Absolute links before DNS pointers set

crockej · February 15th, 2008, 12:24 PM

I'm using one of my reseller accounts for website construction. The DNS pointers are still pointing to a different server so I'm accessing the account via the web through IP#/~accountName. The problem is absolute link references have to start with "/~accountName" in order for them to work which messes up proofing Dreamweaver files on my local machine and all the links will have to be changed once the DNS pointers are set. Does anybody have any ideas how to make absolute links work without prefacing it with the /~accountName?

**Mark** · February 15th, 2008, 12:43 PM

You could try adding the BASE tag inside the HEAD tags of your document. Like this:

Code:

<base href="http://1.2.3.4/~username/" />

That will work in the browser without having to change tons of links. However I'm not sure how dreamweaver would work with it.

**Rick** · February 15th, 2008, 1:34 PM

You can add you Domain Name and IP Address to you local host file. If you're using Windows, edit the "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\host" file and add your IP address and Domain name to it.

Now your computer will resolve your domain and you can use Dreamweaver or any other web software to develop your site.

crockej · February 15th, 2008, 1:56 PM

The base URL didn't work (at least it broke a number of other links).

My solution (so far) was to change all the links on the html pages from absolute to relative. Then, use an include for navigation (which contains all of the absolute links). My local DW include eliminates the /~accountName in the links and I have a server version with the correct links. When the DNS is set, I only have to update the server include file.

Open to other ideas...
Thanks

February 15th, 2008, 12:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
crockej Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Dec 2004 7 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Absolute links before DNS pointers set I'm using one of my reseller accounts for website construction. The DNS pointers are still pointing to a different server so I'm accessing the account via the web through IP#/~accountName. The problem is absolute link references have to start with "/~accountName" in order for them to work which messes up proofing Dreamweaver files on my local machine and all the links will have to be changed once the DNS pointers are set. Does anybody have any ideas how to make absolute links work without prefacing it with the /~accountName?

February 15th, 2008, 12:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mark Surpass Developer On a golden path... Joined in Jan 2004 Lives in Florida Hosted on decc.surpasshosting.com 466 posts Gave thanks: 15 Thanked 75 times	You could try adding the BASE tag inside the HEAD tags of your document. Like this: Code: <base href="http://1.2.3.4/~username/" /> That will work in the browser without having to change tons of links. However I'm not sure how dreamweaver would work with it. __________________ Mark Surpass Hosting Developer sɹnoʎ uɐɥʇ ɹǝʇʇǝq sı bıs ʎɯ

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Rick Surpass Fan Comfy Contributor Joined in Sep 2004 Hosted on Pass42 269 posts Gave thanks: 4 Thanked 48 times	You can add you Domain Name and IP Address to you local host file. If you're using Windows, edit the "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\host" file and add your IP address and Domain name to it. Now your computer will resolve your domain and you can use Dreamweaver or any other web software to develop your site. __________________ Last edited by Rick; February 15th, 2008 at 1:39 PM. Reason: made a correction

February 15th, 2008, 1:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
crockej Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Dec 2004 7 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Base didn't work The base URL didn't work (at least it broke a number of other links). My solution (so far) was to change all the links on the html pages from absolute to relative. Then, use an include for navigation (which contains all of the absolute links). My local DW include eliminates the /~accountName in the links and I have a server version with the correct links. When the DNS is set, I only have to update the server include file. Open to other ideas... Thanks

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