photo gallery table not working

j_c · Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

Hi there, I'm pretty new to code and am having problems adding a row of thumbnails to my photo gallery. The thumbnails are set up in a 3 column table. I know the code for the first row is fine - it was written by someone who knew what he was doing! But now I'm trying to add the next row. He did set it up so that I could just slot in the new info, but I'm having issues.

I'm writing the code in World Book Notepad (I'm on a Mac), and I don't have web page software. When I open the file in IE, Netscape, Safari, etc. it seems to be working. But when I upload it to my site, the new photos don't appear.

Here's the address for the photo page: http://www.members.shaw.ca/jumanah/gallery.htm

And here's the code - both the first 3 that work and the second row that doesn't (I'm sorry if it's not too pretty):

<tr>
<td valign="top">
<table width="375" align="center">
<td valign="top" width="125" align="left">
<a href="images/gallery/jumanah1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="images/gallery/jumanah1thumb.jpg"></a>
</td>
<td valign="top" width="125" align="center">
<a href="images/gallery/jumanah2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="images/gallery/jumanah2thumb.jpg"></a>
</td>
<td valign="top" width="125" align="right" >
<a href="images/gallery/jumanah3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="images/gallery/jumanah3thumb.jpg"></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="125" align="left">
<a href="images/gallery/jumsham1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="images/gallery/jumsham1thumb.jpg"></a>
</td>
<td valign="top" width="125" align="center">
<a href="images/gallery/jumanahblue.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="images/gallery/jumanahbluethumb.jpg"></a>
</td>
<td valign="top" width="125" align="left">
<a href="images/gallery/jumblueveil.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="images/gallery/jumblueveilthumb.jpg"></a> </td>
</tr>

Let me know if more info is needed. Thanks in advance for your help!
JC

Corey Bryant · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:48 pm

The code is fine - the images are not showing up which leads me to believe the path is incorrect. First - have you uploaded the images?

If so, is the name spelled correctly? On a *NIX server, it is case sensitive, meaning jumanahbluethumb.jpg is not the same as jumanahbluethumb.JPG or Jumanahbluethumb.jpg. (On windows, it does not matter.)

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j_c · Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

Hi -

I did upload the images. They are in the correct folder, and do have the correct names (on hunting for previous posts I came across one that mentioned the case-sensitivity, so made sure to fix that)

Well, let me rephrase - i believe that I have uploaded the images... I followed the same procedure as with the other pages that I've updated, and it always worked before. I just tried again to be sure I had done it, and yup, I did. I'm uploading via terminal - ftp to shaw.ca and put the file on. Even tried deleting the old one first (though that was never an issue before).

Any other ideas? I'm at a loss...

JC

Corey Bryant · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:34 am

Well you are pointing to

j_c · Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

ah ha! I see now.... I had uploaded the gallery file, but not the images file.

Unfort, this leads me to another problem - how do I upload those files? (My friend neglected to mention this in the instructions he left before heading off to tour the world...)

When I go into terminal, I connect to shaw via ftp (not sure if that's the correct way to describe this process, but I'm pretty sure you know what I mean), and log on. So then, looking at the list of files that is uploaded, I have (among others) gallery.htm and images with no file extension.

When I upload any of the files with extensions, I just type "put gallery.htm" and it does. But when I try typing "put images" it comes back with a message stating that "images: not a plain file".

So I'm guessing that there is something in the uploading procedure that I'm missing. Would you happen to know what it is?

thanks Smile

Corey Bryant · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:32 am

What program are you using to FTP? Do you use a browser or an FTP program?

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j_c · Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

I guess it would be an FTP program. It's just called Terminal on the Mac I use. I open that up, type "cd jumanahweb" to get into the right directory, then "ftp ftp.shaw.ca" to connect to shaw, type in my username and password, then upload the htm files.

Does that help?

Corey Bryant · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:11 am

Gotcha - you need to make sure there is a folder on the server called images/gallery and then you need to put each image on the server. Try something like: put jumsham1thumb.jpg

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j_c · Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

Yay! it worked!

I was just missing the part about accessing the correct directory - both on the server and in my own hard drive (duh).

thanks so much for your help!

jc

Corey Bryant · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:22 am

Very glad it worked out - good luck with the site!