On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Wendy Smoak wrote: > Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 19:26:59 -0700 > From: Wendy Smoak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: stylesheets with jsp's under WEB-INF? > > > I asked about this on comp.lang.java.programmer, and the response was, > basically, "Don't do that." So, since Struts is the reason I'm putting my > jsp's under WEB-INF, can anyone here help with this dilemma? > > Would it be better to move the jsp's back above WEB-INF and put in a Filter > to stop people accessing them directly? (Not quite sure _how_ yet but if > that's the answer I'll figure it out!) > > [Tomcat 4.1.14, Struts 1.1 nightly] > > I can't get my jsp's that are stored under WEB-INF/jsp to "see" my > stylesheet. > > The jsp lives in: > /path/to/tomcat/webapps/dev/WEB-INF/jsp/contact.jsp > (They are under WEB-INF to keep people from getting to them without going > through the Struts action controller.) > > I don't really need to hide my stylesheet, so it can live in: > /path/to/tomcat/webapps/dev/css/style.css > > With all the style stuff directly in the jsp, it was working fine. But since > I want to use this stylesheet with all of my jsp's, I'd like to store it > separately. > I've tried both: > <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="css/style.css" TITLE="Style" /> > <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="/css/style.css" TITLE="Style"/> > > As well as putting style.css right beside contact.jsp and using > HREF="style.css" > > I'm sure I just haven't hit on the right combination of where to put it and > what LINK tag to use. Can someone enlighten me? >
The fundamental issue you are running into is the fact that the servlet spec prohibits serving any resource under /WEB-INF to the client directly -- which, of course, is why you're putting the JSP page there in the first place. But, if you think for a second about what really happens when you create a link to the stylesheet, you'll realize that the *client* is going to grab it with a separate request -- and, if that path points inside the /WEB-INF directory, it's going to fail! You're perfectly free to leave your stylesheet where it is (in the "css" subdirectory under your webapp), as long as you use an appropriate relative URL: <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="../../css/style.css" TITLE="style" /> This will get resolved (by the client) to an absolute URL that is outside the WEB-INF directory, so everything should work normally. NOTE -- the exact same issue will apply to any <img> element in your JSP page where you're trying to use a relative URL to an image in the same directory. That fails for the same reason as retrieving the stylesheet fails, because the image is retrieved by the client with a separate request. > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Wendy in Chander, AZ > > > Craig -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
