Hi there,

I have set up a template in DW CS3 and the background is a jpeg image file from PS. When I create a new page from the template the background image doesn't show up, everything else does. Its just a white background. I'm thinking its some file path problem but I've played around with that and can't seem to figure out where I've gone wrong.

Appreciate any suggestions.

Line 63 has a syntax error.

This could be because your DW template is stored in a different directory to your HTML files and the path from the root is incorrect.

Try this:

If your image path is (for example): "images/background.jpg"
change it to: "../images/background.jpg" or even "../../images/background.jpg"

Hi Minsky,

You were right abt the path. However, when I move the template into the public folder, where all my other pages are, the template looses its images, but the other webpages get the right background. When I move the other page into the template folder with the template, they loose their images. So I'm in a dilemma. And the links I put in the template don't work in the webpages, I guess that has to do with the same problem.

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How far your site is opening properly stay there and after that start make new pages from there with right path.

Originally Posted by nanthinee

Hi Minsky,

You were right abt the path. However, when I move the template into the public folder, where all my other pages are, the template looses its images, but the other webpages get the right background.

No, you shouldn't move the template. If you are using the built in Dreamweaver template option, it automatically puts the template in a /Templates directory and expects to find it there. Nor should you put the HTML files into the /Templates directory.

Sometimes, depending on how you arrange your directories, the images may not show up when viewing the template itself (the template is not part of the site once loaded up to the web). As long as they show up in the HTML documents it's ok.