combat the asset_helper and base_url

[eluser]theprodigy[/eluser]
that's not a bad solution, but I usually just use the .htaccess file you presented with that link, and just prefix all my asset calls with a forward slash:

Code:

<img src='/images/your_image.jpg' alt='Your Alt' />
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&lt;link rel='stylesheet' href='/css/your_style_sheet.css' type='text/css' /&gt;

That htaccess file tells the server to look for the file first. If it doesn't exist, then send the request to index.php.

The path in the img src tells the server to start looking in the webroot. As long as the path is correct, it will show the image, render the js file, render the css file, etc, etc.

If you want to keep all your assets contained in an "assets" directory, then just modify the src attribute:

Code:

<img src='/assets/images/your_image.jpg' alt='Your Alt' />
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&lt;link rel='stylesheet' href='/assets/css/your_style_sheet.css' type='text/css' /&gt;

I think this is much easier than having to modify an htaccess file each time I want to add a new asset type (like a flash file, as per your example).