Constructing a URL Options

[LargeAllen]

I need to construct a URL string when using images or subfiles.
This is really needed so I don't have to input a long string hundreds of times.
It only makes sense to just have file names in the body, so when I transition to the
host site I only would need to make one string change.

[pandy]

Sorry, I don't understand what you want to do. Can you explain?

[pandy]

Or wait. Maybe I do understand. Do you mean you want the same URLs to work on your local machine and on the server, when you've uploaded your stuff?

If so use relative URLs. As long as you keep the same file structure they'll work anywhere.

https://htmlhelp.com/faq/html/basics.html#relative-url

That is if you for example have your HTML files in one folder and inside that folder you have another folder called "images" where you keep all your images you can use URLs like this in the IMG tags.

CODE

images/picture.jpg

[LargeAllen]

Or wait. Maybe I do understand. Do you mean you want the same URLs to work on your local machine and on the server, when you've uploaded your stuff?

If so use relative URLs. As long as you keep the same file structure they'll work anywhere.

https://htmlhelp.com/faq/html/basics.html#relative-url

That is if you for example have your HTML files in one folder and inside that folder you have another folder called "images" where you keep all your images you can use URLs like this in the IMG tags.

CODE

images/picture.jpg

Do I understand this correctly ?
I do the local work on my laptop in the folder c:/myname/website/
Everything is within this folder. When I'm happy with what I see, I transfer it to my website in bulk.
Since I use 'relative' url's, it does not matter what the url is of the website, it will simply work.
Am I missing anything?

[pandy]

I think you understand it right. Transfer the content of the website folder though, not the whole folder. You don't want a folder named website up there.

[LargeAllen]

I think you understand it right. Transfer the content of the website folder though, not the whole folder. You don't want a folder named website up there.

Gotcha! Thanks for your help.

[pandy]

Good. You're welcome.