Accessing .jpg files on my site using Internet Explorer

[candeconsulting]

I want to view the pictures I have uploaded to my site using Internet Explorer. When I type in the path

www.candeconsulting/uploads/boat.jpg, I get a 404 message, file not found. Is there some other path name that I should be using? I can see the files using FTP and they are under the /uploads directory.

Thanks

[(jj)]

Where did you put the "uploads" directory? Is it inside of your htdocs directory or did you happen to put it outside of htdocs?

I tried to just go to http://www.candeconsulting.com/uploads/ and got a 404 error, which means to me that the uploads directory does not exist within htdocs.

[candeconsulting]

My uploads is not under htdocs. If that is where it should go, to be able to access the path that you tried, I will change it and give it a try.

Thanks for your help!

[Pig]

any viewable files MUST go into htdocs. By definition, htdocs is the viewable area of your site. htdocs is the root of your viewable site.

[candeconsulting]

I have created the uploads directory in htdocs, and can now view the directory through IE. But when I click on the file Sample.jpg it is not displayed? Also, I want to display this file on a webpage, but I cannot seem to get the correct path? What would be the path name that I would put in this HTML code to display the Sample.jpg picture: <IMG SRC="Sample.jpg" ALT="Agents Picture">

Thanks!

www.candeconsulting.com/uploads/ - this shows the file Sample.jpg

[The Visitor]

I'm getting an "image cannot be displayed because it contains errors" message. It was probably uploaded in ascii instead of binary. You may want to re-upload it as a binary and try again.

Also, if you're calling it from outside the upload directory, you're going to have to specify the directory. <img src="upload/Sample.jpg" alt=Agent Picture" />

Also, some unsolicited advice :).

Files on Unix systems are case sensitive, so most people find it useful to adopt a single naming strategy and use it throughout their site. Naming all files in lower case works best for me. :)

[candeconsulting]

I got it to work!!!! Thanks to all for your help and advice. This forum is a great tool for getting the help I needed.