Using external resources (like CSS) with Wt's HTTP server
Added by Andres Jaimes about 12 years ago
Hello,
My apoligies if this quiestion has been asked before, but I could not find it.
I want to know if there is a way to use an external CSS file when using Wt's HTTP server. I have tried several things like placing them in the same folder where my executable resides without any luck.
I'm using WApplication::useStyleSheet to add an external reference to my CSS file and the code is working fine. However when my browser looks for the resource it just gets a 404 error.
I appreciate your help.
Replies (2)
RE: Using external resources (like CSS) with Wt's HTTP server - Added by Wim Dumon about 12 years ago
Hello Andres,
The wthttpd connector serves all files within the so-called docroot directory. When you start your wt application, you have to specify a docroot startup parameter (or put it in wthttp's configuration file). Files within that docroot directory are available for fetching by HTTP requests through wthttpd.
So: put your CSS file inside the directory that is pointed to by the docroot parameter.
Best regards,
Wim.
RE: Using external resources (like CSS) with Wt's HTTP server - Added by Andres Jaimes about 12 years ago
Great!, thanks Wim... I'm putting my parameter list as reference for others:
--http-address=0.0.0.0 --http-port=8080 --deploy-path=/ --docroot=C:\opt\tdem
In this case, all files like CSS's have to be in C:\opt\tdem.
Thanks again