RE: [WDSCI-L] CSS Links flagged as errors.

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Mark Phippard
> 
> The issue with the <link> tag in your HTML is just a simple HTML/HTTP
> issue.

Maybe this is simple to you, Mark, but it's not simple to me.  The fact
that an included JSP acts differently than a called JSP is not intuitive
(although it eventually makes sense if you think about it).

There are other differences as well.  If you serve your servlets by
class name, the base will again be different, since it will include the
"/servlet" folder as part of the URI.


> You can control this by using the <base> tag in your HTML.  Then the
> browser will use the href specified in that tag as the base location
for
> any relative links on the page.

The BASE tag is used to fool the browser into thinking that a page is
being loaded from a different place.  This means you need to be very
careful that the BASE tag is correct, and you need to change it if you
move your page to another location.

It COULD be used for the purpose you suggest, but I haven't found any
examples of it.  I find that when sites like w3c.org and wdvl.com don't
use a technique, it's probably a good one to avoid.

No, I'm just going to have to deal with the fact that my relative paths
will require a little extra cajoling.

Joe