[support] Path question

[Néstor]

That sounds like a possible fix but I do not have control of the domain and
subdomain names.

thanks,

Nestor :-)

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Shai Gluskin <shai at content2zero.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure I totally understand your question, but I'll tell you what
> works consistently for me with simplest possible set up on the server and no
> .htaccess or mod_rewrite complications. This just works.
>
> I always have my Drupal root at the domain root. For example:
> http://www.example.com.
>
> If I need to put the site in a subdirectory, I will always create a
> sub-domain. For example, if the Drupal directory is at: example.com/drupal,
> I will create a subdomain called drupal.example.com that transforms
> example.com/drupal into a domain root (drupal.example.com).
>
> One of the reasons I do this is that I find root-relative links to be the
> most stable for links inside text areas. So links that I create inside nodes
> or custom blocks to other places on the same site I'll make them
> root-relative which is like, "/custompath" or "/longer/custompath".
>
> Note however when you are in Drupal admin screens (as opposed to a node
> body or custom block) you don't put the forward slash at the beginning.
> Drupal itself doesn't have a hard time keeping track of where its root
> directory is and beginning with a forward slash will not work.
>
> I've had trouble with truly relative links created inside nodes, such as a
> link like "custompath" or "node/1". Root-relative links take the guesswork
> out. But the downside of root-relative is that they always go to the domain
> root, even if the Drupal root is in a sub-directory.  And so that is why I
> use the subdomain trick in those situations because the sub-domain
> essentially changes the location of the domain root.
>
> This system makes moving the site to another server, another domain, or
> another directory on the same server, really, really simple.
>
> Hope this makes some sense to you.
>
> This isn't necessarily the "best" way, it's the way I've simplified things
> for myself so I don't have to be too much of a server geek and I get
> consistent results.
>
> Shai
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Néstor <rotsen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have create a block that has some basic html links like
>> <a href="/nestor/scroller612/as_dept/as_main">Admin Services</a>
>>
>> This works but if I were to move my drupal site this will not work.
>>
>> If I were to set the link as follows it will not work
>> <a href="as_dept/as_main">Admin Services</a>
>>
>> Now what is the proper way to point to a link ina drupal page?
>>
>> How do you tell it to use the drupal site path + the location of the link
>> you want to access?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Nestor :-)
>>
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