image does not appear in localhost/index.html

andrei_b · 07-21-2009, 04:38 PM

Hello!

I've just installed Apache, PHP5 and MySql on my computer. I'm using Ubuntu 9.04.
I've set the root directory (I suppose that is 'localhost') to /home/andrei/Public, by slightly changing /etc/apache2/sites-available/default.

There is a html file in my directory, 'index.html'...
<html>
<body>
<img src="abcd.png">
</body>
</html>

(abcd.png is in that directory, .../.../Public, the 'localhost' directory)

... if I open the html file by double-clik on it, FireFox opens and the image is displayed. But, when I type http://localhost/index.html in FireFox or Opera... the image does not appear, instead the alternate text appears.

I've tried in so many ways to write the path to the image, but still it doesn't give up... it doesn't want to be seen...

Thank you in advance!
Have a good day!

andrei_b · 07-22-2009, 04:12 PM

anyone..? please
i've tested a html file, on my desktop, not in the localhost directory, and this was unsuccessuful too. what is wrong?
<html><body>
<img width=250 height=250 src="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BergenHordalandNorwayVagen.jpg">
</body></html>
I am using both Firefox and Opera.

ecorg911 · 07-22-2009, 04:28 PM

This is more of a web dev question..

But try putting an absolute path the image file e.g.

<img src="/home/andrei/Public/abcd.png">

and

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BergenHordalandNorwayVagen.jpg"
will not work, becuase it's not an image file, try:

Quote:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...orwayVagen.jpg

andrei_b · 07-22-2009, 05:01 PM

thank you! now, the test html file with the image from wikipedia works fine. but still, the html files from the server directory does not display the images... i've tried both relative and absolute paths, then with 'localhost' in front (http://localhost/image.jpg), then with semicolon '.../image' and with ".../image".

links work fine, frames work fine, .css files too. php and mysql tests are ok. i can't figure out what is happening with the images.

have a good day!

sleddog · 07-22-2009, 07:15 PM

Apache writes two log files: an access log and an error log. The error log should provide some good clues for you. I'm not sure where the logs are stored on an Ubuntu setup -- have a look in the apache installation directory for a "logs" subdirectory. Also have a look in /var/log.