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Asked: 2026-05-20T09:43:14+00:00

Iam new to ASP.NET and poking around my first ASP Web Application projects in

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Iam new to ASP.NET and poking around my first ASP Web Application projects in .NET 4.0
I have problem, which I can’t solve, and google searches does not bring any joy.

So I would kindly ask for help and/or explanation of following problem:

Assume that I have set up following project structure:

\default.aspx
\[gfx] (dir)
   \[images]
     \picture.jpg
   \[css]
     \stylesheet.css
   \[js]
     \jquery.js
\[backend]
   \main.aspx

So, in default.aspx I can link to image or css like that:

     < img src="/gfx/images/picture.jpg">
     < link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/gfx/css/stylesheet.css"/>

It works, but Iam afraid that this linking technique is not the “correct” one. Yes – it works and it links, but as I was PHP developer I was always linking to the full path of resource, for ex:
< img src=”gfx/images/picture.jpg” />
Which was translated to
< img src=”http://www.mysite.com/gfx/images/picture.jpg&#8221; />

Is there a way to achieve similar result in ASP.NET without loosing the design preview in visual studio ? It my linking technique is common one or is there another way ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Mostly ~ operator is used, the asp.net automatically maps it to the root of your application.

    <head runat="server">
<img src="~/gfx/images/picture.jpg">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="~/gfx/css/stylesheet.css"/>
</head>

    you can also use application root path in variable and can use. For Example

    <head>
<img src="<%=SomeClass.SITEURL%>/gfx/images/picture.jpg">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="~/gfx/css/stylesheet.css"/>
</head>

    The use of later technique has a few advantages, as it is rendered as absolute path (little bit fast)
    and configurable in a sense if you want to place static content from different server.

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