sad code monkey is sad

[femkes_follies]

:-(

Why can I not get my images to display on my page. :-(

I can display them by typing in the direct url to the image file - but they won't show up in the page, even with the same url listed.

*whine*

Comments

[steelweaver.livejournal.com]

Just some suggestions, you've probably thought of at least some of these yourself, but I'm trying to be thorough:

- do you need to upload your pictures separately?
- does it need the location formatted in a specific way? with or without http:// in front of it, with or without www, with or without the domain name prefixed, etc. can make a difference.

[femkederoas.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the pictures are uploaded separately. I'll have to go try all the possible permutations and combinations.

All I really want is a quick-and-dirty view so I can take a screenshot for the .png thumbnail. Then I have to convert the .Xhtml file to a .php file, load the whole thing into another folder, change all the pathways and fix the styling to make the template work.

Therefore I am annoyed that the stupid busy work part is so frustrating.

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

What is your website addy?

[femkederoas.livejournal.com]

I'll get you something to look at when I have something to look at. ;-) It won't be as pretty as your stuff, but it's been a learning experience.

Finally got the images up.

I gave up on modding a template - I can't tell what code is for what thing, so I never know what can be removed.

I surrendered and wrote one from scratch. Install was successful, now I just have to go back and correct paths and styling. ;-)

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

Ok, I gave this some thought and here are my pointers on customizing the template that you're using.

You do not NEED to create a new thumbnail, php file etc to customize an existing template, you can use edit the template as it already is.

A super easy way to do this is to extract the template .zip file on your hardrive.
Look at ja_purity_ii_-_stable_version.v1.2.0\Templates\jatc_ja_purity_ii_j15\images\header

These are the headers that they already have set up, the size is 600X80. If you create a header file thats 600x80, you can rename one of their files header1_old, and rename your customized header file header1 and upload it to
/public_html/templates/jatc_ja_purity_ii_j15/images on your server.

The software is just looking for a file named header1.jpg, header2.jpg or header3.jpg thats 600x80, any .jpg file will do as long as it has the right name.

The rest of the image files that are part of the template are in
ja_purity_ii_-_stable_version.v1.2.0\Templates\jatc_ja_purity_ii_j15\images\

You can modify those and as long as they are the right size, not changes will need to be made to the CSS files.

Make sense?

Now to put an image in an article is different, and that's done with an editor.

If you're still having trouble, let me know.

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I just realized that the new header file should go to


/public_html/templates/jatc_ja_purity_ii_j15/images/header
to overwrite their file with your file.