Template assigns local paths to links

Question

Hey everyone: I have several templates using the same CSS
driven links, created with a UL; the LIs have individual IDs and
individual background graphics as markers; with <some> of the
templates, not all of them (but all using the same code -- snippets
for the semantic markup and the CSS) will assign 'local' paths to
the links for the LI's bg markers........then of course, they won't
work online, and I can't alter the code without dismissing the
template relationship..........argghh! Does this sound familiar to
anyone........?
Here's a link: it's the twitter/facebook/RSS link in the
sidebar that's the villain; it should have icons of the three as
markers...if you check the CSS in the doc, you'll see the local
paths.....
http://www.ruthinstitute.org/pages/downloads.html

Answer 1

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reproduce it, and
sample files, please.
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"GPaul" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Murray
>
> I'm not sure what your thinking of, but you and I had an
extended
> conversation about this very same issue, to the point
that you were going
> to ask the development team about it (Template
background image help,
> 1/2/2009).It is an issue, and has been an issue, as
evidenced by the same
> issue being posted here on a daily basis.
>
> For unexplained reasons, sometimes when you insert a
background image by
> using the Properties Panel in a template, the path at
times becomes
> absolute (I dont know if it fails to convert or changes
back), but it has
> been an issue with DW8 and CS3, on 3 different machines
(not to mention
> the other posters with similar symptoms). So perhaps
there is some
> predictablity to the rules, its just not the ones it is
supposed to be
> playing by.
>
> "Murray *ACE*" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> In spite of what GPaul suggests, DW's templates play
by a predictable set
>> of rules. If your links are correct in the template
page FOR the
>> template page, they will always be correct in the
child pages UNLESS DW
>> thinks that your child pages are not within the
local root folder.
>> Clearly, it thinks that this image -
>>
>> file:///Macintosh HD/Users/toddbingham/Websites
Current/Ruth
>> Institute/design/bg.logo.sm_blu.gif
>>
>> is outside the root folder for the site.
>>
>> Things that can cause problems with these paths can
include spaces in
>> your file/folder names.
>>
>> Have you tried assigning ROOT relative links to the
background images,
>> e.g.,
>>
>> body {
>> font: 100% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
>> background: #666666 url(/Ruth
Institute/design/bg.logo.sm_blu.gif);
>>
>> (assuming the 'Ruth Institute' folder is the root
for the site)?
>>
>> --
>> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
>> Adobe Community Expert
>> (If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do
so!)
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>>
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>>
>>
>> "tbfa" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Hey everyone: I have several templates using the
same CSS driven links,
>>> created with a UL; the LIs have individual IDs
and individual
>>> background
>>> graphics as markers; with <some> of the
templates, not all of them (but
>>> all
>>> using the same code -- snippets for the semantic
markup and the CSS)
>>> will
>>> assign 'local' paths to the links for the LI's
bg markers........then of
>>> course, they won't work online, and I can't
alter the code without
>>> dismissing
>>> the template relationship..........argghh! Does
this sound familiar to
>>> anyone........?
>>>
>>> Here's a link: it's the twitter/facebook/RSS
link in the sidebar that's
>>> the
>>> villain; it should have icons of the three as
markers...if you check
>>> the CSS
>>> in the doc, you'll see the local paths.....
>>>
>>>
http://www.ruthinstitute.org/pages/downloads.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>