I want the path to the file to look like this: "/assets/style/home.css"
But even though VSCode recognizes this path, and takes me there when I click it, the CSS doesn't appear on the page. It only appears when the path has the two dots: "../assets/style/home.css"
Any ideas on how can I fix this? This is what the entire path looks like:
It's like that with every single path I use in this project, actually. I have to use the two dots for everything.
The "../" means that it is to return a directory, as your HTML file is inside the PAGES directory it is necessary to use the "../".
To call the css file like this "/assets/style/home.css" you need to move the assets folder into the PAGES folder
The "../" before the file path is used to move up one directory level. It seems that the HTML file linking to the CSS file is in a subdirectory and the CSS file is in a directory one level up. If you want to use the path "/assets/style/home.css" the file should be in the same directory as the HTML file or a subdirectory of the HTML file.
You could also consider using absolute path instead of relative path, it would work regardless of where the HTML file is.
Upvote if it helps.
Your code should work if RANDOMWEBSITE is the root folder of the web server.
It will work in VSCode if you open the folder RANDOMWEBSITE, but perhaps your webserver is configured to use a different root folder above your directory.
For example the root folder might be html, and your website is at html/RANDOMWEBSITE/. In this case it would look for the css file in html/assets/style/home.css, rather than html/RANDOMWEBSITE/assets/style/home.css.
Check what the root folder of the webserver is set to and reconfigure, or alternativly remove the RANDOMWEBSITE folder from your folder tree and work within the existing root folder.
You have to do that because .html is isn't "in the same line" as css. You can imagine that it's something like a crossroad if turn right but then you realise that you want to go left firstly you have to go back and than you can turn left. If you want do do "/assets/etc" you need to move you .html file to "randomwebsite/.html"
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I am learning HTML and i am keeping my secondary websites in /subwebsites/website.html
/ is the root folder containing also index.html:
File structure
However, opening the subwebsites anywhere outside of the VSCode live server browser makes the subwebsites not be able to find any stylesheet, other .html file or image anymore. It works with the index.html, but as soon as the website is contained in a subfolder it won't work anymore. I am sure it has to do with the way my paths are set but i tried everything I know off:
styles/main.css
./styles/main.css
/styles/main.css
picture showing how i added my paths
Thanks for your help in advance.
In this case your html file need to go one level up. So for this you can easily use ../.
So just use this:
../styles/main.css ^_^
or
./../styles/main.css for your subwebsites.
But better to think to start use some kind of local server. For example, live-server for VSCode.
Also useful information for you:
/ - root of the current drive
./ - current directory
../ - parent of the current directory
you can use ~/styles/main.css or ../styles/main.css
../ is previous folder
~/ is root of server
The reason, may be server look for style inside this folder. And can't find it.
I stored my index.css in my css folder but the pictures i put here is outside the css folder and is inside the pics folder. I tried ../pics/walp.png but it's not working.
I suggest you compare the complete directory trees of both the .CSS and .PNG files and also make sure you have the exact path of .PNG file mentioned in the .CSS.
You may have to check it from the command line (in terminal), to get the complete folder paths.
For each time you go back a folder you have to make sure you include
a ../ to represent going back a folder.
Make sure spelling and capitalization are also in check.
One other option is to see if you can use /pics/walp.png -
sometimes this works based on file structure and operating system (however, relative paths are always recommended if you can get it to work)
Also, it would help to see the code you are using to make sure its
not the code causing the problems instead of file paths.
Here is the path I am working with - /public_html/websystems/websystems.css
The HTML file I am trying to link is in the public_html directory and named index.html
The CSS file I am trying to link is in the websystems directory and named websystems.css
The contents of the files are shown in the images below.
HTML file
CSS file
Why are none of the styles I've set in my CSS file applying to my HTML file?
Thanks for your help.
Try this,
websystems/websystems.css
Note that, (taken from Quick Reminder About File Paths)
Is the image in the same directory as the file referencing it?
Is the image in a directory below?
Is the image in a directory above?
By "below" and "above", I mean subdirectories and parent directories.
Relative file paths give us a way to travel in both directions. Take a
look at my primitive example:
Here is all you need to know about relative file paths:
Starting with "/" returns to the root directory and starts there
Starting with "../" moves one directory backwards and starts there
Starting with "../../" moves two directories backwards and starts there (and so on...)
To move forward, just start with the first subdirectory and keep moving forward
Change the /websystems/websystems.css to just websystems/websystems.css and see if that works. That's a path relative to the current path of index.html.
I have a problem in my html pages
when I use "root-relative" paths it isn't make the path correctly
instead of direct to the folder of index.html it direct to the father folder.
Example:
My index.html is: Websites/MySite/index.html
when I make a link in index.html to "/" it direct me to Websites/
what is the problem?
Root is the first folder that your work begins. Your site root is actually Websites/. So it acts correct. Maybe some hosts consider the folder that your html file is on it as root. If you want to have no problem with this, you should make all relative links work with your main root.
There is a php function that gives your current html file path. You can use it before your links. like:
<?php php_function ?>/mylink
The root path is a setting in the server config. If you want to reach something relative to your index.html than you would use ./ and ../
You can go back with ../ and stay in the directory with ./ where the file you are using is in.
For example if you want to reach the file
Websites/someFile.txt
from your index.html in
Websites/MySite/index.html
you would have to use the relative path
../someFile.txt
and if you wanted to use the file
Websites/MySite/subDirectory/some.css
from the same index.html you would write
./subDirectory/some.css
I hope that helps, if not feel free to ask, or make you question more precise.
And if you want to read more about relative url's you can visit the mozilla develop network ("Going back in the directory tree")
This probably a silly question but,
I have a project set up on my Desktop at:
~/Desktop/composer/
Inside this directory I have my folders:
css and templates
Inside my templates folder I have my index.html file, and I need to reference my css file in my css folder, but I can figure out how
I have tried:
/../css/style.css and /../../css/style.css, but neither of them work.
Thanks for your help.
You need to remove the leading /, since it denotes the root of your filesystem. Try ../css/style.css.