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How to use relative/absolute paths in css URLs?

I have a production and development server. The problem is the directory structure.

Development:

  • http://dev.com/subdir/images/image.jpg
  • http://dev.com/subdir/resources/css/style.css

Production:

  • http://live.com/images/image.jpg
  • http://live.com/resources/css/style.css

How can I have a style.css in css folder that uses on both servers the same path for the background: url property? Is there a trick I can use with relative paths?

Solution

  • The URL is relative to the location of the CSS file, so this should work for you:

    url('../../images/image.jpg')

    The relative URL goes two folders back, and then to the images folder - it should work for both cases, as long as the structure is the same.

    From https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS1/#url:

    Partial URLs are interpreted relative to the source of the style sheet, not relative to the document