Re: VS.NET, Default Web Site, and relative paths...

Hi Ben,

It depends on where you referenced those pages, images, etc. The
majority of ASP.Net server controls supports the tilde (~) notation for
url references, expanding it to the root of the app they are
instantiated into; so, if your references are inside server controls you
should be (almost) fine.

For example:

<asp:Image runat="server" ImageUrl="~/Images/MyImage.jpg" />
and
<img runat="server" src="~/Images/MyImage.jpg" />
will both point to the MyImage.jpg file, inside the Images subfolder,
related to the root of your web app, no matter if it lives in a virtual
directory (so both your development and production environment will be ok).

Css style sheets are a different beast; they let you use urls (for
background images, for example) relative to where the css reside. So, if
your css is in the ~/Styles subfolder and you want to reference the
aforementioned MyImage.jpg file you should use:

background-image: url("../Images/MyImage.jpg");

HTH,

Efran Cobisi
http://www.cobisi.com

Ben Joyce wrote:
> Morning all.
>
> I am developing a website in VS.NET 2005 on an XP machine and by
> default it has created the site under the Default Web Site on the
> local machine.  When I run my app within VS.NET or browse it mnually I
> find it at the following address:
>
> http://localhost/myapp/default.aspx
>
> Within my application I reference other pages using the syntax
> "/myapp/blah/blah/blah" - (such as the main menu at the root, the
> images folder, and various other shared resources).
>
> This works fine locally and in the development stages, but when in
> production the website will not live under a /myapp folder from the
> Default Web Site root - it will be a new website.
>
> This causes a problem with referencing the site root as "/myapp".
>
> I'd like to find a solution that works in both situations without
> making any code changes when I put the site into production.
>
> Any help or thoughts appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ben
>
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