Help w/ Add-On Domain (relative/absolute paths)

[roniabirk]

Okay, I searched, but I couldn't find something like this.

My main account's domain is onthedial.com. I have the Swamp Croc w/ 1 add-on domain, so I used Cpanel to create the add-on domain mike-uhler.com. It is pointed to the subdirectory "mu" under my main account's public_html folder.

So my question is, what kind of paths do I use to make it understand that I am trying to access the image folder under mu? I have the index.html page set up to read a background image from a css file and there is an image in the page, but they both are broken. I've tried:

/mu/images/file.jpg
mu/images/file.jpg
/images/file.jpg
images/file.jpg


None of which seem to work. I want this to seem flawless to an outsider, so it's pretty important that I get these paths to work, lol. I am about to remove the add-on domain and re-add it or something. Maybe I added it incorrectly? I don't think the "Username/directory/subdomain Name:" is very self-explanatory on the Cpanel screen.

Any help would be great, thanks! Let me know if this isn't enough info.

~Dana

[angeleyz]

Although it seems like the addon is a subdomain, it's really not. It is still it's own seperate domain with it's own seperate paths. So your path would just be mike-uhler.com/images/file.jpg

HTH

[roniabirk]

Hm, but that doesn't seem to explain why my images are broken. Does that mean I have to use an absolute path in all of my links and images?

Also ... my site seems to have gone down just now ... :?

Thanks again.

[angeleyz]

This is why your links are broken:

http://mike-uhler.com/mu/images/desktop.jpg

It should be

http://mike-uhler.com/images/desktop.jpg

[roniabirk]

Actually, I have tried that before. What you are saying is I would need to use a full URL to get the images and links to work, but that doesn't seem to be the case either:

Here are three examples -

Index 1 (uses src="images/">)
Index 2 (uses src="/images/">)
Index 3 (uses src="http://www.mike-uhler.com/images/">)


NONE of these work! So how are addon domains supposed to be handled? This is starting to really confuse me because I would've gotten a reseller account if I can't have two domains on this account that behave as if they are two separate web sites.

Thanks.

[angeleyz]

Well I noticed when I put the full link of the picture into my browser, it came up as it being forbidden for me to view. I would suggest checking your permissions on the pictures and make sure they're readable. It SHOULD be acting as two seperate domains with their own paths.

[roniabirk]

Thank you!! :lol:

That folder did not have "read" permission for the World, just user and group I think.

[angeleyz]

You're welcome I can see the picture now, so it looks like that worked! :lol: