Question

The question is about using css stylesheets in your assets folder within the code igniter framework. If I want to reference a certain image for a css style, lets say for instance, background: url(‘../images/some_image.gif’). How should I reference this image, and what url should I provide. I’d like to do this in a way that I can put my image file in the image folder within assets.

Answer 1

There’s no difference in regards to this because you’re using Codeigniter, you can use /absolute/paths, full URLs, or probably the easiest way – relative urls.

The url to the image can just be relative to the <link>ed CSS file.

Example:

-assets
   -css
      screen.css
   -images
      bg.png

In your HTML:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/assets/css/screen.css">

From screen.css:

background:url(../images/bg.png);