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01-11-2005, 20:00

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:54:34 GMT, Justin Koivisto wrote:

> Karim wrote:
>
>> They both work but you should use relative paths. If you change the domain
>> name or copy the files to another site, you have renaming to do.
>
> That depends on your setup really... All I'd have to do is change the
> domain name in a config file, and all absolute paths would be updated
> automatically.

Not a clean solution. I am looking at the html source and I see all these
references to a domain name which is not the site I am looking at. Might
not work if you move to non Apache server.

Karim
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01-11-2005, 20:00	#7 (permalink)
Karim Civilians	Re: difference between relative path and full URL On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:54:34 GMT, Justin Koivisto wrote: > Karim wrote: > >> They both work but you should use relative paths. If you change the domain >> name or copy the files to another site, you have renaming to do. > > That depends on your setup really... All I'd have to do is change the > domain name in a config file, and all absolute paths would be updated > automatically. Not a clean solution. I am looking at the html source and I see all these references to a domain name which is not the site I am looking at. Might not work if you move to non Apache server. Karim -- http://www.cheapesthosting.com - Innovative Web Hosting since 1998 Spam and Virus protected email - Online calendars with email notification Camera phone photos automatic transfers to your photo album (RSS Enabled)