How to map root path css links on aspx pages?

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Hi ,

strangely when i link my css with below pattern its work as it is more obvious

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

but why not below things not working my css on my pages

<link type="text/css" runat="server" href="/css/PdfTemplateStyle.css" rel="stylesheet" />

or

<link type="text/css" runat="server" href="~/css/PdfTemplateStyle.css" rel="stylesheet" />

above to not at all working my css on a page ..

Posted 11-Dec-14 18:51pm

Torakami

Updated 11-Dec-14 18:52pm

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Raul Iloc · Answer 1 · 2014-12-11T19:07:00

1. LINK is a HTML tag and not an ASPX tag, and runat attribute is defined only in the case of ASPX tags.

2.You should use relative paths, and they are relatives to the wen application root folder from IIS (or to web application project folder in Visual Studio), and should be like in the example below:

HTML

<link href="~/Styles/Site.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

In this example the Styles is a folder created directly in the web application root and it contains the CSSS file named: Site.css.

3.If you have your CSS file inside multiple sub-folders with 4 levels you have to indicate the path like below (but changing the name of the folders and CSS file for your case):

HTML

<link href="~/Folder1/Folder2/Folder3/Folder4/MyFile.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />