base_url() and url helper

[eluser]elaniobro[/eluser]
[quote author="jedd" date="1267337753"]To spell it out, you almost definitely want this:

Code:

$config['base_url']    = "http://localhost:8888/www.example.com/com/5/";

(Judging from what you've revealed so far.) My earlier observations (regarding other info to show us) still stand.[/quote]

a) your code for pulling in images (are you using img() for example?)
no I am using:

Code:

<img src="&lt;?= base_url();?&gt;img/logo_tagline.png"/> &lt;!-- for example --&gt;

b) your code for pulling in css and js etc (are you using link_tag() for example?)

Code:

<link type="text/css" href="<?= base_url();?>com/css/global.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen" />

c) the web-browser’s page source for these same sections
You want a link to my actual site?

d) your .htaccess file
non existent at the moment.

Hope those answers gives you more insight. I am new to CI, and have read through the wiki, but will most certainly go back and comb through it again. I appreciated your help thus far.

I might add that I am using MAMP for local dev.