This would add complexity to DynamicURI, that I am not sure I like.  What
about adding a new class StaticURI that handles this situation.  This could
be added to the context as $staticLink.

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From: Sean Legassick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Turbine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 9:38 AM
Subject: Referencing static content - views?


> As I mentioned briefly earlier, the home index.wm I have committed into
> src/templates/screens references the Turbine logo. At present the URL is
> hardcoded as /turbine/images/logo.gif. This works using Tomcat, with the
> context called 'turbine' and the GIF stored in the images subdir of the
> webapp directory. Other than that it pretty much doesn't :-(
>
> Does anyone have any strong views about how this should be handled ?
>
> My feeling is that there should be a dynamic way to generate URLs that
> reference static content within the context, but at present (I think)
> there is no straightforward way to do this.
>
> Howabout my suggestion of adding a method to DynamicURI called
> setStaticContent. That way the template could say:
>
> <img src="$link.setStaticContent("/images/logo.gif")">
>
> --
> Sean Legassick
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