Base URL in ASP.net Master Pages with virtual Directories

Question

I have an ASP.net master page. In this master, I have all my css and javascript files defined. I also have a few images and a few buttons and hyperlinks.

All the url

Answer 1

So I found this IIS weirdness last night:

Will not work properly in a virtual application that's in a subdirectory of the main IIS site.

Instead, you MUST do it like this:

Which is the standard way to do it, but if you're not looking for it, it can surprise you that that additional tag makes the relative path issues go away.