Re: [jQuery] Need your opinion you ALL!!!
Hi Erik, I'm not really sure about speed, and I can't speak about Unix (I'm a Windows developer), but one thing I can tell you about relative paths vs. absolute paths is relative paths will allow the site to be moved easily. For example, if you develop the site on one machine, test it on another, and have a third box for production, if you use absolute paths, you need to make sure you put the site one the same drive letter, in the same path, on all three machines. With relative paths, you can place the site anywhere you need, and there should be no issues resolving pages/resources. Also, if there is ever a chance your employer will want to move this site to another production machine, using relative paths now will make that future move immensely easier. Hope that helps. -John On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Erik R. Peterson eriks...@mac.com wrote: Hello everyone, Someone wants me to use FULL DIRECTORY PATHS for every page and script for a website I just completed. I argued that it would slow down the website for users... I prefer relative paths such as /src/ and /img/. Am I wrong to say this? Is there really a difference in performance with speed whether I use absolute or relative paths? Love to hear your opinion... Thanks. Erik BTW - the website was transferred from WINDOWS SERVER to a UNIX... I actually preferred Windows. I'm dealing with a Network Admin that doesn't know web design...
Re: [jQuery] Need your opinion you ALL!!!
Erik R. Peterson wrote: Hello everyone, Someone wants me to use FULL DIRECTORY PATHS for every page and script for a website I just completed. I argued that it would slow down the website for users... I prefer relative paths such as /src/ and /img/. Am I wrong to say this? Is there really a difference in performance with speed whether I use absolute or relative paths? Love to hear your opinion... Thanks. Erik BTW - the website was transferred from WINDOWS SERVER to a UNIX... I actually preferred Windows. I'm dealing with a Network Admin that doesn't know web design... Using relative paths is the way to go, otherwise moving the site or changing a domain name will cause you tons of extra work (tell your client you'll have to charge more down the road if they ever change the domain name). It won't make a difference speed-wise, though. Note that most Unix systems are case-sensitive (I know Linux is, but Mac OS X isn't). So always use lowercase for all your filenames, folders and links. http://www.example.com/jQuery.js is not the same as http://www.example.com/jquery.js Jonathan -- Jonathan Vanherpe - Tallieu Tallieu NV - jonat...@tnt.be
Re: [jQuery] Need your opinion you ALL!!!
Someone wants me to use FULL DIRECTORY PATHS for every page Assuming you're generating your html on the back-end, just use a variable for the base URL and no worries. Stict with UNIX through the learning curve and I guarantee you'll never go back, at least not voluntarily. :) Nathan
[jQuery] Need your opinion you ALL!!!
Hello everyone, Someone wants me to use FULL DIRECTORY PATHS for every page and script for a website I just completed. I argued that it would slow down the website for users... I prefer relative paths such as /src/ and /img/. Am I wrong to say this? Is there really a difference in performance with speed whether I use absolute or relative paths? Love to hear your opinion... Thanks. Erik BTW - the website was transferred from WINDOWS SERVER to a UNIX... I actually preferred Windows. I'm dealing with a Network Admin that doesn't know web design...
