Why do you insist on relative paths?
If you dislike the notion of ${request.contextPath} and you are using
Apache to server the webpage consider using mod_rewrite.
<VirtualHost 1.1.1.1>
ServerName site1.com
ServerAlias site1.com
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/docroot/(.*) /magnoliaPublic/docroot/$1 [PT,L]
...
RewriteRule ^/(.*) /magnoliaPublic/site1/$1 [PT]
JkMount /* public
</VirtualHost>
every request which starts with docroot is redirected to your
contextPath of magnoliaPublic, thus eleminating the need for the
${request.contextPath} solution.
The solution looks strange, but I had to use mod_rewrite anyway because
I am serving several sites out of one magnolia Instance (still 2.x)
(btw the howto of serving multiple sites in the wiki is not up to date,
or plain wrong)
Greetings
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