node.js won't load css styles in all pages
I'm writing a simple blog from scratch to learn node.js + express. I'm stumped on an issue though, when I try to access a directory that's nested, the styles won't load. For example:
app.get('/posts/new', (req, res) => {
res.render('create')
});
will not use the styles, but simply using '/posts' will.
any idea what's causing this? Here's the full code:
const path = require('path');
const expressEdge = require('express-edge');
const express = require('express');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const app = new express();
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/node-blog', {
useNewUrlParser: true
})
.then(() => 'You are now connected to Mongo!')
.catch(err => console.error('Something went wrong', err))
app.use(express.static('public'));
app.use(expressEdge);
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.use(bodyParser.json())
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
extended: true
}));
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.render('index');
});
app.get('/posts/new', (req, res) => {
res.render('create')
});
app.post('/posts/store', (req, res) => {
console.log(req.body)
res.redirect('/')
});
app.listen(4000)
And here is directory structure:
└── node-blog
├── database
├── node_modules
├── public
├── css
├── img
├── vendor
├── js
├── theme
└── views
├── layouts
all the relevant styles are in public and the templating engine files are located in views.
css node.js express
asked Nov 17 '18 at 3:24
wontwont
82
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I'm writing a simple blog from scratch to learn node.js + express. I'm stumped on an issue though, when I try to access a directory that's nested, the styles won't load. For example:
app.get('/posts/new', (req, res) => {
res.render('create')
});
will not use the styles, but simply using '/posts' will.
any idea what's causing this? Here's the full code:
const path = require('path');
const expressEdge = require('express-edge');
const express = require('express');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const app = new express();
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/node-blog', {
useNewUrlParser: true
})
.then(() => 'You are now connected to Mongo!')
.catch(err => console.error('Something went wrong', err))
app.use(express.static('public'));
app.use(expressEdge);
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.use(bodyParser.json())
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
extended: true
}));
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.render('index');
});
app.get('/posts/new', (req, res) => {
res.render('create')
});
app.post('/posts/store', (req, res) => {
console.log(req.body)
res.redirect('/')
});
app.listen(4000)
And here is directory structure:
└── node-blog
├── database
├── node_modules
├── public
├── css
├── img
├── vendor
├── js
├── theme
└── views
├── layouts
all the relevant styles are in public and the templating engine files are located in views.
css node.js express
asked Nov 17 '18 at 3:24
wontwont
82
Thanks for the question! A total shot in the dark is this: It is possible your path to include CSS is relative rather than absolute. For example,<link href="styles/base.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">and as a result, the path is off when in a subdirectory. You could try,<link href="/styles/base.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">.
– Harvey A. Ramer
Nov 17 '18 at 3:31
Please show us a specific<link>tag from your page that does not work and, if it's not an absolute link, then also include the URL of the page its in.
– jfriend00
Nov 17 '18 at 4:05
It worked! I was using a relative path, not an absolute one. Thanks!
– wont
Nov 17 '18 at 14:10
add a comment |
I'm writing a simple blog from scratch to learn node.js + express. I'm stumped on an issue though, when I try to access a directory that's nested, the styles won't load. For example:
app.get('/posts/new', (req, res) => {
res.render('create')
});
will not use the styles, but simply using '/posts' will.
any idea what's causing this? Here's the full code:
const path = require('path');
const expressEdge = require('express-edge');
const express = require('express');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const app = new express();
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/node-blog', {
useNewUrlParser: true
})
.then(() => 'You are now connected to Mongo!')
.catch(err => console.error('Something went wrong', err))
app.use(express.static('public'));
app.use(expressEdge);
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.use(bodyParser.json())
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
extended: true
}));
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.render('index');
});
app.get('/posts/new', (req, res) => {
res.render('create')
});
app.post('/posts/store', (req, res) => {
console.log(req.body)
res.redirect('/')
});
app.listen(4000)
And here is directory structure:
└── node-blog
├── database
├── node_modules
├── public
├── css
├── img
├── vendor
├── js
├── theme
└── views
├── layouts
all the relevant styles are in public and the templating engine files are located in views.
css node.js express
asked Nov 17 '18 at 3:24
wontwont
82
I'm writing a simple blog from scratch to learn node.js + express. I'm stumped on an issue though, when I try to access a directory that's nested, the styles won't load. For example:
app.get('/posts/new', (req, res) => {
res.render('create')
});
will not use the styles, but simply using '/posts' will.
any idea what's causing this? Here's the full code:
const path = require('path');
const expressEdge = require('express-edge');
const express = require('express');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const app = new express();
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/node-blog', {
useNewUrlParser: true
})
.then(() => 'You are now connected to Mongo!')
.catch(err => console.error('Something went wrong', err))
app.use(express.static('public'));
app.use(expressEdge);
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.use(bodyParser.json())
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
extended: true
}));
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.render('index');
});
app.get('/posts/new', (req, res) => {
res.render('create')
});
app.post('/posts/store', (req, res) => {
console.log(req.body)
res.redirect('/')
});
app.listen(4000)
And here is directory structure:
└── node-blog
├── database
├── node_modules
├── public
├── css
├── img
├── vendor
├── js
├── theme
└── views
├── layouts
all the relevant styles are in public and the templating engine files are located in views.
css node.js express
css node.js express
asked Nov 17 '18 at 3:24
wontwont
82
asked Nov 17 '18 at 3:24
wontwont
82
asked Nov 17 '18 at 3:24
wontwont
82
asked Nov 17 '18 at 3:24
wontwont
82
asked Nov 17 '18 at 3:24
wontwont
82
82
Thanks for the question! A total shot in the dark is this: It is possible your path to include CSS is relative rather than absolute. For example,<link href="styles/base.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">and as a result, the path is off when in a subdirectory. You could try,<link href="/styles/base.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">.
– Harvey A. Ramer
Nov 17 '18 at 3:31
Please show us a specific<link>tag from your page that does not work and, if it's not an absolute link, then also include the URL of the page its in.
– jfriend00
Nov 17 '18 at 4:05
It worked! I was using a relative path, not an absolute one. Thanks!
– wont
Nov 17 '18 at 14:10
add a comment |
Thanks for the question! A total shot in the dark is this: It is possible your path to include CSS is relative rather than absolute. For example,<link href="styles/base.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">and as a result, the path is off when in a subdirectory. You could try,<link href="/styles/base.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">.
– Harvey A. Ramer
Nov 17 '18 at 3:31
Please show us a specific<link>tag from your page that does not work and, if it's not an absolute link, then also include the URL of the page its in.
– jfriend00
Nov 17 '18 at 4:05
It worked! I was using a relative path, not an absolute one. Thanks!
– wont
Nov 17 '18 at 14:10
Thanks for the question! A total shot in the dark is this: It is possible your path to include CSS is relative rather than absolute. For example,
<link href="styles/base.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all"> and as a result, the path is off when in a subdirectory. You could try, <link href="/styles/base.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">.– Harvey A. Ramer
Nov 17 '18 at 3:31
Thanks for the question! A total shot in the dark is this: It is possible your path to include CSS is relative rather than absolute. For example,
<link href="styles/base.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all"> and as a result, the path is off when in a subdirectory. You could try, <link href="/styles/base.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">.– Harvey A. Ramer
Nov 17 '18 at 3:31
Please show us a specific
<link> tag from your page that does not work and, if it's not an absolute link, then also include the URL of the page its in.– jfriend00
Nov 17 '18 at 4:05
Please show us a specific
<link> tag from your page that does not work and, if it's not an absolute link, then also include the URL of the page its in.– jfriend00
Nov 17 '18 at 4:05
It worked! I was using a relative path, not an absolute one. Thanks!
– wont
Nov 17 '18 at 14:10
It worked! I was using a relative path, not an absolute one. Thanks!
– wont
Nov 17 '18 at 14:10
add a comment |
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you can load the static assets by creating the virtual path likeapp.use('/assets',express.static(__dirname + '/public/css'));
where public is the directory where all your assets are stored,in which css is the folder where is all your css file are stored , you can you the virtual path in the link tag , href attribute for loading the css ,eg: if you have template file ,you write in it ,the link tag
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/assets/create.css"> i have tried with the same directory structure like yours and tried to emulate the bug and fixed the css load issue you can refer https://github.com/ardnahcivar/Node.js-Code-/tree/master/11-17-18 the code
answered Nov 17 '18 at 6:18
raviravi
25027
Thank you, this also worked. Changing the pathing in the layout file to <link href="../css/clean-blog.css" rel="stylesheet"> also made it work.
– wont
Nov 17 '18 at 14:12
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you can load the static assets by creating the virtual path likeapp.use('/assets',express.static(__dirname + '/public/css'));
where public is the directory where all your assets are stored,in which css is the folder where is all your css file are stored , you can you the virtual path in the link tag , href attribute for loading the css ,eg: if you have template file ,you write in it ,the link tag
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/assets/create.css"> i have tried with the same directory structure like yours and tried to emulate the bug and fixed the css load issue you can refer https://github.com/ardnahcivar/Node.js-Code-/tree/master/11-17-18 the code
answered Nov 17 '18 at 6:18
raviravi
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Thank you, this also worked. Changing the pathing in the layout file to <link href="../css/clean-blog.css" rel="stylesheet"> also made it work.
– wont
Nov 17 '18 at 14:12
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you can load the static assets by creating the virtual path likeapp.use('/assets',express.static(__dirname + '/public/css'));
where public is the directory where all your assets are stored,in which css is the folder where is all your css file are stored , you can you the virtual path in the link tag , href attribute for loading the css ,eg: if you have template file ,you write in it ,the link tag
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/assets/create.css"> i have tried with the same directory structure like yours and tried to emulate the bug and fixed the css load issue you can refer https://github.com/ardnahcivar/Node.js-Code-/tree/master/11-17-18 the code
answered Nov 17 '18 at 6:18
raviravi
25027
Thank you, this also worked. Changing the pathing in the layout file to <link href="../css/clean-blog.css" rel="stylesheet"> also made it work.
– wont
Nov 17 '18 at 14:12
add a comment |
you can load the static assets by creating the virtual path likeapp.use('/assets',express.static(__dirname + '/public/css'));
where public is the directory where all your assets are stored,in which css is the folder where is all your css file are stored , you can you the virtual path in the link tag , href attribute for loading the css ,eg: if you have template file ,you write in it ,the link tag
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/assets/create.css"> i have tried with the same directory structure like yours and tried to emulate the bug and fixed the css load issue you can refer https://github.com/ardnahcivar/Node.js-Code-/tree/master/11-17-18 the code
answered Nov 17 '18 at 6:18
raviravi
25027
you can load the static assets by creating the virtual path likeapp.use('/assets',express.static(__dirname + '/public/css'));
where public is the directory where all your assets are stored,in which css is the folder where is all your css file are stored , you can you the virtual path in the link tag , href attribute for loading the css ,eg: if you have template file ,you write in it ,the link tag
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/assets/create.css"> i have tried with the same directory structure like yours and tried to emulate the bug and fixed the css load issue you can refer https://github.com/ardnahcivar/Node.js-Code-/tree/master/11-17-18 the code
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Thank you, this also worked. Changing the pathing in the layout file to <link href="../css/clean-blog.css" rel="stylesheet"> also made it work.
– wont
Nov 17 '18 at 14:12
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Thank you, this also worked. Changing the pathing in the layout file to <link href="../css/clean-blog.css" rel="stylesheet"> also made it work.
– wont
Nov 17 '18 at 14:12
Thank you, this also worked. Changing the pathing in the layout file to <link href="../css/clean-blog.css" rel="stylesheet"> also made it work.
– wont
Nov 17 '18 at 14:12
Thank you, this also worked. Changing the pathing in the layout file to <link href="../css/clean-blog.css" rel="stylesheet"> also made it work.
– wont
Nov 17 '18 at 14:12
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Thanks for the question! A total shot in the dark is this: It is possible your path to include CSS is relative rather than absolute. For example,
<link href="styles/base.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">and as a result, the path is off when in a subdirectory. You could try,<link href="/styles/base.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">.– Harvey A. Ramer
Nov 17 '18 at 3:31
Please show us a specific
<link>tag from your page that does not work and, if it's not an absolute link, then also include the URL of the page its in.– jfriend00
Nov 17 '18 at 4:05
It worked! I was using a relative path, not an absolute one. Thanks!
– wont
Nov 17 '18 at 14:10