[wellylug] Configuring web site files to display images correctly

Alex Thomson Alex.Thomson at solnetsolutions.co.nz
Wed Dec 6 09:03:05 NZDT 2006


John Durham wrote:
> After trying to get images to display from my server for a couple of
> days, it seems I must be missing something important. Whether it is in
> the server configuration or the html code is hard to say. I've compared
> my html with what appeared on Jethro's website (it appears to be
> structurally similar and correct), I'm now wondering if there are any
> other config files unknown to me that require editing to get the site to
> find its images when visited by the public?
> 
> Below is a sample of the html that contains an image, but doesn't
> display it:
> <center><br><img src="/images/ruler.gif" height=31 width=500
> alt="ruler">
> 
> This could be a difference between configuration of the web files for
> use on a Ubuntu Linux server and the previous (windows server). What
> could I be missing, guys?

I can't see anything wrong with the code- the only obvious thing that 
springs to mind is that the file ruler.gif might not be readable by all?

Does the apache log say anything (missing file, unable to open file, etc.?)


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