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Where does the trailing slash in the link to the root directory that appears in the header template (header.thtml) come from? Here's the relevant code:




It's not showing up in my installation of 1.3.11. I notice that it appears on this site, and the header file does not include a trailing slash after {site_url}. That variable is assigned a url in config.php without a trailing slash, per instructions. If a slash is added, you get double slashes in all links save the one in question here, I think. My workaround has been to add the slash to the header file. But I shouldn't have to do this, right?

Thanks for your attention.

Tap, tap, tap, hello, does anyone want to try answering this question?

the slash that you are talking about is not added by the code, but by the browser. if you don't want double slashes in other places then don't add the slash. hope that helps. or did I misunderstand?

It actually is added by the code in lib-common...look around line 591.

Thanks for your replies. I'm glad there's some interest in this question, after all.

In reply to zipstart, that line of code you quoted is for the default menu_elements that are configured in config.php. I checked lib-common.php anyway, and the slash was indeed there where you said it would be. But that doesn't affect the welcome line in the header template. If you activate 'home' in config.php, it'll show up in the menu bar at top (in the default professional theme).

In reply to anon, it's true the browser automagically adds a trailing slash when you click on a directory link lacking a trailing slash. But here's the difference I'm talking about: If you place your mouse over the welcome link at geeklog.net you see the trailing slash. When I do the same thing on my current set-up, there's no trailing slash.

How'd day do dat?

The above is my reply. Forgot to log on.

Gah. Yer right. lib-common's not your culprit.

I think ted is right...view your page source. On mine there is no trailing slash, but mouseover shows one. Go figure.

I'd checked that possibility out after my last post. I saw that the geeklog.net source did not have the trailing slash appended to the link in question. The mouseover event seems to work only if the link is to the root directory of the domain, I think. I haven't tested that theory yet, as I've been working from a subdirectory.

subdir or not, if you do not not have a page explicit in the url, the slash will appear to indicate a directory. this is a browser/server accomodating http. Directory names accessed thru http should end in a / and browsers/servers know this.