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Jordan Hubbard
1,788 PointsI am finding quite stupid how they are using file paths like ../../img/whatever.jpg when /img on its own works fine.
I am finding quite stupid how they are using file paths like ../../img/whatever.jpg when /img on its own works fine no matter how many folders deep the html file or image is.
Cant we just have /img/whatever.png for locating images?
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Steven Parker
229,644 PointsThe advantage of relative paths is that the entire folder structure could be moved and things would still work. Absolute paths are "brittle", and the code might break when everything is moved.
Jordan Hubbard
1,788 PointsJordan Hubbard
1,788 PointsThank you for commenting that makes sense.. what if i have over a hundred files because articles are have different folders for the years and then I need to use the ../../ how am i going to know how many to do?
Steven Parker
229,644 PointsSteven Parker
229,644 PointsThe path is the same whether the folder contains one file or a hundred. Each path reflects the relationship between the current directory and the one where the resource is located.