Erik R. Peterson wrote:
Hello everyone,
Someone wants me to use FULL DIRECTORY PATHS for every page and script for a website I just
completed. I argued that it would slow down the website for users... I prefer relative paths such
as "/src/" and "/img/".
Am I wrong to say this?
Is there really a difference in performance with speed whether I use absolute
or relative paths?
Love to hear your opinion...
Thanks.
Erik
BTW - the website was transferred from WINDOWS SERVER to a UNIX... I actually
preferred Windows. I'm dealing
with a Network Admin that doesn't know web design...
Using relative paths is the way to go, otherwise moving the site or
changing a domain name will cause you tons of extra work (tell your
client you'll have to charge more down the road if they ever change the
domain name). It won't make a difference speed-wise, though.
Note that most Unix systems are case-sensitive (I know Linux is, but Mac
OS X isn't). So always use lowercase for all your filenames, folders and
links.
http://www.example.com/jQuery.js is not the same as
http://www.example.com/jquery.js
Jonathan
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Jonathan Vanherpe - Tallieu & Tallieu NV - jonat...@tnt.be
