How exactly do I add a graphic in Adobe GoLive CS?  I have a gif
image on my desktop and when I drag it into the layout, it looks
great.  But when I save it and check it out from another computer, the
graphic I placed in the site looks like a box with a question mark.  I
don't know how to get an image into the 'files' that are uploaded onto
my site.  It's as though the 'source' of the image is still on my
computer.  HELP!

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Clarification of Question by mforleo-ga on 02 Jun 2005 07:34 PDT

BTW, I am not an experienced web person at ALL.  So exact directions
(including exactly what keys to press to get a certain window to open,
etc) are needed.  Thanks!

if you're just dragging it in, the image is probably sourced to your
desktop/hard drive.

unlike word or powerpoint, the image is not embedded in the document
(web page). instead, you need to tell your page where to go look for
the image. it will then retrieve and display it.

so, right now, you're telling your web page to go retrieve the image
from your desktop. that works fine when you're on the system that
houses the image -- but it doesn't work when you're on a system that
can't access the other's hard drive (which is why you get the question
mark).

you need to move the image to a web server and then "source" the
imagine appropriate -- <img
src="http://www.yoursite.com/images/whatever.gif"> or shorten to <img
src="images/whatever.gif">.

this will tell your web page to go out to the internet to find the
image, rather than going to a particluar system's hard drive.

i hope that makes sense. thanks.  crk

Hi Craig-

That completely makes sense.  thank you so much.  My question now is
how do I move the image to my web server and get the page to use find
it there instead of on my hard drive?  I use the command 'connect to
FTP/Webdav under the file menu to open the FTP browser and then I
connect to my site and all my 'file folders'  appear.  I've dragged
the image I'd like to add on to my index page into my image folder and
then also dragged it onto the layout of the index page.  But I'm
having trouble changing the reference so it looks to the online image
folder instead of my hard drive.

Thanks again for your expertise