Locating a Picture file

Hello,

I'm using a master page with a background image for all pages within my website. The code I'm using to display the background is as follows:







This works fine for any page that is not stored in a subfolder (e.g. it works fine for default.aspx), however, it doesn't work for a page such as one located at /plantsearch/textsearch.aspx, which is located in a subfolder (the browser tries to look for the image at /plantsearch/images...). I've tried playing around with the "/" and "~" at the start of the code show above but without success. I realise I couldjust usethe whole URLto identify the background image is located but surely there is an easier way?





Many thanks,


Luke

 

The ~ is only understood by server side controls. The HTML code you have pasted below is rendered to the client, therefore the ~ is not understood.

Your path should start with /


Joel Thoms
DiscountASP.NET
http://www.DiscountASP.NET

 

Joel is definitely right here.

Remember that starting a URL with a / means you are referencing the root directory regardless of what directory you are currently located in. So your paths will look something like '/images/picture.jpg' even if you are in some other folder.

 

Or you can use relative path like ".../images/welcome.gif"

J. Bey
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