Yes, let me try to incorporate it by externalizing the dependency in a config file.
:-) thank you! Andy Matthews-4 wrote: > > > My pleasure. > > One thing that you can do is to set an application level variable > containing > the full absolute path to your site. For you, locally, that var would be: > > /mytrial/images/ > > Online the path would be different: > > /images/ > > So your links might look like this: > > "<? echo($imgPath + 'someimage.jpg'); ? " /> > > > andy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of MarkAtHarvest > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:41 PM > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Absolute Image location > > > > Thanks Andy, > I am developing the application on Grails with Jetty server, which > automatically gives me the url of http://localhost:8080/mytrial, , but I > got > your point, that is a very good workaround. > > In apache, we can do that directly. Let me throw this open on grails forum > to see how Jetty can be tweaked to so that I can make "mytrial" as my main > website for real testing. > > Thank you for the solution,I will get back with what I found for Jetty > Server on Grails > > > Andy Matthews-4 wrote: >> >> >> I use a Mac Mini as my development server. It runs Apache and my other >> servers needed to develop sites locally. When I set up a new site I do >> the >> following: >> >> 1) Create a new virtual host for that site, with the URL of >> local.<mydomain>.com >> 2) On my workstation (PC) I create a host file entry pointing to my >> development server: >> local.<mydomain>.com 192.138.0.5 >> >> What this allows me to do is to use absolute pathing: >> /images/someimage.gif >> >> And have it be pointing to the correct location. >> >> Just throwing it out. The same thing can obviously be accomplished if >> you're running Apache on your local machine. >> >> >> Andy matthews >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] >> On Behalf Of MarkAtHarvest >> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 8:53 AM >> To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com >> Subject: [jQuery] Re: Absolute Image location >> >> >> >> awesome, /mytrail/images/down.gif works, only problem now I need to >> solve is if I flatten this war file and install it on the domain >> itself(i.e at http://localhost instead of http://localhost/mytrial) , >> then I need to change the javascript to /images/down.gif >> >> Thank you Richard, Brian, for solving my problem. >> >> >> richard.aday wrote: >>> >>> >>> From what you wrote the way the link is being handled looks correct. >>> Why don't you try: /mytrail/images/down.gif . >>> >>> On Jan 3, 6:54 pm, MarkAtHarvest <m...@harvestinfotech.com> wrote: >>>> Brian, >>>> >>>> Here is the html code on myhttp://localhost:8080/mytrial/admin.gsp, >>>> on my grails application. >>>> Just added this to find the absolute location for the images if I >>>> use <div class="images"> >>>> images/down.gif image >>>> </div> >>>> >>>> this goes to link,http://localhost:8080/mytrial/images/down.gif, and >>>> it does not find it. >>>> >>>> and if I change this to >>>> >>>> <div class="images"> >>>> /images/down.gif image >>>> </div> >>>> this goes to linkhttp://localhost:8080/images/down.gif, its going to >>>> root intead of going tohttp://localhost:8080/mytrial/images/down.gif >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> brian-263 wrote: >>>> >>>> > On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 8:57 PM, MarkAtHarvest >>>> <m...@harvestinfotech.com> >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>> >> Brian, >>>> >>>> >> I am a newbie on CSS , let me try to change it and update you >>>> >> back on >>>> how >>>> >> it >>>> >> goes, thanks it seems this should work. >>>> >> BTW, changing to /images/down.gif, does not work at all, my >>>> >> images >>>> folder >>>> >> is >>>> >> at the root itself. Under the webapps folder of my java application. >>>> >>>> >> Even if I try to create a href link to /images/down.gif, it goes >>>> directly >>>> >> to >>>> >>http://images/down.gifinstead of going to >>>> >>http://localhost:8080/images/down.gif. >>>> >>>> > Then you've likely got something wrong with your application. >>>> > Though it's obviously not a jQuery problem, how are you creating >>>> > these img tags? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> View this message in >>>> >> context:http://www.nabble.com/Absolute-Image-location-tp21258855s27240 >> p21272 >> 4... >>>> Sent from the jQuery General Discussion mailing list archive at >>>> Nabble.com. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Absolute-Image-location-tp21258855s27240p2129234 >> 5.html Sent from the jQuery General Discussion mailing list archive at >> Nabble.com. >> >> >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Absolute-Image-location-tp21258855s27240p21317518.html > Sent from the jQuery General Discussion mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Absolute-Image-location-tp21258855s27240p21324892.html Sent from the jQuery General Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
