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We have a SharePoint 2010 intranet that shows images from a unc path. I use an img tag like the following:

<img width="50px" height="25px" src="file://ShareName/Folder/image.jpg">

The problem is that it works fine in IE but not in Chrome or Firefox. I did some googling and it said try using file:///// in place of file://. This doesn't work either. It makes me believe it's a security issue of some type. Chrome/Firefox don't allow local files to show?

Has anyone run into this before? If so, how can I resolve this issue?

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Why are you using UNC path?

You can use layouts or hive folder of SharePoint instead, just copy your images/CSS/JS stuff in a separate folder here:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS

and than refer to the files in your solution as, for example:

<img width="50px" height="25px" src="/_layouts/folderName/imageFile.jpg">

CAN'T PUT FILES TO LAYOUTS FOLDER

In this case, you should put your files in a document library (most commonly Style Library / Style Assets).. And reference the files using relative URLs like:

/Style Library/ImagesFolder/logo.jpg

If you are using Publishing Template, you have Images library (Publishing Image Library).. You can put your files in that library.

References:

How to use relative URL for image in Master Page?

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  • Thank you Arsalan. You got me going on the right track. This folder is maintained by another dept so copying it the the layouts folder was not an option. <br /> Since it's an internal intranet, I choose to make a virtual directory(VD) from the site in IIS. The VD has the UNC location as it's path. This way I was able to use a link such as /FolderName/ImageFile.jpg.
    – user29567
    Jun 12, 2014 at 14:53
  • Please check the update..
    – Arsalan Adam Khatri
    Jun 12, 2014 at 15:01

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