Broken links to images in XHTML output

[lindabab]

Hi everyone,

this is probably a really simple question but I am new to Madcap Flare and have little to no knowledge about HTML.
I got a project where I have a PDF and an XHTML target. When publishing the output the PDF looks great, but I encountered some problems with the XHTML output.
When opened in the output folder, the XHTML looks good, but as soon as I copy the file to another location (other server/ desktop etc) the links to the images are broken.
The code to the images look like this:

<div class="imagesFloatRight">
<p style="page-break-after: avoid;">
<img src="../Resources/Images/Detail 3D model.png" style="max-width: 290px;max-height: auto;" />
</p>
<p class="ImageCaption">Detail 3D model of a fore peak section</p>
</div>

Does anyone have a clue why this is happening and how I could fix this? Thanks a lot in advance!

[SKamprowski]

Hi lindabab,

you'd better copy the complete content folder that has been generated by Flare, or try to use Flares publish function.

[lindabab]

Hi lindabab,

you'd better copy the complete content folder that has been generated by Flare, or try to use Flares publish function.

Hi SKamrowski,

yes I tried copying the complete folder and indeed it works that way as the links will be preserved.
The basic idea would be actually that the whole content is available through the single .htm file, even if it's sent in an email - so independently from it's output folder. Is there a way to do that?

I do publish the target by right clicking and selecting "Publish 'filename (Clean XHTML)'" from the drop-down menu. Is there any other way that would fix my problem, or maybe changing some target properties?

[Nita Beck]

The basic idea would be actually that the whole content is available through the single .htm file, even if it's sent in an email - so independently from it's output folder. Is there a way to do that?

No, as the image itself is not embedded into the topic; rather, there is a link to the image in the topic's code. That's how HTML works.

Why are you trying to send an .htm file via email? If, by chance, you are trying to send a topic to someone for their review, you could preview the topic in Flare and then print to PDF from the preview window, and then send the PDF via email. Or you could open the topic in your output folder and then print to PDF from there.