base href > url resolves in DW and not in browser or vv

message from Laiverd.COM on 15 Jul 2004

Though I've been creating websites for quite some time now, I have never
used <base href> before. I am now in the situation where I either have to
- either I cannot preview the image in Dreamweaver
- or the browser does not resolve the path properly

This is what I have tried:
Resolves in browser but not in dreamweaver:
<base href="http://localhost/private/ndi/"
src="images/general/logo_ndi.gif"
Browser shows this path:
http://localhost/private/ndi/images/general/logo_ndi.gif

Resolves in Dreamweaver but not in browser
<base href=http://localhost/private/ndi
src="/images/general/logo_ndi.gif"
Browser shows this path: http://localhost/images/general/logo_ndi.gif

I maybe should note that I have not set a default images folder in the site
definition.

Site definition:
local info > http adress: http://localhost/private/ndi/
testing server > url prefix: http://localhost/private/ndi/

If someone could shed a light on this. I looked up some info but did not
find an answer; I feel this somehow is Dreamweaver related, although I find
that hard to belive.

Thanks.

John

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