I am trying to display an image on the classic theme. I have tried to write VM code in the portal-normal.vm file to display the image but it dosent get displayed. Please help let me know where all we need to change the code inorder to display the images.Any help will be appreciated.

#set( $address = "../images/common/add.png" )
<img src="$address" />

i had the same problem so,
Alternatively, i added my image in custom.css

Hi Guys,

You can use $images_folder and get the path upto the image.

Please check below link for more information.

http://www.liferay.com/community/wiki/-/wiki/Main/Access+Objects+from+Velocity

Thanks & Regards,
Amit Doshi