| Murray *TMM* 2004-06-11, 7:15 pm |
| > I always thought root relative links were more
> "professional" than document relative. At least that is what I've always
> read.
Where did you read this - and how could that possibly be true? It sounds
like the prototypical moose pucky to me.
And frankly, you can use either root relative or document relative links in
any site at any time. There is no real restriction that I know of.
> Is there a
> practical limit to a template based site.
I wouldn't dream of using *only* templates on a site larger than about 100
pages simply because of how much time you'd have to spend uploading changes.
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"Mark Morse" <mark.morse@sanmina-sci.com> wrote in message
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> I've been reading the mx2004 template bugs thread. You say it's a good
> practice to use document relative links when using templates. I know about
> the preview issues when using root relative links in templates. I manage a
> site that I built using templates. The site exists on two different
servers.
> One server uses Websphere and serves up jsp pages. These pages don't
display
> properly if document relative links are used. Some kind of Websphere
issue.
>
> Other than the preview issues when developing these pages or updating
them,
> are there any pitfalls regarding building sites in MX2004 using templates
> and root relative links? I always thought root relative links were more
> "professional" than document relative. At least that is what I've always
> read. Looking at code of countless websites seems to confirm that.
>
> You also mentioned that the particular site in question on the thread was
> much larger than any site you would consider using templates on. Is there
a
> practical limit to a template based site. I would think the larger the
site,
> the better for templates for ease of maintenance.
>
> I would like to get your take on all of this. Enquiring minds would like
to
> know.
>
> Thanks
> mark
>
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