Suzanne — Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:21:40 +0000

Yes, that's exactly what I mean.

../images/header.jpg means "go up one directory, then over to images folder and get header.jpg".

If you're any deeper in, you'll get missing images.

You can also use relative to root urls (also called absolute urls, annoyingly):

/images/header.jpg

Which says, from the main level, go to the images folder and get the header.jpg. You won't run into any broken images that way, but it can cause issues for poorly written spiders (who are the most often visitors of 404 pages).

Therefore, I suggested using full absolute urls -- http://yourdomain.com/images/header.jpg which is not as friendly if you change domains, and carries a slight code and server penalty because it must look for the domain first and then the folders, but prevents worse problems.

sredhead — Sun, 26 Oct 2003 06:28:58 +0000

Hi Suzanne,
Do you mean rather than putting .../images/header.jpg I should put http://stevenredhead.com/images/header.jpg? If so it's easy and thanks for the idea.
Steven

sredhead — Sun, 26 Oct 2003 06:25:01 +0000

Hi Suzanne,
Thank you for your reply. Sounds interesting, but what are 'full absolute urls' that I should use on the 404 page? A quick idea on how to do this would be most helpful if you have the time and it is not too much to ask. All the jpgs/giffs for the 404 page are all in the master directory.
Cheers,
Steven

Suzanne — Sun, 26 Oct 2003 04:01:16 +0000

Use full absolute urls for all links and images in a 404 page.