I'm trying to create my first project. I've figured out rows & columns, and I've created some containers "images" for graphics.

However, I can't "put" graphics into those containers.
On my local drive ( mapped to W: ) I have a directory for the website. It is named "coffee." I assume that is what you are calling the "root folder". Its absolute path is W:\coffee

In coffee I have two projects : project1.rlmp and tea.rlmp
They are identical.
In coffee I also have a folder that contains graphics that I might use in this project. That folder is called img. Its absolute path is W:\coffee\img

Files in that folder include
W:\coffee\img\nutrasweet.jpg
W:\coffee\img\aspartame.gif
W:\coffee\img\saccharin.png

What is the "export path" to use for those files?
I have tried
img/nutrasweet.jpg (this is what I call, in this situation, the "relative path")
since that doesn't seem to work - the graphics don't display - I've tried

/img/nutrasweet.jpg

nutrasweet.jpg

/nutrasweet.jpg

coffee/img/nutrasweet.jpg

/coffee/img/nutrasweet.jpg

W:/coffee/img/nutrasweet.jpg

None of those work. Or am I missing the concept entirely?

Refer to http://www.coffeecup.com/help/articles/ … yout-maker on how to add your own images to RLM.

I read - and re-read the article several times before asking for help. I did my due diligence and RTFM.

Please note that in the original post I included my directory structure and all of the paths that I tried. Still the "export ...: doesn't work for me.

Quoting my question:

What is the "export path" to use for those files?
I have tried img/nutrasweet.jpg
(that is what I call, in this situation, the "relative path")
[since] that doesn't seem to work - the graphics don't display.
Please refer to the post to see the other paths that I tried.

I hand-coded the same problem, and uploaded the directories, html file, and jpg to my web site. It worked perfectly on the first try:
<img alt="test" src="img/nutrasweet.jpg" width=165 height=263>

Clearly, I'm doing something wrong or simply don't understand how the program works. The article you cited is not helping. That is why I'm asking for help.

Remember the images will not appear in preview or in RLM. They only show after export. If you are using IMG as the folder name, make sure after exporting you place all those images inside of that folder. You can then open any exported html file and your images will display.

Thank you. That explains a lot.

Can you tell me where that is documented? The documentation that I read first (and again) is documentation that seems to be directed at beginners: Quick Start Guide, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, and "Get Hands On" . In none of those did I see that explanation.

I'm trying to hand off my partner's business web site creation and maintenance tasks. She is a complete novice and needs intuitive software to learn this.

Please tell me it gets easier.

I made a simple video for how to add your own image but sorry without any audio for now

Hope it helps you and I have many more video in youtube which you may want to look at.

watch it at full screen HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLBefMcJ2wY

Mansour - thanks for the video... I watched it and what you show in the video is exactly what I did, but the image in my project does not show after exporting the project (yes, I created an images folder just as you showed in the video, but again, the image doesn't show)...

Obviously I am doing something incorrect - the bane of being a "newbie" at this RLM program...!

T
Hiya Scoot,

Check your path and make sure all spaces and dashes and caps and underscores match exactly to the actual image. They must be named identically in every way. Let us know if that was the issue or not.

Also it's a very good practice to always use lower case letters and dashes in place of spaces to help alleviate this possible issue.