Speciality button-image URL?

[kaameyer]

How do I figure out a URL for a "jpg Image" of my own that I want to substitute for the usual "Add to Cart" button?

I'm rebuilding my iWeb site in Rapid Weaver 7.5.5. I've downloaded the Junkie Cart stack, and have been slowing filling out the settings, as well as my EJunkie Admin categories. So far, nothing but the "Add to Cart" button is showing up in my stack. I have a 1000 questions!

But let's start with this probably really dumb one.

[E-junkie_Guru]

The top of this help page explains how to customize your E-junkie button code to replace the standard button image with a custom image:

Customize Purchase Buttons

The custom image URL you'd use would depend on which folder/subfolder(s) of your site you stored it in -- e.g., if you put it in a folder named images in the root-level folder containing your site, the URL would be like /images/yourimage.jpg.

Tip: a "root-relative" URL like that (starting with a /) means the domain part of the URL (http://www...etc.) is presumed to be the same as the page itself, which can be handy if you have multiple domains pointing to the same site, or if your site can load with either http or https, or if the URL might go into pages nested in different subfolders of your site. To test URLs, you can try typing/pasting them into your browser's address bar; when the image appears, you'll know you got the right URL for it.

This page has some tips for finding the file URL of remotely-hosted downloads, which you may also find helpful to find the URL of your custom image:

How to determine your Remote Product File URL

[kaameyer]

Thanks bunches for responding! So, my Web host has a "root-level" Web folder? Didn't know that. In other words, that folder is NOT on MY iMac? Thanks again.

[E-junkie_Guru]

Your Web site "root" folder is whatever main folder your site's files and subfolders are stored in; anything outside of that folder would not be visible/accessible on your live site. There may be a copy of that folder on your Mac if you build the site there and then upload/publish it to your server, or it may only be on your server if you build the site directly there.

You don't necessarily have to use a root-relative image URL for your custom button; you could just use a full URL like http://www.example.com/foldername/imagename.jpg, which should work fine for the majority of sites.

Since you're using RapidWeaver, it may be more helpful to ask their support how to identify the URL of an image in your site, as we're not very familiar with how RW works.

[kaameyer]

Thank you sooo much for you time and expertise!