Gif-animation

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ehellm
May 15, 2005
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I like to put some gif animation on my web site, I use dreamweaver ’cause I don’t know much html. It works if I preview in IE, but when I’ve sent it to my site I can see only a square with a little x in it. The animation is not made on my computer, I got it from the net. Can someone give me an idea of what is wrong?
E.H.

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Steen
May 15, 2005
my site I can see only a square with a little x in it. The animation is
not
made on my computer, I got it from the net. Can someone give me an idea of what is wrong?
E.H.

If you have copied the animation from the web, you might only have saved a single picture and not the animation.

1. Find the animation again
2. Drag it into e.g. Adobe image ready
3. Save from Image Ready as optimized

That should work.

Cheers
Steen
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btopenworld
May 15, 2005
If you can see a square where the image should be it means that the browser cannot find the image. Check that you have uploaded it properly and that it is in the correct folder.

If you right click the square, it will show you where the browser is looking for the image – it will show the name of the images and the path that the browser is looking for but cannot find..

Good luck

"E. H." wrote in message
I like to put some gif animation on my web site, I use dreamweaver ’cause
I
don’t know much html. It works if I preview in IE, but when I’ve sent it
to
my site I can see only a square with a little x in it. The animation is
not
made on my computer, I got it from the net. Can someone give me an idea of what is wrong?
E.H.

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ehellm
May 15, 2005
Thank you Steen, I did as you said, but it’s still the same, as I said, the thing works in preview in internet explorer, all the frames are there, but when it gets on the net it’s that darn little red x. So, have you, or anyone else, got a clue?
E.H.

Steen wrote:
my site I can see only a square with a little x in it. The animation is not made on my computer, I got it from the net. Can someone give me an idea of what is wrong?
E.H.

If you have copied the animation from the web, you might only have saved a single picture and not the animation.

1. Find the animation again
2. Drag it into e.g. Adobe image ready
3. Save from Image Ready as optimized

That should work.

Cheers
Steen
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ehellm
May 15, 2005
Hi, thank you, it seems to me it should be OK, but it does not work, the site is http://home.online.no/~ehellm/index.htm , don’t bother about the site, i’m a amateur, and this is only for my family and friends.
E.H.

btopenworld wrote:
If you can see a square where the image should be it means that the browser cannot find the image. Check that you have uploaded it properly and that it is in the correct folder.

If you right click the square, it will show you where the browser is looking for the image – it will show the name of the images and the path that the browser is looking for but cannot find..

Good luck

"E. H." wrote in message
I like to put some gif animation on my web site, I use dreamweaver ’cause I don’t know much html. It works if I preview in IE, but when I’ve sent it to my site I can see only a square with a little x in it. The animation is not made on my computer, I got it from the net. Can someone give me an idea of what is wrong?
E.H.
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Tacit
May 15, 2005
In article <qoKhe.10133$>,
"E. H." wrote:

I like to put some gif animation on my web site, I use dreamweaver ’cause I don’t know much html. It works if I preview in IE, but when I’ve sent it to my site I can see only a square with a little x in it.

That means that the path to the GIF file is not right, or that you did not upload the GIF file to your Web site.

When you are working in Dreamweaver, the GIF file should be in the same folder as the HTML file. Otherwise, you may create a situation where it does not work when you upload it because the HTML file will still be looking for the GIF on your hard drive, not on the server. When you upload the file, then the file must be uploaded to the same directory as your HTML file; it will not work if it is uploaded to a different directory.


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Tacit
May 15, 2005
In article <OKNhe.10153$>,
"E. H." wrote:

Hi, thank you, it seems to me it should be OK, but it does not work, the site is http://home.online.no/~ehellm/index.htm , don’t bother about the site, i’m a amateur, and this is only for my family and friends.
E.H.

When you made the site in Dreamweaver, you did not have the GIF in the same folder as your HTML file. You had the GIF in the folder above your HTML file, in another folder called "animert."

Put the GIF in the SAME FOLDER as the HTML file. Then place it in Dreamweaver. Then upload the GIF and the HTML file to your Web site.


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Hecate
May 15, 2005
On Sun, 15 May 2005 21:51:04 +0200, "E. H." wrote:

Hi, thank you, it seems to me it should be OK, but it does not work, the site is http://home.online.no/~ehellm/index.htm , don’t bother about the site, i’m a amateur, and this is only for my family and friends.
E.H.
The other problem tends to be the naming convention. The majority of site servers use some form of Unix. The name you give the file can cause the file to not be found. You should always name the file in small case with no spaces.



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Corey
May 15, 2005
"tacit" wrote in message
In article <qoKhe.10133$>,
"E. H." wrote:

I like to put some gif animation on my web site, I use dreamweaver
’cause I
don’t know much html. It works if I preview in IE, but when I’ve sent it
to
my site I can see only a square with a little x in it.

That means that the path to the GIF file is not right, or that you did not upload the GIF file to your Web site.

When you are working in Dreamweaver, the GIF file should be in the same folder as the HTML file. Otherwise, you may create a situation where it does not work when you upload it because the HTML file will still be looking for the GIF on your hard drive, not on the server. When you upload the file, then the file must be uploaded to the same directory as your HTML file; it will not work if it is uploaded to a different directory.


Art, photography, shareware, polyamory, literature, kink: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html

When you upload and Dreamweaver asks if you wish to include dependent files, click yes.

Your GIF should be here:
http://home.online.no/animert/2oeye.gif

but your site is here:
http://home.online.no/~ehellm/index.htm

Note the differing parts of the URL…the "animert" and the "~ehellm" folders. This may very well be the problem.

My guess is that the GIF file is outside your root directory folder in Dreamweaver. You will need to copy and paste the GIF to your local root folder for your site and then upload it to the server.

Peadge 🙂
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ehellm
May 15, 2005
Thanks a lot to all of you, as many times before you guys are the solution to my computer-problems
E.H.
E. H. wrote:
I like to put some gif animation on my web site, I use dreamweaver ’cause I don’t know much html. It works if I preview in IE, but when I’ve sent it to my site I can see only a square with a little x in it. The animation is not made on my computer, I got it from the net. Can someone give me an idea of what is wrong?
E.H.
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Broga
May 15, 2005
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When you are working in Dreamweaver, the GIF file should be in the same folder as the HTML file. Otherwise, you may create a situation where it does not work when you upload it because the HTML file will still be looking for the GIF on your hard drive, not on the server. When you upload the file, then the file must be uploaded to the same directory as your HTML file; it will not work if it is uploaded to a different directory.
<Unquote>

Sorry but this simply is not true.
There is absolutely no need whatsoever to keep graphics and html in the same folder – in fact many would consider this to be bad practice. What you must do is make sure that your graphic exists within the site structure and that your html page links to the graphic in the site not another copy on your hard drive. Then make sure that both your html and your graphic are uploaded to your server from within the site. If your graphic is in a separate folder then you have to upload that folder at least once to your server to maintain the path.

Dreamweaver will attempt to help you do this automatically

When you set up a site using Dreamweaver it asks for your default graphics folder,
When you add a graphic to the site from outside it prompts you to import it into this folder within the site structure
When you place a graphic into a web page either by browsing or using the pointer system DW creates either a relative link or an absolute address link to the graphic depending on the preferences you set up.
When you upload your site all you have to do is to remember to upload your graphics folder as well as the html.
Even if you forget to do this DW usually prompts you by asking ‘Do you want to include dependant files’
If you answer Yes the graphic gets uploaded with the html file, each into it’s own folder.

The most common mistake is to try to upload the graphics file without first uploading its folder.

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Tacit
May 15, 2005
In article <d68jkg$m7c$>,
"broga" wrote:

There is absolutely no need whatsoever to keep graphics and html in the same folder – in fact many would consider this to be bad practice.

Yes, you are absolutely correct, and in fact my own Web site is built with graphics in an "images" directory.

However, I have observed that many people who do not understand HTML and do not understand file paths have a great deal of difficulty solving problems until they first start by keeping their graphics and HTML files in the same place. Once a person does this, and learns to create HTML files that work, then that person can (if he chooses) learn how to create pages where the directory structure on the Web server mirrors that on his local hard drive.

If trhe original poster keeps the GIF in the same directory as the HTML file, the problem he is having will be solved. If at that point he then wants to learn how filepaths work, so much the better–but everyone has to start somewhere.


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Broga
May 16, 2005

"tacit" wrote in message
In article <d68jkg$m7c$>,
"broga" wrote:

There is absolutely no need whatsoever to keep graphics and html in the same
folder – in fact many would consider this to be bad practice.

Yes, you are absolutely correct, and in fact my own Web site is built with graphics in an "images" directory.

However, I have observed that many people who do not understand HTML and do not understand file paths have a great deal of difficulty solving problems until they first start by keeping their graphics and HTML files in the same place. Once a person does this, and learns to create HTML files that work, then that person can (if he chooses) learn how to create pages where the directory structure on the Web server mirrors that on his local hard drive.

If trhe original poster keeps the GIF in the same directory as the HTML file, the problem he is having will be solved. If at that point he then wants to learn how filepaths work, so much the better–but everyone has to start somewhere.


Art, photography, shareware, polyamory, literature, kink: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html

It was the use of the word ‘must’ in your original post that I disagreed with.
You’re telling him something must be done in a certain way while Dreamweaver is probably prompting him to do something else.

Otherwise I think what you say here is true, especially if you’re learning to build html with a text editor or something similar.

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noone
May 16, 2005
In article <VFNhe.10152$ says…
Thank you Steen, I did as you said, but it’s still the same, as I said, the thing works in preview in internet explorer, all the frames are there, but when it gets on the net it’s that darn little red x. So, have you, or anyone else, got a clue?
E.H.

Steen wrote:
my site I can see only a square with a little x in it. The animation is not made on my computer, I got it from the net. Can someone give me an idea of what is wrong?
E.H.

If you have copied the animation from the web, you might only have saved a single picture and not the animation.

1. Find the animation again
2. Drag it into e.g. Adobe image ready
3. Save from Image Ready as optimized

That should work.

Cheers
Steen

It sounds like the GIF is not in the folder that is specified in your HTML. It may not have been uploaded to your site, or if it has been, then the URL, pointing to it, is not correct. Check that link in an HTML editor, or in Dreamweaver. IIRC, you should be able to get the link in the "Properties" viewing panel. Sorry, I don’t have DW on this machine, and cannot recall the exact pallette name off the top of my pointy little head.

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