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Posted to user@struts.apache.org by Folashade Adeyosoye <sh...@gmail.com> on 2005/05/03 15:29:47 UTC

Struts / JSTL c:import external websites

Hi all, 

 

 

   This might be a JSTL question more than a struts question, but I think
developers might have run into this problem before while developing in
Struts..

 

 

 

I was able to import my Yahoo forum into my portal like application, but the
all the links are relative to my site rather than the yahoo site, any hints
to get this to work.

 

 

 

<c:import  url="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/forumName/"/>

 

 

It shows up fine but the links defaults to my site.

 

 

.

Shardayyy

Re: Struts / JSTL c:import external websites

Posted by Craig McClanahan <cr...@gmail.com>.

On 5/3/05, Folashade Adeyosoye <sh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>    This might be a JSTL question more than a struts question, but I think
> developers might have run into this problem before while developing in
> Struts..
> 
> I was able to import my Yahoo forum into my portal like application, but the
> all the links are relative to my site rather than the yahoo site, any hints
> to get this to work.
> 
> <c:import  url="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/forumName/"/>
> 
> It shows up fine but the links defaults to my site.
> 

Actually, it's not even a JSTL question ... it's an issue of how HTML works.

The <c:import> tag, when you give it a URL, just includes the contents
returned by that URL into the current page, with no modifications.  If
the content includes relative links, they are going to be interpreted
as relative to *your* page (as you observed), unless you:

* Suck the contents into a buffer and physically modify all the
  links yourself before outputting it.

* Use a <base> element in your <head> section that points at
  the Yahoo page (but this will mess up any relative links you
  have in your content)

* Use frames so that the Yahoo page is loaded separately, and
  relative links will work as expected.

Craig

> .
> 
> Shardayyy
> 
>

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