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ICF
20/10/2007, 16:35
I would like to store some pictures and avatars for my forum profile pages in my webspace.This I can do by uploading them what I can't do is access them without the use of an ftp client.How do I write a link to put in my profile for forums

Many thanks ICF
Gargoyle
20/10/2007, 16:53
Are you uploading them to the correct location I wonder?

They need to be uploaded to a location underneath the home/your_username/public_html/ directory, not the root

if say you have an image called avatar.jpg uploaded into the home/your_username/public_html/images/ folder then the url would be:

http://your_username/images/avatar.jpg
ICF
20/10/2007, 17:24
I placed them in the public_ftp folder inside another folder called myimages
What do you mean by home folder?I can't seem to find one called this.
Ircsum
20/10/2007, 17:29
It's named public_html, as Gargoyle mentioned. When you access your webspace via ftp you get to the root. You should see a folder there labelled public_html. That folder is the one you land in when you access the webspace via http (the http root), so your images should be tidily kept in a folder inside public_html.

Ircsum.
Gargoyle
20/10/2007, 18:49
I placed them in the public_ftp folder inside another folder called myimages
What do you mean by home folder?I can't seem to find one called this.

Sorry I was unclear. I forgot that the presentation of the folders in the FTP client is a little different to that in the Hosting cPanel file manager. Where the 'root' of your webspace as seen in the FTP client is actually called /home/your_username/ (have a look in the file manager, it will make sense then).

Otherwise just ignore me ;) and find the public_html folder as describes by Ircsum
ICF
20/10/2007, 19:16
I have put an image called Sofa2.gif in the folder called public_html
I have tried to access it with the url http://username/images/Sofa2.gif & it says that IE cannot display this page.
James
20/10/2007, 20:03
You need to put the file in public_html/images not just public_html

If you go to http://username/Sofa2.gif it should show up.

Public_html is http://username
Gargoyle
20/10/2007, 20:56
Am I sowing more confusion in my wake?

When I mentioned the folder /images it was just as an example, you can put them in any location you like, In /public_html as you have done or any subfolder(s) of your naming that you prefer.

Just modify the url suitably
Ircsum
20/10/2007, 22:37
At the risk of causing even further confusion...doh!.....the actual URL you should use to access Sofa2.gif in /public_html is (assuming your username is ICF):

http://icf.adsl24.co.uk/Sofa2.gif

I get a blank page when trying to access the URL above.

Ircsum.
Sparx
20/10/2007, 22:48
At the risk of causing even further confusion...doh!.....the actual URL you should use to access Sofa2.gif in /public_html is (assuming your username is ICF):

http://icf.adsl24.co.uk/Sofa2.gif

I get a blank page when trying to access the URL above.

Ircsum.

Well, the fact that - http://icf.adsl24.co.uk/ - Doesn't exist itself doesn't help..

What username are you using to log into with FTP? It'll be your ADSL24 account username, which is also your URL link.

http://yourusername.adsl24.co.uk/
ICF
21/10/2007, 06:24
:DCheers I have sorted it:D

http://username.adsl24.co.uk/myimages/Sofa2.gif
Gargoyle
21/10/2007, 08:04
See, easy really :D
ICF
21/10/2007, 08:28
:confused:Not when your 45 and thick:confused:
Sparx
22/10/2007, 03:29
See, easy really :D

Did you even try the link? Because it doesn't work! :p I don't think your ADSL24 account username is 'username' for some reason? ;)
Gargoyle
22/10/2007, 08:02
Did you even try the link? Because it doesn't work! :p I don't think your ADSL24 account username is 'username' for some reason? ;)

No I realised that this was not a proper link.

I assumed that since ICF had they had it sorted, that the use of 'username' in the link was just a dummy use in place of their real username.
Sparx
22/10/2007, 13:16
No I realised that this was not a proper link.

I assumed that since ICF had they had it sorted, that the use of 'username' in the link was just a dummy use in place of their real username.

Ah, confusion.. ICF, so have you actually sorted it now?
ICF
26/10/2007, 12:18
Yes all sorted now thanks all for your help.

I didn't think it was wise to put my up username for all to see

:)Sorry for the delay in posting been on holiday:)