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I am integrating expression into an existing site:

see related post: http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/177954/

I am starting to run into linking problems. My new instal of EE is in a sub directory many shared resources are not(css, images etc).So I have been writing links with the “../” prepended, but when I navigate to “url/sub_dir/template_group/template.html” none of the resources from the “../” links work.

Feels like I am missing something very basic about how EE works. I would rather not have to write all my links as “http://www.mysite.etc”. Anybody lend a hand here?

Thanks,
-nc

2 approaches, use “/” to get back to the root then “/afolder/asubfolder/thefile.here” or alternatively use a global variable to hold the long winded global URL.

<link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="{globalvar}/css/my.css" type="text/css">

use “/” to get back to the root

So I would do this “/../”. First slash gets me to ee’s root (http://www.mysite.com/subfolder/), then I use “..” to go to go to the websites root(http://www.mysite.com)? Does the “/” get you to ee’s root from any page in an ee installation?

thanks for pointing out {globalvar} I will take a closer look at how that works.

No, “/” used first will always take you back to the HTML root, then propegate it forward using standard “/afolder/asubfolder/thefile.txt”.

“../” means traverse back/up one level
“../../” means back two levels.
“/” means go back to the very beginning regardless of where you are 😊

That is deceptively simple… I like it. This clarification was notably missing from the ee userguide.

Thanks for the assist, Cheif.

I just wrote this, but will also add it to the EEWiki.

EEBeginners:// HowTo Work with Images Inside ExpressionEngine