Changing Uneditable Graphics

I am not the one who designed the original graphics for our website so I do not know how they were supplied or where they are stored. I am looking to make some changes to them. Where would I find the original code or how would I go about changing things like our website's masthead that appears on every page? Thank you.

 

That's not possible to answer without seeing a little bit of the code for one of your pages. There are too many different ways to include images...

 

I don't have any of the code thats why I am trying to figure out where it would be stored. I do not have contact with the original designer who submitted the code for items like the masthead and things that can not be editted through the Content Manager. I was hoping there was just some standard location where I could find it. Thanks.

 

It'll be difficult, considering the limited information.

You would be able to find the location however, by going to your site and finding an image you want to find the location for. Depending on the browser, you can right-click an image and copy the image URL or image location. If you then paste the URL copied into the browser, it's basically a direct link to the image.

It should be some format like this:

http://domain/folder/image.jpg

This should tell you which folder it's under, so you're able to find the image.

Hope this helps.

 

Thank you to everyone for your assistance. Once I figure out where that image is stored, where do I find the actual folders that they are stored in? And then can I just swap out images? Thanks.

 

You can right click on any images and "View Image Info" (or "Properties" in Internet Explorer) to see where the images live.

For instance, if you right click on the "Post Reply" button on this page



You'll see that the path is:

Code:

http://community.discountasp.net/images/buttons/reply.gif

That means if you FTPed in this forum's root directory you would see a directory named images, then inside that directory another directory named buttons, and in that buttons directory you would find the image, which is reply.gif:

/images/buttons/reply.gif

If you need information on FTP, check these Knowledge Base articles.

 

Thank you. Once I figure out where an image is stored in the root directory, how do I go about replacing it with another image? Do I have to send it via FTP? Thanks.

 

If you are replacing it with an image of the same name, yes, all you have to do is FTP the new file up to the server.

If you are changing the file name you'll have to change the reference(s) to the image in the code, which is more complicated.

 

Thank you. I just want to replace a current image with a similar image. I can name it the same name and make sure it is the same size. Would I find information on sending an image via FTP in that link provided in one of the previous threads or is that link just for general FTP info? If so, where do I find information about sending files to the server? Thanks.

 

Hi,
Would this help?
Webcast showing how to:
1) Download the free Visual Web Developer
2) Adding and removing images.
3) Editing image links in pages.
All the best,
Mark

 

Yes, thank you, something like that would help tremendously.

 

..Should have this Webcast on-line today, working on it now.
All the best,
Mark

Update: Ran out of steam...Trying for tomorrow morning. ;-)

 

FAIL...

Today was one of those days...
I have completed the Webcast but need to encode it and then get it on-line.
One more day...

 

Those tend to happen to me very often.

 

...Indeed. ;-)
Nobody messes with me except with these little people below, who I do love big-time of course.
http://www.msftwise.com/assets/whackywisecarverkids.jpg

 

Here it is:
http://www.dasptv.com/avc-view.aspx?videoid=28&categoryid=1

Hope it is helpful.
Post any related questions that we can offer help with.
All the best,
Mark

 

Thank you but the video will not play. I even had our IT department try it and they couldn't get it to play either. The whole video screen just goes white.

 

Hi,
Thanks for reporting that.
The video is Silverlight Smooth Streaming.
DASPTV may not be showing you the loader, I can't be sure about that part.

Can you try this direct link to the server it is on?
http://64.209.142.3/MsftWebPlatform/default.html

That should work, it will however require Silverlight.
I can create alternative formats, when requested.
All the best,
Mark