Developer Tools: Script Location and the Base Tag

Phill M

2009-11-29 12:26:01 UTC

This isn't just a problem with the Developer Tools.

<base href="http://mydomain.com/" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/prototype.js"></script>

..
Results in..
IP – - [29/Nov/2009:15:28:52 +1100] "GET /mypath/js/scriptaculous.js
HTTP/1.1" 404 – "http://www.mydomain.com/mypath/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible;
MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Valve Steam GameOverlay; )"
IP – - [29/Nov/2009:15:28:52 +1100] "GET /mypath/js/common.js HTTP/1.1" 404
– "http://www.mydomain.com/mypath/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0;
Windows NT 6.1; Valve Steam GameOverlay; )"
IP – - [29/Nov/2009:15:28:52 +1100] "GET /js/prototype.js HTTP/1.1" 200
94415 "http://www.mydomain.com/mypath/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0;
Windows NT 6.1; Valve Steam GameOverlay; )"
IP – - [29/Nov/2009:15:28:52 +1100] "GET /js/scriptaculous.js HTTP/1.1" 200
2612 "http://www.mydomain.com/mypath/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0;
Windows NT 6.1; Valve Steam GameOverlay; )"

IP = my IP.

Post by brad dunbar
When using the IE8b2 Developer Tools, I attempted to debug a script by
choosing it through the dropdown on the Script tab. However, the page I was
viewing used a base tag to set a base url. The script would not load because
it's url did not take the base tag into consideration and therefore displayed
nothing.
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