Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 12/18/05 15:06

David Graham wrote:
> http://www.pncorp.com/contactUs/main.asp
>
> Hi
> I visited the site above and I liked the submit button on the form. I know
> it's an image and it can be copied with a right click but that's not what I
> do or my question. What I would like to know is in the html for the page the
> submit button is referenced as below
> ../images/b-submit.gif
> If I enter http://www.pncorp.com/images/b-submit.gif into my browser it
> downloads the image. I thought the ../ bit meant go up 2 folders but
> main.asp that houses the image is a file not a folder only 'contactUs' is a
> folder. Bit confused !
> I would like some clarification - (has it got to do with 'images' being a
> folder?)

'..' = means go up ONE folder not TWO
'.' = means the current folder
'../../' = means go up TWO folders

[www.pncorp.com's document root]/images/b-submit.gif
[www.pncorp.com's document root]/contactUs/main.asp


'images' and 'contactUs' are both one folder off the root

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Take care,

Jonathan
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