Where do your logs say that it is looking for the CSS files? There must be a record somewhere of the hit for each file, maybe that can tell you what's wrong.
Post the log entries? Alec Swan wrote: > Web designers don't run web servers or servlet containers on their machines. > (I call their environment "static"). They just create web pages using > Dreamweaver and preview them in different browsers. So, in my running example > Test.jsp would have the following relative link ../../css/Styles.css in order > for it to work in the "static" environment. > > However, this relative link doesn't work when I deploy Test.jsp in Tomcat. > Suppose I deploy my web-app under /testapp context. In this case, Test.jsp > would have to link to the css file through one of the following links: > ../testapp/css/Styles.css or > /css/Styles.css > Neither of which work in the "static" environment used by web designers. > > I hope this elucidates the problem a little further. So, the question > persists, what is the right way to get links to CSS files to work in static > as well as deployed environment? > > Thanks. > > Hassan Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 7/4/06, Alec Swan wrote: > >> I need to reference Styles.css from Test.jsp in such a way that it works in >> static as well as in deployed mode. Note that for this to work in the static >> mode (no web servers or servlet containers) all paths should be relative. >> Therefore, when I deploy Test.jsp I want Tomcat either to handle relative >> paths correctly or ignore the path altogether and just serve all CSS file >> from a certain location (directory or URL). >> >> The goal of all this is to maintain only one source tree used by web >> designers and Tomcat administrator and avoid changing paths in JSP files >> during deployment. >> >> I would appreciate any feedback on this. > > OK, since you asked :-) -- this seems a really strange requirement; > are your "web designers" unable to run a Tomcat instance to work > in? > > But in any case, using relative links to a css file works fine on a test > page I just did that mirrors your described files. So *exactly* how is > this not working for you? > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
