216504 - Won't correctly link relative URL's. Instead it will link them as file://directory/directory/picture.jpg. Thus, no one on the www can see the image.

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 32768

(SeaMonkey :: Composer, defect)

Description

[Steven Fierstien]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 Galeon/1.2.7 (X11; Linux i686; U;) Gecko/20030131
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 Galeon/1.2.7 (X11; Linux i686; U;) Gecko/20030131

The "URL is relative to page location" does not work correctly. It instead
insists on linking the file (image) as a full URL. This prevents everyone
outside of your machine from viewing the linked image. When you edit the HTML to
the correct format Composer will re-write it for you in full URL.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Choose an image file to be added to a page
2.Check the "URL relative to page location" box
3.Save the .html file

Actual Results:  
Composer re-wrote the html such that the file was linked in a full URL. Anyone
on the outside would get a link that looks like this:
file://directory/directory/picture.jpg

Expected Results:  
It should have Linked the image as a relative URL such that when anyone viewing
the page tried to see the image it would send them to
http://www.something.com/pictures/picture.jpg

This problem occurs in both Linux and Windows and on more than one computer.

Comment 1

[Joe Francis]

dup 32768

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 32768 ***

Comment 2

[Kathleen :Brade]

I actually think this bug is invalid but won't reresolve it as such.
The reason is, you started with a page that wasn't saved.  When you added the
image, there was no way for it to be relative at all.  If instead you change the
steps such that the file is saved before the image is added (and resaved when
done), you wouldn't see this bug.

verifying dupe (although the bug is really invalid, it is a dupe of other bugs
filed)