html - Img Src on local computer

Question

I imagine that this is a common beginner question, but I've found no responses that quite cover my problem: I am having trouble linking to an image on my local computer.

I'm working on making a theme for a wordpress installation (on a Dell running Windows 7 using Xampp.) My index.php file is located at:

C:xampphtdocsutorialswordpresswp-contenthemesLeftColumnindex.php

and the image I want to show is at:

C:xampphtdocsutorialswordpresswp-contenthemesLeftColumnimagespmsplogo.jpg

... and while I've tried many variations, somehow nothing I put in the <img src=""/> seems to be working. Can anyone explain what the right way to code this is for my situation?

Just to note, it will properly display an image from an external website (such as: http://littlewebhut.com/images/eightball.gif)

Thanks!

Answer 1

Generally IE is OK with a path like C:, but other browsers need something more. Start the path with file:///C:/ and then fill in the rest of the path to the file through Windows Explorer.

But it might be best to consider relative paths - ../../images/src="img.gif" - for example. This would be two directories up from the current location, and then into the images directory.