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I am manipulating an img element in functions.php using jQuery by changing the src attr on hover. How do I make so the absolute path works? Currently, when I view the image directly in the browser it brings me to 404 page. Relative path doesn't work either.

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i always start every theme w/ some constants

` define('THEME', get_bloginfo('stylesheet_directory')); //or you could use this one: //define('THEME', get_stylesheet_directory_uri());

define('IMAGES', THEME . '/images'); `

and some others, but the point is that at any place in my code i can point to my theme's image folder

img src = "<?php echo IMAGES . '/image.png';?>"

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Yah that's another way of getting the relative path. But like I said it doesn't work. But if I host the image in another site and use their link, the img displays fine. Maybe it's because of thematic theme? I know I could just switch to another theme to find out but I don't want to break things as of now. – jilseego Jun 29 '11 at 6:15
doubt it is a thematic issue, i use this w/ thematic all the time. should produce a link like mysite.com/wp-content/themes/mytheme/images/image.png which isn't a relative link. from codex on get_bloginfo 'stylesheet_directory' - Returns the stylesheet directory URL of the active theme. (Was a local path in earlier WordPress versions.) Consider using get_stylesheet_directory_uri() instead. so you could define('THEME', get_stylesheet_directory_uri()); what do you get in your markup (view source) for the image source. that is more telling than "it doesn't work" – helgatheviking Jun 29 '11 at 6:25
You are right it works! Maybe I was too sleepy yesterday! :-) Now the problem I am facing is how to do that with jQuery but that's a different question already. Thanks! – jilseego Jun 29 '11 at 8:47
if you inject your jquery in the header or footer you can still process the php. if you have it in a js file that won't work. >>> var src = "<?php echo IMAGES . '/image.png';?>" – helgatheviking Jun 29 '11 at 14:35
didn't know that! thanks! – jilseego Jun 30 '11 at 16:54

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