CSS Discussers: I am building my first website and struggling with a very spotty and uneven knowledge of servers, HTML, and CSS. I do have some computer and internet knowledge but with big gaps where I most need expertise.
Aptana is currently my development environment which lets you preview a file in either Firefox or IE. It supposedly launches its own preview server but, from the behaviour of Firefox described below, it rather looks as though Firefox is using file:///path-to-site-folder/index.html. Firefox won't load a CSS file referenced by a <link ... /> if it contains a path from site root, e.g. href="/css_stuff/my_neat.css" (note leading root slash / ) but IE will. Firefox is only happy with href="css_stuff/my_neat.css" (not the missing root / slash). I hope not to be lost in relative file referencing hell, i.e. href="../../../../css_stuff/my_neat.css", but need to check this in a tame local server environment. Can anybody recommend a suitable lightweight HTTP server that even a complete newbie from Mars could set up with the local site root specified, etc.? Then I can get Firefox to look at http://localhost/index.html, which latter contains <link href="/css_stuff/my_neat.css"> (note root slash / restored again). I have Googled for a server but frankly as soon as I try to read the bumf I am lost ... Along with your many recommendations, I wonder if I can impose on you to ask how to install and configure site root? Regards, Hedley -- Hedley Finger 28 Regent Street Camberwell VIC 3124 Australia Tel. +61 3 9809 1229 Fax. (call phone first) Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558 Email. "Hedley Finger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
