references on live server vs localhost

[gtbikerider]

I'm referencing a file - e.g. a style like...
@import url("/myfolder/myfile.css");

This works fine when on the live server - it finds the file at

http://mydomain/myfolder/myfile.css

However when I work locally I user

http://localhost/client1

http://localhost/client2

etc

So the above reference won't work - I'd have to use...
@import url("/client1/myfolder/myfile.css");

How do you set up the local server so I can use the same code locally and live?





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John

 

[FALCONSEYE]

<CFSET CurrDir=GetDirectoryFromPath(GetCurrentTemplatePath())>

then refer the file by

#currDir#/myFile.css

hope it helps...

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[FALCONSEYE]

actually, you will use

#currDir#myFile.css

sorry about the mistake...

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[TamedTech]

Yep i agree with Falconseye,

I tend to set all my site roots and cfc roots etc in the application.cfm file, then just referance them as a variable.

That way i can run the site on any test server i like in any folder, then when i shift the site over its a simple case of modifying the application file.

Rob

 

[imstillatwork]

me three. I generally have an application.settings structure that has things like dsn, domain name, root path, physical path, etc in it.

I also build in debugging so that url,form,session,etc.. is displayed at the end of each pach automaticaly when in dev, but not on production. kinda handy to be able to move an entire site to production, and not have to fiddle with much stuff.

Kevin

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[TamedTech]

Yep, another little item i like to use which makes life easy when shifting stuff around.

#expandPath(".")#

Any time you find yourself hard coding the same address or path more than a couple of time you're better off setting it as a variable.

Like kevin suggests, iether place them all in the applications file, or even create a set of sub-documents that contain different settings variables for your application.

Makes site maintanance and management so much easier.

Rob