avoiding external references...

[LaFFiNMaN]

hi peeps...

i am new to all this so sorry for the simple questions:

i created a site layout in dreamweaver, this was within a folder on my desktop along with some images... i linked the file to actinic and it all works great, but when i try to upload it says i have clashing filenames due to external references...

when i did this on the actinic training course it all seemed to go swimmingly by working from the desktop, but now even thought the images in the html file i created are linked as follows:

background: url('footerbar.gif') repeat-x top left;

when i look at the source of the files in the PreviewHTML folder they are referenced like this:

background: url('file:///C:/Documents and Settings/LaFFiNMaN/Desktop/Evotech Files/NoMessin/footerbar.gif') repeat-x top left;

...

i tried just copying the images to site root folder (dispite never having to do this on the course) and it still wants to reference externally...

so my question:

what is the correct methodology of working with graphics, html & css outside and then getting it all neatly into actinic without external referencing occuring?

[jont]

Actinic works happiest if everything is contained in the site1 folder ... CSS and template images are best kept in the root of the site1 folder.

I would re-open the outer layout in Dreamweaver and move the images and CSS into the site1 folder... this should update the links to the images.. save the page and the alterations will show inside Actinic (swapping sections often forces the preview window to refresh). Just copying the images into the site1 folder is not updating the links in the template.

[LaFFiNMaN]

but if i do that wont the original html have long-tail links (file://... and all that) so the roles are just reversed?

[cdicken]

Simon - although the preview contains the file:// paths, the uploaded files will not, so it will work fine on the the online store.