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ASP.NET MVC Content folder - URLs changed in source for CSS/images but not for JS?

Answer 1

+3 A:

I always use the Url helper to make sure.

<link href="<%= Url.Content( "~/content/site.css" ) %>"
      rel="stylesheet"
      type="text/css" />

<script type="text/javascript"
        src="<%= Url.Content( "~/scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" ) %>">
</script>

In fact, I've actually replaced this all by HtmlHelper extensions that do the same thing.

<%= Html.Stylesheet( Url.Content( "~/content/site.css ) ) %>
<%= Html.Javascript( Url.Content( "~/scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" ) ) %>

tvanfosson 2009-10-12 14:12:28

Ah. I didn't know about Url.Content. That is useful. But I'd still like to understand why one is rewritten in the page source and the other isn't.

jkohlhepp 2009-10-12 14:22:55

Answer 2

+2 A:

The head has the runat="server" option set which means that it performs this "magic" server-side for link references. AFAIK this does not happen for scripts references.

Michael Gattuso 2009-10-12 14:14:35

If that were true, since both things are in the HEAD, wouldn't both get rewritten?

jkohlhepp 2009-10-12 14:23:39

You've thought. I haven't dug around enough in the mechanics of but I know for fact this works. Take out the runat="server" from the head and see what happens.My guess is that Microsoft specifically looks for the link tag and not the script tag.

Michael Gattuso 2009-10-12 14:31:43

See alsohttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/446533/what-is-the-status-of-runatserver-tags-in-asp-net-mvc for more info

Michael Gattuso 2009-10-12 14:33:32

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