[Zope] context and URLs

[Peter Bengtsson]

This will work
<a tal:attributes="href 
string:${here/folderB/absolute_url_path}/scriptobject?Parameter=$variable">Text</a>


On 2/13/06, Ole Johan Tennvassås <oj.tennvassaas at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry for late reply - have been away.
>
> Cant get this to work!  I hope I can avoid to use an absolute URL path.
> What i want is, as you say, to let the server generate as much of the URL as
> possible. To be more spesific, the zpt whith the calling href (located in
> "folderA") calls a script with a construct  like this:
> <a tal:attributes="href
> string:folderB/scriptobject?Parameter=$variable">Text</a>
> The effect of this is that Zope generates a link to the URL
> http://myserver/application/folderA/folderB/scriptobject?...
> and after this link is used to call the script in folderB, the script calls
> a zpt in folderA again.  Now, all links in this zpt gets /folderB added in
> their path! If you have some more tips about this, or could point me to some
> examples or documentation that could explain to me how this is supposed to
> work, it would be great!
>
> Regards
> Ole
> >Instead of writing links like this::
> >
> > <a href="folderB/object">object</a>
> >
> >write them like this::
> >
> > <a tal:attributes="href
> folderB/object/absolute_url_path">object</a>
>
> >
> >I know it's more typing but it will solve all your problems. I always
> >let the server have a part in generating URLs and I never suffer from
> >problems like this.
>
>


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