Includes and caching

4WebHelp Addict Joined: 07 Jan 2002 Posts: 1060

This one may seem a little strange but here we go,

I include my menubar in each of my pages, but I can't have graphics, as I have to put <img src="http://www.mysite.com/img/img.gif"> for it to work in each page, the trouble with this is, that every time you change page, it reloads the graphics, rather than caching them, as it does if I use relative paths, but I can't use relative paths, because www.mysite.com, with an include would be just <img src="imagename.gif">, but this would be wrong, if I had a file in a sub-directory, and the graphic wouldn't show up.

Any Ideas?

Thanks

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Use

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4WebHelp Addict Joined: 07 Jan 2002 Posts: 1060

Daniel wrote:

Use

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Grrrrrr, I design professional sites and I didn't know you could do that!!!! I thought that ment change directory rather than from the root, but then again, it shows how dense I am!

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Did you know you could use links like that? 'Cause we've used that kind of link all over this site!

4WebHelp Addict Joined: 07 Jan 2002 Posts: 1060

Daniel wrote:

Did you know you could use links like that? 'Cause we've used that kind of link all over this site!

I know, I just had a look, I always thought "/dir/" was the same as dir/

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

I wouldn't waste my time adding all those slashes if they weren't needed! And how did you think a link from /tutorials/ to /links/ would work? Wouldn't you have thought that it linked to /tutorials/links/? That wouldn't make sense!

4WebHelp Addict Joined: 07 Jan 2002 Posts: 1060

Daniel wrote:

I wouldn't waste my time adding all those slashes if they weren't needed! And how did you think a link from /tutorials/ to /links/ would work? Wouldn't you have thought that it linked to /tutorials/links/? That wouldn't make sense!

I would do ../links/ Smile

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Yes, but didn't you wonder how OUR links worked? (or those on other sites who use this technique)

4WebHelp Addict Joined: 07 Jan 2002 Posts: 1060

Daniel wrote:

Yes, but didn't you wonder how OUR links worked? (or those on other sites who use this technique)

No, because I never looked at your source until you pointed it out above, I just always thought it was like how I outlined above, I'm thick for not knowing it I know, but thats just the way it is, as I usually use text links so it's not a problem.

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Why wouldn't it be a problem?

4WebHelp Addict Joined: 07 Jan 2002 Posts: 1060

Because I just used URL's, the difference with images, is if you call them with URL's they are not cached, so every page change involves them being reloaded, if you call them locally they are cached.

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

I wonder why... It's a little stupid IMO. If the browser is going to cache pages with absolute URL's, why doesn't it cache images... Confused

4WebHelp Addict Joined: 07 Jan 2002 Posts: 1060

Daniel wrote:

I wonder why... It's a little stupid IMO. If the browser is going to cache pages with absolute URL's, why doesn't it cache images... Confused

Well it doesn't in Internet Explorer 6.0 or Internet Explorer 6.0SP1 Anyway!