Widget Image Filepath not recognised?

[Greeksgal]

I wanted a clickable image in a widget, so I set up a new folder on the FTP inside the /images folder called "adverts" and uploaded "imagename.jpg" to it. I added the html to the widget as follows -

<center><a href="http://www.linktosite.com" target="_blank">
 <img src="forum/images/adverts/imagename.jpg" />
</a>
</center>

The image does not show up in the widget. Nothing shows up at all. So I added in the full URL

<center><a href="http://www.linktosite.com" target="_blank">
 <img src="http://www.mywebsite.com/forum/images/adverts/imagename.jpg" />
</a>
</center>

That didn't show up either...

So I put the image into the main "images" folder and changed the html to below, removing the "pics" folder...then it worked, the image shows up and is clickable to the url specified.

<center><a href="http://www.linktosite.com" target="_blank">
 <img src="http://www.mywebsite.com/forum/images/imagename.jpg" />
</a>
</center>

If I remove the full URL and change it to "forum/images/imagename.jpg" it doesn't show up either, I get the "missing image" icon...

Any idea why I need the full URL and why it won't pick up the image when placed in the "adverts" folder? This is brand new clean install for a test board, no mods. The code works perfectly fine on my normal website, but on the new test install it won't work. The image shows when I type the URL into a browser, but won't show in the widget. Confused.

[Trevor Hannant]

If you're talking about your BlackPearl Sims site, your URLs don't include a /forum directory. Would be easier to help with the actual URL and actual path to the image you're looking to use rather than trying to guess at the reasons...

[Greeksgal]

I set up a test board on another url...a friend is considering VB for her community that I co Admin with (currently using Ning, which is crap) but doesn't know anything about VB so wanted to show her the functions so set it up on another domain I had...the url for the image is http://www.grubbiceramics.co.uk/foru...addictions.jpg

[Trevor Hannant]

That doesn't help us with the issue on the site you're having - we need the URL the test site is on so we know what path you should use.

[Greeksgal]

That is the URL the test site is on http://www.grubbiceramics.co.uk/forum/content.php

[Greeksgal]

Anyone?

[BirdOPrey5]

The URL you coud use is ETHER

/forum/images/imagename.jpg

OR


images/imagename.jpg



Either will work. The top one will work regardless the folder it is being called from so I prefer it.

[Greeksgal]

I don't want the image to be in the images folder though, I want it inside a subfolder, but when I do that, it won't show up. If I put the image inside a folder called "Adverts" in the "Images" folder and use the path http://www.grubbiceramics.co.uk/forum/images/adverts/glassaddictions.jpg then the image won't appear on the site, even though if you go to the URL, it's visible. It will only show on the site when I place the image in the images folder and use the path http://www.grubbiceramics.co.uk/foru...addictions.jpg. For some reason, the site/widget won't recognise the subfolder inside the images folder.

[Greeksgal]

Anyone?

[BirdOPrey5]

The file path is case sensitive. If the folder is called Adverts the path can't have a lower-case A.

[Greeksgal]

The folder doesn't have an upper case A. The url is correct, it just won't show on the forum unless I link to the main images folder. Nothing shows at all if I link to a subfolder.