IIS virtual directory and ASP.NET directory paths

Question

The problem

I\'m running into the typical virtual-directory dilemma in that you have some paths on your ASP.Net application and you deploy the app in a IIS virtual

Answer 1

Are you using the tilde (~) for your paths where you can?

~ refers to the root of the virtual Web application....

~/images for example.

Answer 2

If it's just for css files on the client side then using the url directive makes the path relative to that of the style sheet rather than the page:

h1#title { background: url('dog.gif') no-repeat 0 0; } 

Also if you're on asp.net mvc then you have access to:

<script src="<%= Url.Content("~/scripts/new.js") %>" type="text/javascript"></script>