ASP.NET MVC Content folder - URLs changed in source for CSS/images but not for JS?

Question

If I have this in my Site.Master file:

<link href="../../Content/Site.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

and then go to View Source on page of my site (when deployed to actual server), it renders like this:

<link href="Content/Site.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

But if I have a JS file in the Scripts/ folder, it doesn't mimic the same behavior. Where is the magic? Is there some setting somewhere that is causing this?

Thanks,

~ Justin

tvanfosson · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-12 14:12:28Z

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I always use the Url helper to make sure.

<link href="<%= Url.Content( "~/content/site.css" ) %>"
      rel="stylesheet"
      type="text/css" />

<script type="text/javascript"
        src="<%= Url.Content( "~/scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" ) %>">
</script>

In fact, I've actually replaced this all by HtmlHelper extensions that do the same thing.

<%= Html.Stylesheet( Url.Content( "~/content/site.css ) ) %>
<%= Html.Javascript( Url.Content( "~/scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" ) ) %>

answered Oct 12, 2009 at 14:12

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RationalGeek Over a year ago

Ah. I didn't know about Url.Content. That is useful. But I'd still like to understand why one is rewritten in the page source and the other isn't.

Michael Gattuso · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-12 15:45:03Z

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The head has the runat="server" option set which means that it performs this "magic" server-side for link references. AFAIK this does not happen for scripts references.

edited Oct 12, 2009 at 15:45

answered Oct 12, 2009 at 14:14

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RationalGeek Over a year ago

If that were true, since both things are in the HEAD, wouldn't both get rewritten?

Michael Gattuso Over a year ago

You've thought. I haven't dug around enough in the mechanics of but I know for fact this works. Take out the runat="server" from the head and see what happens. My guess is that Microsoft specifically looks for the link tag and not the script tag.

Michael Gattuso Over a year ago

See also stackoverflow.com/questions/446533/… for more info

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