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lewisf947
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Aug 27, 2008, 3:28 PM
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When Article Manager installed, it used the cgi-bin folder that is above httpdocs. I have created a blank web page and used it to create template file for Article Manager and I posted it in the cgi-bin folder with the default templates. Now the flash header in my template file does not activate. The reason being the flash files reside at httpdocs/domain-name/flash.
Is it possible to create the cgi-bin below the httpdocs folder and A M operate from there? If so, can you tell me how to set that up? Or will a literal URL work to access flash from the template I created?
Lewis
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Donna
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Aug 27, 2008, 3:44 PM
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Re: [lewisf947] Flash Header not Playing
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Hi Lewis!
Many servers setup the cgi-bin directory outside of the web root. However, the way the web browser sees it is within the main directory structure (even though it's really not.) It's why you can access Article Manager at yoursite.com/cgi-bin/artman/admin.cgi, even though that cgi-bin directory is actually somewhere else.
Regardless, it doesn't really matter WHERE anything is actually installed. The easiest way to make sure your URL's always work (either with software like Article Manager or even on a regular hand-coded page) is to use a full path like this:
/path/to/file.swf
For example, an image link might look like this:
<img src="/path/to/image.jpg">
...where the /path/to/ is the full path to where image.jpg is located. The first slash tells the browser to start looking at your web root (which corresponds to www.yoursite.com), so this will always work in ANY directory. :)
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions. :)
Donna
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