HTML Image not displaying, while the src url works

Question

<img class="sealImage" alt="Image of Seal" src="file:///C:/Users/Anna/Pictures/Nikon%20Transfer/SEALS%20PROJECT/j3evn.jpg">

That doesn't display an image, just the alt. But if I go to

file:///C:/Users/Anna/Pictures/Nikon%20Transfer/SEALS%20PROJECT/j3evn.jpg

in a browser, the image displays.

I'm hosting this on xampp, on a windows machine right now.

I've tried different browsers, and with and without %20 for space, but I know that with is the correct way.(It worked with both, actually)

And I know the images will only be visible on the machine that's hosting it, that's not a problem.

Answer 1

Your file needs to be located inside your www directory. For example, if you're using wamp server on Windows, j3evn.jpg should be located,

C:/wamp/www/img/j3evn.jpg

and you can access it in html via

<img class="sealImage" alt="Image of Seal" src="../img/j3evn.jpg">

Look for the www, public_html, or html folder belonging to your web server. Place all your files and resources inside that folder.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

My images were not getting displayed even after putting them in the correct folder, problem was they did not have the right permission, I changed the permission to read write execute. I used chmod 777 image.png. All worked then, images were getting displayed. :)

Answer 3

It wont work since you use URL link with "file://". Instead you should match your directory to your HTML file, for example:

Lets say my file placed in:

C:/myuser/project/file.html

And my wanted image is in:

C:/myuser/project2/image.png

All I have to do is matching the directory this way:

<img src="../project2/image.png" />

Answer 4

You can try just putting the image in the source directory. You'd link it by replacing the file path with src="../imagenamehere.fileextension In your case, j3evn.jpg.