I thought CSS files interpreted relative URLs relative to the CSS file itself, not the page in which it was loaded. If the CSS file is in /static/css and the font is in /static/plugin_framework/fonts, maybe src: url(../plugin_framework/fonts/websymbols-regular-webfont.woff) will work.
Anthony On Friday, December 2, 2011 11:10:25 AM UTC-5, Jonathan Lundell wrote: > > On Dec 2, 2011, at 7:41 AM, monotasker wrote: > > It resolves to > http://127.0.0.1:8000/topoi/plugin_listandedit/list/notes/static/plugin_framework/fonts/websymbols-regular-webfont.woff > > This is treating the font url as relative to the full request URL > (including arguments), not the app root directory. That's what's confusing > me. > > > This is when your url is 'static/...', right? That's normal behavior, and > nothing to do with web2py. The browser knows that it accessed > http://127.0.0.1:8000/topoi/plugin_listandedit/list/notes<http://127.0.0.1:8000/topoi/plugin_listandedit/list/notes/static/plugin_framework/fonts/websymbols-regular-webfont.woff> > and > all relative URLs are relative to that path. The browser knows nothing > about how elements of the path are interpreted by the server; a path is a > path. > > To summarize, what you want is this: > > > http://127.0.0.1:8000/topoi/static/plugin_framework/fonts/websymbols-regular-webfont.woff > > > but without specifying 'topoi', because you want it appname-independent, > right? > > One option is the <base> tag (generated dynamically via a template, so you > don't type the appname literally): > > <base href="/topoi/" /> > > The problem is that it applies to *all* relative URLs, so make sure you > take that into account. Fortunately the URL() helper always generates > absolute URLs. > > Another option is to server your CSS files dynamically via a css > controller. Depending on your application, the performance hit needn't be > too bad if you make sure that the generated pages are cached by the > browser. This is a handy technique, because it lets you parameterize > anything you like in your CSS. >
