[eluser]mvdg27[/eluser]
Why not put the 'images' folder directly under public_html, and use the base_url()-function, provided by the URL helper? That's the way I use image references in my views:
Code:
<img src="<?=base_url()?>images/image1.jpg" width="240" height="9">
Hope that helps,
Cheers, Michiel