Why is Magento 1.4 including javascript files by filesystem path?

Question

I am in the process of testing a Magento 1.3 site using Magento 1.4. I am seeing very weird and inconsistent behavior. Instead of including the URL of my javascript files, M

Answer 1

What are the values for the various Base URL fields under "Web" in the configuration? Should be something along the lines of

{{unsecure_base_url}}skin/

for the base skin URL.