Thanks very much Anthony. A small question before I mark this as complete.
Does your comment about web2py template not applying to the CSS file in the
static folder also apply to the js file in the static folder?
Does web2py template apply only to the Views?
Thanks again.
On Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:09:36 PM UTC-4, curiouslearn wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> (1) After searching on the web I have see that the following are two
> valid ways to link to an image in the static/images folder. However,
> the first way is not working for me. Could this be because I deleted
> all css files and js files (except jquery) that come with the Welcome
> app? Please let me know if I should post more information.
>
> background-image: url("{{=URL('static',
> 'images/roughcloth.png')}}");
> /*This does not work*/
> /*background-image:
> url('/microeconslides/static/images/roughcloth.png');*/ /*This works
> for me*/
>
> For the option that does not work, Developer Tools in Chrome shows the
> following error:
>
> Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 400
> (BAD REQUEST)
> http://localhost:8000/microeconslides/static/css/%7B%7B=URL('static',%20'images/roughcloth.png')%7D%7D
>
>
>
> (2) I use jquery to add some html images to the html file. The working
> code is:
>
> $("section").each(function(index){
> idtag = 's' + (index + 1)
> $(this).attr('id', idtag);
> $(this).append("<div class='nav'>\
> <img
> class='prev' src='/microeconslides/static/images/left_arrow.png'/>\
> <img
> class='next'
> src='/microeconslides/static/images/right_arrow.png'/>\
> </div>");
> $(this).css('display', 'none' );
> });
>
> Is there a way to use {{=URL(...)}} to add links to the images instead
> of the way I have done. I am not sure how to deal with the inverted
> commas if the URL method is used. It seems one cannot use triple
> quotes here and other ones are already used and will conflict.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
