[development] Multi-site absolute paths?

[Larry Garfield]

On Tuesday 19 September 2006 12:34, Sam Tresler wrote:
> Been following a forum thread and was wondering if anyone had any input
> towards a way to make multi-site pathnames more manageble
>
> Thread: http://drupal.org/node/84895
>
> The basic issue is that pathnames for a multi-site install can easily
> get huge.  But there is  strong desire to keep all site-relevant
> material in the /sites/sitename folder.

*snip*

> http://test_layout.example.com/sites/test_layout.example.com/files/images/b
>ackground.jpg
>
>
> Does anyone know a good portable workaround?  Am I missing something
> obvious?

I've had some issues with multi-site recently myself, but this isn't one of 
them.  What exactly is the problem with absolute paths generated by the code 
having long names?  You aren't typing them yourself, or shouldn't be.

Perhaps the obvious thing being missed is that it's not a problem?  Or am I 
just not seeing how it's a problem? :-)  (I typically put all files under 
sites anyway, and in 5.0 the new sites/all directory encourages you do never 
ever put things in /modules or /themes.)

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