Specify a Root Path of your HTML directory for script links?
HtmlPathHtml Problem Overview
I'm writing a template for dreamweaver, and don't want to change the scripts for subfolder pages.
Is there a way to make the path relative to the root directory?
for example:
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="**root**/style.css" />
Instead of **root** above, I want a default path there. Is there any way to do anything like this?
Html Solutions
Solution 1 - Html
To be relative to the root directory, just start the URI with a /
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" />
<script src="/script.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
Solution 2 - Html
I recommend using the HTML <base> element:
<head>
<base href="http://www.example.com/default/">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<script src="script.js"></script>
</head>
In this example, the stylesheet is located in http://www.example.com/default/style.css, the script in http://www.example.com/default/script.js. The advantage of <base> over / is that it is more flexible. Your whole website can be located in a subdirectory of a domain, and you can easily alter the default directory of your website.
Solution 3 - Html
/ means the root of the current drive;
./ means the current directory;
../ means the parent of the current directory.
Solution 4 - Html
Just start it with a slash? This means root. As long as you're testing on a web server (e.g. localhost) and not a file system (e.g. C:) then that should be all you need to do.
Solution 5 - Html
This is oddly confusing to me. I know it shouldn't be. To check my understanding, I'd like to use a family relations model to compare. Assuming "You" is the current webpage, is the following correct?
<img src="picture.jpg"> In your folder with you, like a sibling
<img src="images/picture.jpg"> In your child's folder, under you
<img src="../picture.jpg"> In your parent's folder, above you
<img src="/images/picture.jpg"> In your cousin's folder
So, up to parent, over to sibling, down to their child = your cousin, named "images".
Solution 6 - Html
As Alexander Jank mentioned <base href="http://www.example.com/default/"> is great. When using sub-domains e.g. default.example.com base works great, because the JS and CSS loads from the said sub-domain and is accessible to both default.example.com and example.com/default
When using the root path, and your JS and CSS files are located in example.com/css, or example.com/js, then the subdomain has no access and the root of the subdomain is not accessible, except using the base.
Solution 7 - Html
Use two periods before /, example:
../style.css
Solution 8 - Html
You can use ResolveUrl
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="<%=Page.ResolveUrl("~/Content/table-sorter.css")%>" />