# Where to put my images

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-put-my-images/74876>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [November 7, 2006, 10:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-put-my-images/74876 "2006-11-07T10:59:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Philip\_Hume](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@Philip\_Hume](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Philip_Hume)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 10:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-put-my-images/74876/1 "2006-11-07T10:59:39Z")

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I would like to know where and how I should be implementing my own  
images  
for the externally facing interface of my app.

1. I am assuming I should put them in /public/images. Is this the  
recommended method?

2. I have tried this and cannot get Radiant to recognize my added images  
in  
that directory.

A test example running locally on my machine:

When I type:

[http://0.0.0.0:3000/images/minus.png](http://0.0.0.0:3000/images/minus.png)

I see the minus.png image that is part of the Radiant backend interface.

When I make a copy of minus called minuscopy.png and keep it in the  
/image  
directory and then call

[http://0.0.0.0:3000/images/minuscopy.png](http://0.0.0.0:3000/images/minuscopy.png)

I get the file not found error message.

I think I have the permissions set properly. I have the same issues  
with my  
hosted site testing.

I can call up all the images through my local apache server. So it seems  
there is some Radiant behaviour getting in the way. (I am nubie class so  
could be missing something obvious)

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Phil

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**Author:** ![Philip\_Hume](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@Philip\_Hume](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Philip_Hume)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 11:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-put-my-images/74876/2 "2006-11-07T11:00:03Z")

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Hi Philip,

I got stumped by a similar problem. I figured out that my  
configuration at my host (textdrive) had a web/public/ directory that  
my public files should go in, rather than the railsapp/public/images  
directory I was use to.

Hope that helps.

Steve