can't download "images/" only "../images"

[odaboda]

Hi-
Don't read below if you choose not to get involved in my shenanigans!

I've downloaded a website I like (purely for research purposes only of course) using File/Save As/Webpage Complete.
I've downloaded each of the individual images by going to the URL listed in the default CSS.
The complete URL is not listed (as in http://), only "images/" or "../images" for example.
I've used the domain name in the address bar plus "images/" to get most everything I need.
But, only those listed in the CSS with a "../" are available to me in the browser.
Those with "images/" yield the dreaded "page cannot be found".
So by saving as Webpage Complete, no subfolders were downloaded from the root, only external folders I guess.

If anyone can help me in my "research", I would appreciate it, thanks.

[soybean]

So, you're asking us to get involved in shenanigans.  Speaking for myself, I'm not getting involved.

[odaboda]

that's cool, i chose to post honestly, could have couched it in another way,
this would apply as a general question also- as in, why only external or "../"
folders are available in a URL

[kpac]

I don't get the question to be honest.

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images/...is a relative path.

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../images...is the path to the images from the public root folder on the server.

But seeing as you've decided to tell us that you're doing some sort of shenanigans, this isn't worth leaving unlocked...

It is possible for webmasters to use certain methods to stop people hotlinking/downloading their images, so I'm guessing that's what's happening here. But apart from that, you shouldn't be downloading websites for your own "research", which I assume is not research.