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Serial Killer
02-15-2006, 04:22 PM
How do I configure vBadvanced so that the image paths can be images/icons/gif.1 etc rather than full URL http://www.yoursite.com/forums/images/icons/gif.1? I am using vBdrupal, and it is only able to pull images in the default way (images/icons).
Thanks
Serial Killer
02-15-2006, 07:19 PM
This is absolute madness! Why on Earth would ANYONE code a piece of software that pulls images in a completely different way to every other mod script for vBulletin? It's barmy!
In my case , I either have vBdrupal loading images the CORRECT way (images/icons/gifs) and suffer vBadvanced Links not displaying the images, or I use the vBadvanced method (http://www.yoursite.com/forums/images/icons/gifs) and have vBdrupal and just about everything else not displaying correctly.
The image path problem seems to be a common one throughout this forum, and I'm sure that i'm not the only guy who wants the default method of image loading.
Can the current vBadvanced Links be configured to use the CORRECT method?
KW802
02-15-2006, 10:51 PM
There is no "CORRECT" or "default" method regardless of what program does what. The vBa programs like to have them fully qualified because it's a sure-fire method. Links is just as happy as having the paths set to "/forums/images/{whatever}" as it is with http://www.yoursite.com/forums/images/{whatever} (http://www.yoursite.com/forums/images/{whatever). What it, and every other program out there that doesn't run from the "forums" folder, doesn't like is a path of just "images/{whatever}" because that is relative to only the "forums" folder so any where else the path won't work which means that method is far (very, very far) from being considered a "CORRECT" method. If vBdrupal can't handle any path reference other than "images/{whatever}" then that is a deficiency with that program and a rather big one.
If you're on a linux box you could try creating a symbolic link to the images folder in your links folder. If you're on a windows box let me know and I'll look into to see if there is a similar method you can do.
If you're on a linux box you could try creating a symbolic link to the images folder in your links folder. If you're on a windows box let me know and I'll look into to see if there is a similar method you can do.symbolic link is working like a charm. Thx for the idea :)
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