set root folder

[Fredo Vincentis]

I can remember once reading that there was a way to set a "root folder" (or
something similar) for my HTML. So meaning: the browser automatically
searches in one particular folder for my files, without me having to specify
that folder in every src attribute.

Does anybody know what I am talking about and can refresh my memory on how
to achieve this?

Thanks!

 

[rf]

I can remember once reading that there was a way to set a "root folder" (or
something similar) for my HTML. So meaning: the browser automatically
searches in one particular folder for my files, without me having to specify
that folder in every src attribute.

Does anybody know what I am talking about and can refresh my memory on how
to achieve this?

The <base> element.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/links.html#h-12.4

Cheers
Richard.

 

[Fredo Vincentis]

The <base> element.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/links.html#h-12.4

Yeah! that's it. Thanks!

 

[rf]

Yeah! that's it. Thanks!

Just a thought: You are not hardcoding the absolute path, are you? This is
the usual reason for using a base element.

Bad: src="example.com/images/picture.jpeg"
Good: src="images/picture.jpeg"

Cheers
Richard.