Images not showing

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Megan Littke-Smith Posted: Wed, Jun 25 2008 5:24 PM

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I have added a background image on one of my pages, which displays fine when I am within the server environment. Externally, the image does not show. I've tried adding all sorts of permissions to the virtual directory and to the web folder; and to folder holding the media to be displayed. I'm not sure what else I can do.

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Alex Crome replied on Wed, Jun 25 2008 6:33 PM

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Firstly, how have you uploaded the image to your server - is it stored the CS Filestore or is it a normal file in your webspace.  Secondly, if you browse directly to the picture, does the picture itself show?

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hapgoo replied on Thu, Jun 26 2008 12:10 AM

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Its a big problem

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Megan Littke-Smith replied on Thu, Jun 26 2008 1:16 PM

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I have figured it out --- instead of using css / html to get an image to display (background-image:url(http://localhost/filestorage/searchback.gif);) --- upload the image through the media gallery. Notice the URL of the image: LOCALHOST --- that is why it is not viewable for external users.

To get an image to display using the MediaGallery use:

<CSControl:PlaceHolder>
                                        <CSMedia:MediaGalleryPostList ID="MediaGalleryPostList1" runat="server">
                                        <QueryOverrides ID="QueryOverrides1" runat="server" PostID="46" />
                                            <ItemTemplate>
                                             <CSMedia:MediaGalleryPostViewer ID="MediaGalleryPostViewer1" runat="server" ViewType="Preview" Width="220" Height="175" /><br />
                                            </ItemTemplate>
                                        </CSMedia:MediaGalleryPostList>

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Alex Crome replied on Thu, Jun 26 2008 4:32 PM

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CSS wise, you could always use

background-image:url(/filestorage/searchback.gif)

The browser will intepret the first slash to be the root of your website - e.g. localhost, www.mydomain.com