haven't
moved or renamed anything. Someone please tell me why my images won't load - I
really appreciate your time, and forgive my Dreamweaver ignorance.
Thanks,
Kristin

Kristen

Can you post either the code, or a URL of the page so that we can have a
look at it.

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Regards

Paul Whitham
Macromedia Certified Professional for Dreamweaver MX2004
Valleybiz Internet Design
www.valleybiz.net

Team Macromedia Volunteer for Ultradev/Dreamweaver MX
www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia

"godsaidmansaiddotcom" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Let me start by saying I'm a beginner. I've designed 2 pages for a 10
page
website so far. All the files I've used are in one folder. When I go to
preview a page in the browser, everything comes up looking fine. However,
I
have a table set up with roll-over buttons, and when you click on the
button,
the link is supposed to take you to another page. When the button is
clicked,
it goes to the page, but none of the images load. For example, the page
I'm
previewing in the browser is the home page, and also on the home page is a
link
to the home page that just takes you to where you already are. When I
click
that link to open the page I already have open, none of the image files
load.
I can refresh the page as much as I want and it loads fine. When I click
the
other link to go to the other page I have done, it does the same thing,
and
will not load any images. The page itself loads fine when I preview it.
I
don't understand, because I did the broken link check, and it says I have
0
broken links. Plus, I've only been working in one folder anyway, and
haven't
moved or renamed anything. Someone please tell me why my images won't
load - I
really appreciate your time, and forgive my Dreamweaver ignorance.
Thanks,
Kristin

I think I might have found out why (maybe). I'm working "locally", and don't
have a server yet. I copied and pasted an article from elsewhere on this site
below -- I don't even have enough knowledge to know if it describes my
situation or not though. I could copy and paste the code, but it's pretty
long, and probably would be horrific to view for an experienced web designer
(I'm layer crazy). Let me know if what follows sounds like my
problem......(thanks so much!)


Why do links stop working after previewing the first page?

While testing your site locally, you may encounter any of the following
problems:
A page previews properly, but the images appear broken if you navigate back to
the same page.
The first page previews properly, but subsequent pages show broken image icons
or the links on subsequent pages do not work.
When opening the HTML file directly in the browser rather than using
Dreamweaver to preview the page in the browser, the images appear as broken
image icons and/or the links do not work.

Reason
The paths in these pages are site root-relative. Because there is no server
root locally, site root-relative paths usually cannot be viewed unless on a
server. Dreamweaver, however, passes additional information to the browser, via
a temp file, so that the site root-relative paths can be followed. The
simulation process is necessarily imperfect, but generally good enough to
quickly preview a document. The issues above are inherent in the process.

Solution
To see site root-relative paths in the browser when working with files
locally, you need to use a personal web server when previewing. Some examples
of personal web servers are Microsoft PWS and Xitami. Neither of these
applications are developed by Macromedia.

If you are testing locally then that is very likely the problem. The easiest
way to determine this is to change a set of links that are not working from
site relative to document relative, and see if it fixes the problem.

--
Regards

Paul Whitham
Macromedia Certified Professional for Dreamweaver MX2004
Valleybiz Internet Design
www.valleybiz.net

Team Macromedia Volunteer for Ultradev/Dreamweaver MX
www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia

"godsaidmansaiddotcom" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I think I might have found out why (maybe). I'm working "locally", and
don't
have a server yet. I copied and pasted an article from elsewhere on this
site
below -- I don't even have enough knowledge to know if it describes my
situation or not though. I could copy and paste the code, but it's pretty
long, and probably would be horrific to view for an experienced web
designer
(I'm layer crazy). Let me know if what follows sounds like my
problem......(thanks so much!)


Why do links stop working after previewing the first page?

While testing your site locally, you may encounter any of the following
problems:
A page previews properly, but the images appear broken if you navigate
back to
the same page.
The first page previews properly, but subsequent pages show broken image
icons
or the links on subsequent pages do not work.
When opening the HTML file directly in the browser rather than using
Dreamweaver to preview the page in the browser, the images appear as
broken
image icons and/or the links do not work.

Reason
The paths in these pages are site root-relative. Because there is no
server
root locally, site root-relative paths usually cannot be viewed unless on
a
server. Dreamweaver, however, passes additional information to the
browser, via
a temp file, so that the site root-relative paths can be followed. The
simulation process is necessarily imperfect, but generally good enough to
quickly preview a document. The issues above are inherent in the process.

Solution
To see site root-relative paths in the browser when working with files
locally, you need to use a personal web server when previewing. Some
examples
of personal web servers are Microsoft PWS and Xitami. Neither of these
applications are developed by Macromedia.