I have a problem in my html pages
when I use "root-relative" paths it isn't make the path correctly
instead of direct to the folder of index.html it direct to the father folder.
Example:
My index.html is: Websites/MySite/index.html
when I make a link in index.html to "/" it direct me to Websites/
what is the problem?
Root is the first folder that your work begins. Your site root is actually Websites/. So it acts correct. Maybe some hosts consider the folder that your html file is on it as root. If you want to have no problem with this, you should make all relative links work with your main root.
There is a php function that gives your current html file path. You can use it before your links. like:
<?php php_function ?>/mylink
The root path is a setting in the server config. If you want to reach something relative to your index.html than you would use ./ and ../
You can go back with ../ and stay in the directory with ./ where the file you are using is in.
For example if you want to reach the file
Websites/someFile.txt
from your index.html in
Websites/MySite/index.html
you would have to use the relative path
../someFile.txt
and if you wanted to use the file
Websites/MySite/subDirectory/some.css
from the same index.html you would write
./subDirectory/some.css
I hope that helps, if not feel free to ask, or make you question more precise.
And if you want to read more about relative url's you can visit the mozilla develop network ("Going back in the directory tree")
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I want the path to the file to look like this: "/assets/style/home.css"
But even though VSCode recognizes this path, and takes me there when I click it, the CSS doesn't appear on the page. It only appears when the path has the two dots: "../assets/style/home.css"
Any ideas on how can I fix this? This is what the entire path looks like:
It's like that with every single path I use in this project, actually. I have to use the two dots for everything.
The "../" means that it is to return a directory, as your HTML file is inside the PAGES directory it is necessary to use the "../".
To call the css file like this "/assets/style/home.css" you need to move the assets folder into the PAGES folder
The "../" before the file path is used to move up one directory level. It seems that the HTML file linking to the CSS file is in a subdirectory and the CSS file is in a directory one level up. If you want to use the path "/assets/style/home.css" the file should be in the same directory as the HTML file or a subdirectory of the HTML file.
You could also consider using absolute path instead of relative path, it would work regardless of where the HTML file is.
Upvote if it helps.
Your code should work if RANDOMWEBSITE is the root folder of the web server.
It will work in VSCode if you open the folder RANDOMWEBSITE, but perhaps your webserver is configured to use a different root folder above your directory.
For example the root folder might be html, and your website is at html/RANDOMWEBSITE/. In this case it would look for the css file in html/assets/style/home.css, rather than html/RANDOMWEBSITE/assets/style/home.css.
Check what the root folder of the webserver is set to and reconfigure, or alternativly remove the RANDOMWEBSITE folder from your folder tree and work within the existing root folder.
You have to do that because .html is isn't "in the same line" as css. You can imagine that it's something like a crossroad if turn right but then you realise that you want to go left firstly you have to go back and than you can turn left. If you want do do "/assets/etc" you need to move you .html file to "randomwebsite/.html"
I am learning HTML and i am keeping my secondary websites in /subwebsites/website.html
/ is the root folder containing also index.html:
File structure
However, opening the subwebsites anywhere outside of the VSCode live server browser makes the subwebsites not be able to find any stylesheet, other .html file or image anymore. It works with the index.html, but as soon as the website is contained in a subfolder it won't work anymore. I am sure it has to do with the way my paths are set but i tried everything I know off:
styles/main.css
./styles/main.css
/styles/main.css
picture showing how i added my paths
Thanks for your help in advance.
In this case your html file need to go one level up. So for this you can easily use ../.
So just use this:
../styles/main.css ^_^
or
./../styles/main.css for your subwebsites.
But better to think to start use some kind of local server. For example, live-server for VSCode.
Also useful information for you:
/ - root of the current drive
./ - current directory
../ - parent of the current directory
you can use ~/styles/main.css or ../styles/main.css
../ is previous folder
~/ is root of server
The reason, may be server look for style inside this folder. And can't find it.
I am working on embedded website that will be served by a device running Linux. We are trying to maintain a system where editable items are in root/var/data/.. and static files are in root/opt/..
Right now my server.js is located at root/opt/webapp/server.js, i have an html file at root/opt/webapp/html/file.html
in the file.html i need to render images that are in the root/var/data folder, but my understanding of now this works is node considers localhost at root/opt/webapp(the location of server.js) how do I tag to a file that is outside of said local host but still within the file directory of the device?
I attempted an absolute path but the html just assumed that it should start the chain from localhost so
looks at http://localhost:8080/file:/C:/projects/root/var/data/fms/share/icons/avocado.png
The var folder is two folders up from your .html file, so it sounds like you're looking for either:
../../var/data/fms/share/icons/avocado.png (relative)
/root/var/data/fms/share/icons/avocado.png (root-relative)
It depends on how you're linking to the file, but you may also be able to use the absolute path relative to C::
file:///C:/projects/root/var/data/fms/share/icons/avocado.png
I have many html files, all named index.html but being in different subdirectories.
These files are created by a software. After these files being created, I want to add a Stylesheet to all of them!
If i use SEARCH:"<head>" and REPLACE:"<head><link rel='stylesheet' href='/style.css'>" it wouldnt work because the files would need relative paths.
Any idea how I could achieve my goal? While Iframes are oldschool they do not use the CSS of the main page i assume.
Other ideas?
You could use an absolute path to your CSS-file. Then it doesn't matter that they're in different paths:
<link href="/styles/site.css" ...
Now every file will look up the styles-folder in the root, and the file site.css in that folder
Just use the absolute path as you mentioned.
And DO NOT open your html files directly in the
file://D:/path/to/your/file/index.html
because the root path '/' means D:/
You should setup a http server to host your pages and open them by visiting like
http://localhost/url/to/your/file/index.html
the root path '/' means
http://localhost/
Or upload them to a server.
In this way the absolute path of your css will work correctly.
Forget the relative paths.
This is a very basic html question, but I can't seem to locate the answer.
I have a local file located here:
/Users/Me/Desktop/Main/June/foo.txt
In an .html document located within the /Main directory, I can link to the foo.txt file using the full path:
Full Path Link
I would like to use relative paths to link to foo.txt. Does anyone know how to create a relative path link to this foo.txt file?
I tried the code below and a number of similar permutations, but I can't seem to successfully write the relative path link for this local file.
Relative path Link
Remove the file:/// part to have just ../June/foo.txt.
This should help you out.
If you simply drag your file from the solution explorer into the razor/html page, it will create for you everything you need.