Answers.Body: <p>As per the Craft Docs at <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/multi-environment-configs#environment-specific-variables" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://craftcms.com/docs/multi-environment-configs#environment-specific-variables</a>, add a <code>basePath</code> (or other name) variable to you config. For MAMP, it should look something like:</p>
  
  <p><code>'basePath' =&gt; '/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/example.dev/public/'</code></p>
  
  <p>Then in your asset source settings, change File System Path to:</p>
  
  <p><code>{basePath}assets/images/hero-images/</code></p>
  
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Answers.Text: Unfortunately this didn't seem to work. 
  Also using MAMPs given url (//projectname:8888/html/) as {siteUrl} seems to work fine in all my other projects. 
  I also do not keep my sites in MAMPS htdocs folder, i keep them in a separate 'sites' folder so that I can work on more than one at once.
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Answers.Text: Andrea's answer is definitely correct. Any time you have `{tag}`s within your asset sources' File System Path or URL settings, their values will be swapped out with the environment-specific variables, which are defined by the `environmentVariables` array  in general.php. Your array is empty, so it's expected that it wouldn't work for you.
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Body: <p>I have checked all other questions on stack exchange with similar titles and they don't seem to help my situation. 
  I have added assets sources to craft CMS. but when uploading I get the following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The error message was: "Error uploading the file:  The file system path "{siteUrl}assets/images/hero-images/" set for this source does not exist."</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I am working locally using MAMP. I do not have multiple environments. only local.</p>
  
  <p>the <em>siteUrl</em> variable seems to work fine when used directly in templates. just doesn't work for assets. </p>
  
  <p>File system path is</p>
  
  <pre><code>assets/images/hero-images/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>URL is</p>
  
  <pre><code>{siteUrl}assets/images/hero-images/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>General config is set to</p>
  
  <pre><code>return array(
  
      // Base site URL
      'siteUrl' =&gt; "//projectname:8888/html/",
  
      // Environment-specific variables (see https://craftcms.com/docs/multi-environment-configs#environment-specific-variables)
      'environmentVariables' =&gt; array(),
  
      // Default Week Start Day (0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday...)
      'defaultWeekStartDay' =&gt; 0,
  
      // Enable CSRF Protection (recommended, will be enabled by default in Craft 3)
      'enableCsrfProtection' =&gt; true,
  
      // Whether "index.php" should be visible in URLs (true, false, "auto")
      'omitScriptNameInUrls' =&gt; 'auto',
  
      // Control Panel trigger word
      'cpTrigger' =&gt; 'admin',
  
      // Dev Mode (see https://craftcms.com/support/dev-mode)
      'devMode' =&gt; false,
  
  );
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If I open the assets in chrome, this is their file path.</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://projectname:8888/html/assets/images/hero-images/be-inspired-mobile.jpg
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is driving me mad and have checked everything. </p>
  
  <p>I am using exactly the same config settings as all my other sites which work absolutely fine.
  Any help will be really appreciated :)</p>
  
Tags: <assets><error-message><siteurl>
Title: Craft asset urls not working
ThreadText: # Craft asset urls not working
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-22)
  
  I have checked all other questions on stack exchange with similar titles and they don't seem to help my situation.
  I have added assets sources to craft CMS. but when uploading I get the following error:
  
  > The error message was: "Error uploading the file: The file system path "{siteUrl}assets/images/hero-images/" set for this source does not exist."
  
  I am working locally using MAMP. I do not have multiple environments. only local.
  
  the *siteUrl* variable seems to work fine when used directly in templates. just doesn't work for assets.
  
  File system path is
  
  ```
  assets/images/hero-images/
  
  ```
  
  URL is
  
  ```
  {siteUrl}assets/images/hero-images/
  
  ```
  
  General config is set to
  
  ```
  return array(
  
      // Base site URL
      'siteUrl' => "//projectname:8888/html/",
  
      // Environment-specific variables (see https://craftcms.com/docs/multi-environment-configs#environment-specific-variables)
      'environmentVariables' => array(),
  
      // Default Week Start Day (0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday...)
      'defaultWeekStartDay' => 0,
  
      // Enable CSRF Protection (recommended, will be enabled by default in Craft 3)
      'enableCsrfProtection' => true,
  
      // Whether "index.php" should be visible in URLs (true, false, "auto")
      'omitScriptNameInUrls' => 'auto',
  
      // Control Panel trigger word
      'cpTrigger' => 'admin',
  
      // Dev Mode (see https://craftcms.com/support/dev-mode)
      'devMode' => false,
  
  );
  
  ```
  
  If I open the assets in chrome, this is their file path.
  
  ```
  http://projectname:8888/html/assets/images/hero-images/be-inspired-mobile.jpg
  
  ```
  
  This is driving me mad and have checked everything.
  
  I am using exactly the same config settings as all my other sites which work absolutely fine.
  Any help will be really appreciated :)
  
  **Tags:** assets, error-message, siteurl
  
  
  ---
  
  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-08-22. Score: 1
  
  As per the Craft Docs at <https://craftcms.com/docs/multi-environment-configs#environment-specific-variables>, add a `basePath` (or other name) variable to you config. For MAMP, it should look something like:
  
  `'basePath' => '/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/example.dev/public/'`
  
  Then in your asset source settings, change File System Path to:
  
  `{basePath}assets/images/hero-images/`
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Unfortunately this didn't seem to work.  Also using MAMPs given url (//projectname:8888/html/) as {siteUrl} seems to work fine in all my other projects.  I also do not keep my sites in MAMPS htdocs folder, i keep them in a separate 'sites' folder so that I can work on more than one at once.  
  > **username_2**: username_1's answer is definitely correct. Any time you have `{tag}`s within your asset sources' File System Path or URL settings, their values will be swapped out with the environment-specific variables, which are defined by the `environmentVariables` array  in general.php. Your array is empty, so it's expected that it wouldn't work for you.  
  
  ---
  
  