Re: gif & jpeg files
Jim Varey (jrvarey@axess.com)
Thu, 4 Jul 1996 23:55:59 EDT
>I'm trying to change the background color on my high school's home page.
>We've been using a .gif file, and I downloaded a .jpg file I wanted to
>change to. It worked fine on my computer -- changing the html code in the
>home page file, saving it, and then opening Netscape and using "open a new
>file" to view the file on my hard drive. I uploaded the home page and .jpg
>files to the server we use, and the home page file wouldn't recognize the
>.jpg file -- I ended up with the Netscape's default gray background. I
>changed the extension to .jpeg; changed, uploaded, and reloaded the home
>page, and Netscape still wouldn't read in the background color file over
>the Web. What am I missing here?
If you are sending to a UNIX server, make sure that the file name is all in
lower case letters... This has caused me grief on several occasions.
Sometimes. however, the problem is with the Netscape cache - try deleting
the cached files before logging-on to the home page.
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Jim Varey
Computer Science Depart Head
Centennial Academy
3641 Prud'homme Ave.
Montreal, Quebec H4A 3A6
jrvarey@axess.com
jvarey@centennial.qc.ca
http://www.centennial.qc.ca/jrv/index.htm
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