# Serving public images

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/serving-public-images/151202>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [October 18, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/serving-public-images/151202 "2008-10-18T02:07:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mdeering](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@mdeering](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mdeering)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/serving-public-images/151202/1 "2008-10-18T02:07:22Z")

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hi,

i’m a newbie on the radiant front. got a q on images. i’ve created a  
stylesheet using a page with a content type of text/css with \<r:content  
/\> as the body. its published and the css is working fine.  
the only issue i have is where i want to use a tiled image for a faux  
column layout. when i reference the image in the css it doesnt render.

#wrap  
{  
max-width: 1200px;  
min-width: 750px;  
background: url(’/images/wrap-background.jpg’) repeat-y 70% 0;  
}

i’ve placed the image in the public/images folder.

when i try to get the image directly i get a 404, is there some way for  
me to get radiant to server the image directly. i saw in the admin for  
example it uses /images/admin/image.png?12345.

at this stage i’m just trying to get up and running with something  
simple.  
any help is much appreciated.

regads.

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**Author:** ![mdeering](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@mdeering](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mdeering)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/serving-public-images/151202/2 "2008-10-18T03:06:37Z")

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On Oct 17, 2008, at 8:07 PM, Michael D. wrote:

> {  
> example it uses /images/admin/image.png?12345.
> 
> at this stage i’m just trying to get up and running with something  
> simple.  
> any help is much appreciated.
> 
> regads.

Are you certain that this image exists on the server where you expect  
it?  
Judging by the fact that you get a 404 when trying to access it, I’d  
guess that it does not exist where you expect.  
Do other images work on your site where you might use ![]()?

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**Author:** ![mdeering](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@mdeering](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mdeering)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/serving-public-images/151202/3 "2008-10-18T03:08:22Z")

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On Oct 17, 2008, at 8:07 PM, Michael D. wrote:

> {  
> example it uses /images/admin/image.png?12345.
> 
> at this stage i’m just trying to get up and running with something  
> simple.  
> any help is much appreciated.
> 
> regads.

Are you certain that this image exists on the server where you expect  
it?  
Judging by the fact that you get a 404 when trying to access it, I’d  
guess that it does not exist where you expect.  
Do other images work on your site where you might use ![]()?

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**Author:** ![mdeering](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@mdeering](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mdeering)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/serving-public-images/151202/4 "2008-10-18T15:04:45Z")

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i restarted the script/server and it worked… dont ask me how…  
this is what happens after 10 coffees at 2am…  
:-o

thanks for the input…