Image problem, alt, not image

[dthomsen8]

http://www.19121.com/bad71.htm displays the alt tags, and not the images I would expect. Why?

The images show up just fine in Dreamweaver MX 2004 design view, and with four different browsers from Dreamweaver. I have reduced the source to the bare essentials, hoping that someone can see the problem.

This is the first time that what I see on the published version is very different from what I see in DW browser results.

[Daudio]

The path in your img tag is wrong...

src="/www/images/spacer.gif"

Remove the "/www/" and they will work.

Remember that the 'src' path is relative to the page they are in, so you would have to add any subfolder names, use "../ to back up the heirarcy, or use a fully qualifed path (ie: http://domain.tld/folder/file.name)

[Bo Aakerstrom]

I'm not entierly sure, but suspect it has got to do with the filepath to the location of your images. That's where I would start looking anyway.

I also noticed that the dimensions of your images are 60x10 and 60x600 respectively - should that not be px?

Lastly, why use a spacer when you can set the margin of the logo to 60px? Unless what you do is part of your assignment!

[dthomsen8]

Originally Posted by Daudio

The path in your img tag is wrong...

Remove the "/www/" and they will work.

Exactly right, and making the connection by Dreamweaver WYSIWIG misled me because the images show up just fine in DW design view, and not when published. Another little pitfall to avoid, and another reason to look at code rather than just the graphical results.

[donmcc]

Originally Posted by Bo Aakerstrom

I also noticed that the dimensions of your images are 60x10 and 60x600 respectively - should that not be px?

Nope. Not in HTML or XHTML. Pixels are assumed. If you are in CSS then you should specify the px.

Don McCahill

[Bo Aakerstrom]

Originally Posted by donmcc

Nope. Not in HTML or XHTML. Pixels are assumed. If you are in CSS then you should specify the px.

Don McCahill

I've been using CSS since I started out, so I'm used to always specify px.

Would it not be a good idea to always specify what you want anyway?

[iamback]

Originally Posted by Bo Aakerstrom

Would it not be a good idea to always specify what you want anyway?

Yes - but in HTML all you have is either pixels (no unit specified) or percentages (% specified). An anyway, it's a good idea it specify the size of an image in HTML - even if you are using CSS: for accessibility a page should work without CSS applied, and it will render better and without "jumping around" when image size is specified so the browser can immediately reserve the space before fetching the image and waiting for it to arrive.