[Zope3-dev] Re: Apache rewrite rules and URLs: an experiment

[Jim Fulton]

Peter Mayne wrote:
> Stephan Richter wrote:
> 
>> What about using: <a tal:attributes="href context/@@/z3logo.gif">
>>
>> I think this is the recommended way; will it do the right thing?

No

> I looked at this a little bit more. Obviously, this is context relative, 
> so if I'm using this template one folder down, I have to change the URL 
> to "context/../@@/z3logo.gif". Therefore, this won't work in a template 
> that is used at different folder depths.
> 
> This makes me wonder why I would use "context/path" at all, when just 
> "path" is both easier to type (fewer keystrokes), and produces a shorter 
> URL in the output.
> 
> So, we're back to my original proposition: use relative paths where 
> possible, and "request.getApplicationURL(path_only=True) + path" where 
> an absolute path is required. No other URL in a template is correct.
> 
> Comments?

You want:

    <a tal:attributes="href context/++resource++z3logo.gif">

++resource++name gets a resource *object*.  When it is converted to
a string by tal:attributes, an absolute URL is computed based on
the location of the enclosing site.

Jim

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