no images unless i edit the 'hosts' file

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Hi All

 

I have read all the 'no pictures' posts that I could find, but I couldn't find an answer to my problem.

 

I can't see product images unless I add "127.0.0.1 www.danielmcinnes.com" to my 'hosts' file. If I do that, then images are visible if I am browsing my site from my host machine, but not if

browsing from the outside world (a laptop with a separate dial-up internet connection).

 

I am running oscommerce-2.2ms2-060817, xampp-linux-1.6 on debian sarge.

 

If you help me, I will answer 10 newbie questions, give up smoking and create a lasting peace in the middle east :)

 

My configure.php is as follows:

 

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.danielmcinnes.com'); // eg, http://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.danielmcinnes.com'); // eg, https://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('ENABLE_SSL', true); // secure webserver for checkout procedure?

define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'danielmcinnes.com');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'danielmcinnes.com');

define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '/catalog/');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH', '/catalog/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG', '/catalog/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/catalog/');

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');

define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');

define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');

define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');

define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');

define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');

define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');

define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');

 

define('DIR_WS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', 'pub/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/opt/lampp/htdocs/catalog/');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'pub/');

 

// define our database connection

define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost'); // eg, localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', '#########');

define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', '*************');

define('DB_DATABASE', 'test');

define('USE_PCONNECT', 'true'); // use persistent connections?

define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql'); // leave empty '' for default handler or set to 'mysql'