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sir42
Jul 15, 2004, 07:56 AM
I have a blog through LiveJournal, and I'd like to link to my photos stored on .mac. I've tried a few combinations, but I can't seem to get it to work. Is it even possible? Thanks!


robbieduncan
Jul 15, 2004, 08:05 AM
I do it for all my galleries. I create the folders manually though. Under Sites on your iDisk create a folder (or series of folders) and place the images in them. Then you can access them via links like

http://homepage.mac.com/robbieduncan/galleries/xk8/pictures/002.jpg

So I have Sites/galleries/xk8/pictures/002.jpg on my iDisk. I think you can do something similar if posted via iPhoto.
sir42
Jul 15, 2004, 08:32 AM
Huh, I still can't get it to work. Is there something I need to enable first? :(
robbieduncan
Jul 15, 2004, 08:36 AM
That should be it. Can you post a link to the page it fails on?
sir42
Jul 15, 2004, 09:32 AM
Thanks for taking the time to help with this. Do you mind if I e-mail you the link?
dr0wnoutthen0is
Jul 15, 2004, 09:55 AM
If you want to keep the images in the "Pictures" folder in the iDisk and link to them on the web, you need to use this link:

http://homepage.mac.com/<username>/.Pictures/<whatever pic>

If you want to keep them in the "Sites" folder, you just need to do:

http://homepage.mac.com/<username>/<whatever pic>

I just figured this out recently because I also wanted to keep the images in the Pictures folder
robbieduncan
Jul 15, 2004, 10:11 AM
Thanks for taking the time to help with this. Do you mind if I e-mail you the link?

Sure or PM me on this site. I think that dr0wnoutthen0is may have your solution though!
sir42
Jul 16, 2004, 08:01 AM
The URL is case sensitive. I thought that might have been the case early on, but I didn't realize my jpeg files were saved as. JPG. Anyhow, thanks again for the help everyone!
robbieduncan
Jul 16, 2004, 08:21 AM
The URL is case sensitive. I thought that might have been the case early on, but I didn't realize my jpeg files were saved as. JPG. Anyhow, thanks again for the help everyone!

Wow, well done. I'd have never thought of checking that! That's a bit strange though as it means that .Mac is either:
a) Not hosted off Mac OSX!
b) Hosted off Mac OSX, but off UFS instead of HFS+

Strange either way...
wrldwzrd89
Jul 16, 2004, 08:43 AM
Wow, well done. I'd have never thought of checking that! That's a bit strange though as it means that .Mac is either:
a) Not hosted off Mac OSX!
b) Hosted off Mac OSX, but off UFS instead of HFS+

Strange either way...
Buzz! Wrong Answer!

You forgot that Mac OS X Server supports case-sensitive HFS+, which is what the .Mac server is most likely using.
robbieduncan
Jul 16, 2004, 10:05 AM
Buzz! Wrong Answer!

You forgot that Mac OS X Server supports case-sensitive HFS+, which is what the .Mac server is most likely using.

My bad. I thought that HFS+ was case preserving, but not case sensitive. Still a little confusing for users as the client version doesn't seem to be the same as the server!
wrldwzrd89
Jul 16, 2004, 10:38 AM
My bad. I thought that HFS+ was case preserving, but not case sensitive. Still a little confusing for users as the client version doesn't seem to be the same as the server!
You are correct - in the client, at least - that's the way HFS+ behaves.
In Mac OS X Server, there are two options: HFS+ (just like the client), and HFS+CS (HFS Plus Case Sensitive), which is identical to HFS in all respects besides case sensitivity. In related news, Apple is said to be developing another HFS-based file system, called HFSX - it will debut in some future version of Mac OS X (my guess is 10.5), and drives that use HFSX will NOT work with the Classic environment.