I am new to Dreamweaver and have just started the Cooking Place web site and need some help. The problem I have is that I don't see images when I test the site in a browser using F12. I have done 'put' and can see the image directory and files on the remote test server. I have Windows XP Home edition and so have setup a remote test site (in the free web space provided by my ISP) using the instructions in Appendix E.

Hi there,

What settings do you have for the local and remote server? What address does the browser display for the page? And what happens if you right click an image in your page (the broken image) and choose Properties. What Url does it show?

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
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Imar,

Many thanks for quick answer. Here are replies to your questions:
- What settings are you interested in for the local and remote server (sorry I'm newish to this)?
- The address for the page is http://www.timmot.plus.com/index.htm
- On a broken image the url it shows when choosing properties is http://www.timmot.plus.com/images/topleft2.gif

It looks a configuration problem to me. If I browse to http://www.timmot.plus.com/images/ I can see the image page.gif.

However, if I browse to http://www.timmot.plus.com/images/page.gif, I get a permission error.

You'll need to configure the images folder for read-access, or ask your provider to do that.

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
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Imar,
Thanks again. I'll get my provider to check the read access on the images folder. Meanwhile why can I access the files for the news, contact and regions buttons eg http://www.timmot.plus.com/images/news_over.gif which is also in the images folder?

I believe there is / was a bug in Dreamweaver that causes DW to incorrectly set the rights for files while FTP-ing.
Try using another FTP program like WS_FTP (www.ipswitch.com) or Smart FTP (www.smartftp.com) and see if that makes a difference.

HtH,

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

Imar, I tried the Smart FTP program and it solved the problem. It is easy to see the file permissions from this program, but can you do the same in DW? Also what should these be set to? I'm using the trial version of DW from the book and will upgrade to a new version soon so this should help solve the DW FTP problem anyway. Many thanks - I can now get on building the Cooking Place!

I think what you see with Smart FTP is *your* permissions in accessing the FTP folder. This is different from the access permissions the web server requires to, at least, read the images. So, even if you can write to the /Images folder, the web server probably can't.

Your settings / requirements may vary with your setup, but usually read permissions for only the Images folder should be enough.

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.