Because then users can't get to your JSPs directly by entering/guessing the URL. (As recommended by Ted!)
Rob |--------+------------------------> | | Eddie Bush | | | <ekbush@swbell| | | .net> | | | | | | 27/02/2002 | | | 18:44 | | | Please respond| | | to "Struts | | | Users Mailing | | | List" | | | | |--------+------------------------> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | cc: | | Subject: Re: changing from *.do to /do/* screws up everything? | | | | | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Ok, silly question time. Why would you want to put your pages under WEB-INF? Honestly, I don't see why you would, but ... I'm hardly a 'guru'. Thanks, Eddie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Breeds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 11:58 AM Subject: Re: changing from *.do to /do/* screws up everything? > > Thanks for suggestion but I can't use <html:base> because all my JSPs are > under WEB-INF\pages > > Putting <html:base/> in will cause images (and any relative urls) to have > URLs of > <img src="WEB-INF/pages/images/find_obj.gif"> > > which is even worse (doesn't work at all) and defeats the point of putting > pages under WEB-INF! > > > Rob > > > > > |--------+-------------------------> > | | Bryan | > | | Field-Elliot | > | | <bryan_lists@ne| > | | tmeme.org> | > | | | > | | 27/02/2002 | > | | 17:49 | > | | Please respond | > | | to "Struts | > | | Users Mailing | > | | List" | > | | | > |--------+-------------------------> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------| > | | > | To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > | cc: | > | Subject: Re: changing from *.do to /do/* screws up everything? | > | | > | | > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------| > > > > > Put this inside the <head> block of all your JSP pages: > > <html:base/> > > Here is a URL to the docs for this tag: > > http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/doc-1.0.2/struts-html.html#base > > It solves exactly this problem. > > Bryan > > On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 10:39, Rob Breeds wrote: > > Hi > > > > I hope this is me being dumb but I have a working Struts application that > > uses a *.do servlet mapping for ActionServlet > > > > Because I found that the servlet spec doesn't allow partial URL mappings > > for security (eg. I can't specify a url-mapping of '/pub*'), I must now > > change my app to use /do/* > > > > Seems like a fine idea, and Ted says its cool :) > > > > So, I changed the servlet mapping to '/do/*' and references to '*.do' in > my > > JSPs. > > > > Now my app sort of works but all relative links are now broken - CSS, > > images, JavaScript files > > > > e.g. I have a URL of '<rest of path>/do/header' and this is specified in > > the config file as: > > > > <action path="/header" forward="/WEB-INF/pages/header.jsp"/> > > > > The page loads OK but the JSP references images like this: > > > > <img src="images/find_obj.gif"> > > > > This used to work because images was a directory directly under the war > > directory, but now, the image has a path of <img src > > ="/do/images/find_obj.gif"> which isn't found. Simarly for references to > > CSS files and JS files. > > > > why is the /do/ prefix being added? > > > > > > Please could anyone tell me what I have to do to get my JS, CSS and > images > > to load without changing every reference to them in every JSP to include > a > > /do/? > > > > Thanks > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: < > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: < > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: < > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: < > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: < mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: < mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>