Preview in browser doesn't load linked page images

Question

The site works fine when uploaded, but when I preview a page
(it's a work in progress site so constantly adding to it), it
previews fine, but when I click the links to other pages, it loads
the page with all the images in position but only as missing
images, ie. none display! Is this normal? It means I can't see it
properly until I upload it - kinda defeats the object of a preview
function??

Answer 1

> Is this normal?
Yes. Of course. If you are using root relative links, you
cannot click away
from the previewed page. The reason for this is the the
target page tells
the browser to fetch an image like <img
src="/whatever/whatever.gif"... and
the browser looks for this image at the root of the hard
drive, not the root
of the site.
The solution, if you want to click to new pages, is to not
use root relative
links. Only use document relative ones. To read more about
these two types
of links, go here -
http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/site_root_rel.htm
http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/document_vs_site.htm
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> The site works fine when uploaded, but when I preview a
page (it's a work
> in
> progress site so constantly adding to it), it previews
fine, but when I
> click
> the links to other pages, it loads the page with all the
images in
> position but
> only as missing images, ie. none display! Is this
normal? It means I can't
> see
> it properly until I upload it - kinda defeats the object
of a preview
> function??
>