Base Href - is it really needed?

Scott Forsyth

Posted on 06/06/2016 00:47:45

Does Dynamicweb depend on the base href? There is a setting now to disable it (Do not add base href) but I'm not sure what the consequences are to disabling it. A quick test of it disabled seems to show that it isn't required.

The reason that I'm wondering is that this particular site is behind a reverse proxy and using SSL offloading so when the request gets to the Dynamicweb site it thinks that it's not over HTTPS even though it is. An easy fix seems to be to turn off the base href so I want to confirm that I'm not overlooking something.

Thanks,

Scott

Replies

Nicolai Høeg Pedersen

Posted on 06/06/2016 08:21:38

Dynamicweb does not need it, but includes it when you use Path as URLs (i.e. /Products/Bikes/MountainBike) because a lot of sites have img src="files/image.jpg" which would fail.

So as long as all you js, css, a and img src starts with / you are good.

The reason for the checkbox is there is exactly what you describe - proxies. You can also disable the port that DW includes in some requests, i.e. callback urls etc.

BR Nicolai

Imar Spaanjaars

Posted on 06/06/2016 12:45:26

Hi Scott,

Here's an issue you may want to be aware of when removing the base href: http://developer.dynamicweb.com/forum/feature-requests/change-action-attribute-in-forms-for-editors-to-point-to-the-root.aspx?PID=48 although it's planned to be fixed somewhere in the future.

Imar

Nicolai Høeg Pedersen

Posted on 06/06/2016 14:11:37

That one will be out with the hotfix tomorrow.

Scott Forsyth

Posted on 06/06/2016 15:01:12

Great, thanks to you both. Good to know that after tomorrow's hotfix we can turn that off safely as long as our own implementation doesn't depend on the base href (which it doesn't).