Thread: Image problems

Hey, guys,

Does anybody know why the images that display on the pages of my website would occasionally pull up images that are designated for other pages? Yes, the images are ones that have been published to the folder that pertains to this particular website, but images that come up are periodically not the ones that should. It only happens on occasion, but it is very troubling because text placed over the top of the image can't be read if the image changes in the background. Please help.

Thanks,

Axeman

Need a link to see what you are talking about

You might get a problem if you have cut & pasted from one page to another.

Thanks for your replies. It's really incomplete with only minimal working hyperlinks but the link is www.foresight-arizona.com. However, that won't necessarily tell you what images are supposed to be there. Chris, can you tell me more about why cutting and pasting could affect this? Thank you, guys!

Axeman

Hi, cant quite remember the reason. But quite a few had problems with cutting (lets say) a 600x400 image from 1 page & pasting it onto a new page, then resizing with the handles to? 300x200. The images would get distorted. But this was more when the mouse was used for the cut & paste, & not when it was done via the main menu.

I can see all your images (on the pages I found), if you are unabel to see the you may want to check you hot link protection is off.

The problem can occur when you use 2 images that have the same name even if they are on 2 different pages.
Lets say you have image abc.jpeg on your index page and you use the same name abc.jpeg that is a different image on your about page.
Unless you use the option to label images using the page name as a prefix the last abc.jpeg will overwrite the other posting because the images are being posted to the public_html folder and not 2 seperate folders.

I am still having this problem. I have gone back and renamed each and every picture on every page to be page-specific. The problem is each page on my site is themed and needs the correct image to be pulled up. Also, I have colorized the text over each picture to fit over a specific background. If the background changes, I lose the effect and sometimes the text becomes unreadable. Thanks for any insight. There's gotta be a simple fix for it.......I hope!

I am not sure of the problem as you explain it. To me, it sounds as if the problem is with your text and its background?
There are other problems too. Your photos are way TOO BIG electronically.
The photo of the lake in the screen capture (see link) is 178kb when it could easily be 17kb! This holds true with all photos on your site. It will take forever to load each page for dial up users.
I am viewing your site in FireFox. Your text for the navigation buttons has shifted down to almost disappear. The text should be incorporated into the button rather than an overlay.
Screen Shot

Also none of the alt tags (see image properties) are named.
As you can see by the inserted box your images are not named to be page specific. That is unless you have a clear gif inserted over the original image which is a complete waste of time.

Thank you for responding. I see now how to add names for alternate text. How do I resize pix without having to start over and add all of the effects and sizing that I have done for each one already in BV?

Unfortunately, you will have to edit the photos (please read this link) and re-insert into your pages.
Here's the link to the software.

Ok. I was afraid you were gonna say that. Thank you for your help. I'll chime back in if these steps don't fix the problem.

Alright, I went back and added alt text to every shape and image on my site. I haven't resized the pix yet since I am more concerned about having them show up correctly first. Since I have placed alt text on images I think that the problem has grown worse. I even have images showing up now where there should be a shape only without an image. Any other ideas?

Here's another question. Why do images that I have named and provided alt text for show up as something different (such as bv01039 as an example) on blue FTP instead of being uploaded with the name I gave them? This is even after deleting all files in FTP and starting over by republishing everything.

Open your BV web Builder and go to Tools/Options and open the Publish tab.
Click on the box in "Images" to use the page name as a prefix. OK
Are you certain that you are not using duplicate image names for different photos/shapes?
Re publish a couple of the problem pages after making the changes above and see if the problem is resolved.

Provide some image name examples (exactly as the are named including the extension)

Are there any images in your public_html folder with names that you have saved as?

Here's what I'm seeing:

I have deleted all files in file manager. I checked the box in tools you specified. One thing I don't get is that the images themselves are .jpeg files mostly in the 50kb range, but when I publish they have a new name (ie index01014) and they show that they are files of sizes in the 200-400kb range. Additionally, they are stored in FTP as .png or .gif files.

.Jpeg to .Png is explainable if you do not check the box in Tools.

I think you need to call on Merlin the Magician from King Arthur's Court
to explain how a .Jpeg image becomes a .Gif image file?

Originally Posted by zuriatman

.Jpeg to .Png is explainable if you do not check the box in Tools.

I think you need to call on Merlin the Magician from King Arthur's Court
to explain how a .Jpeg image becomes a .Gif image file?

Its because BV converts it to this when using certain area of BV's gallery's to get certain effects.

I am using a photograph of the sky with wisps of clouds as background to my website. It has a 40 pixel/inch resolution laid on a 950x600 screen size. I wonder if the photo image will be stable when I get my site published as the background would always go to tiled mode when I get to preview. I will be glad for some suggestions.

I was reminded my picture background is in JPEG form. Is there a much reliable form say for example PNG, GIF that is more suitable to use as screen background? Thanks.

hi... no .. any image applied as a background will tile. The tiling will depend on the viewers screen resolution .. it is best to use a solid color or a seamless tile to get the desired effect you are looking for .. then apply your image as an image onto the blue voda page, directly on the background color .. use the insert image tool .. your image will cover most of the page and the sides will fill in with the neutral background colour you choose ..
Be careful of page load times with an image of this size - you may want to optimize your image at dynamicdrive .. use their free online image optimizer .

Tnx ma'am, I did what you told and it worked. You really have the eye for every problem. Godbless and thanks for the advice.


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