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I am setting up multiple sites using MSM. I have a default site, and all my assets (css. js, etc) are located in this site’s directory. Typically I will add JS and CSS files to a snippet, for example

< script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js">< /script >
< script src="{site_url}scripts/slideShow5.js">< /script >
< script src="{site_url}scripts/autoadvance.js">< /script >
< script src="{site_url}scripts/toggleText.js">< /script >
< script src="{site_url}scripts/bannerSlider.js">< /script >

However, {site_url} becomes the current site’s URL: I need it to be the default site’s URL.

I’ve also tried using an embedded template that I created in my default site:

{embed='default_site:global_embed/.scripts'}

which shows the embedded template’s contents, but also replaces site_url with the current site’s URL.

Do I have to hard-code the URL anywhere I’m using assets from the default site?

I think the usual solution for this is to set MSM site URLs in global variables. That may be easier to maintain dynamically if you set them in your index.php as this comment suggests: http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/templates/globals/user_defined.html#9358

Thanks Kevin, I’ll give it a go-