#647 Don't generate explicit URLs

[rolande]

It appears that alot of the PHP code generates explicit
URLs for objects on the site. Can you change it to just
generate the relative URL? Additionally, can you allow
for a configurable redirect upon login? This would
allow for seamless URL rewriting or port
redirection/SSL termination.

I am attempting to redirect my site through an
alternate high port to use an SSL offload device but
the login.php script redirects with an explicit URL
that points back to the cleartext version of the site
on port 80. I have also noticed that the Random Media
block uses explicit URLs for the img src tags.

Best practice is to always use relative URLs within any
site content. The login script should have a
configurable Form POST action to allow for a more
secure login and a configurable/variable redirect if
the site owner wants to redirect to an alternate URL or
port for SSL etc.

Thank you for this great application! The rest of my
extended family is thanking you too. ;)

[KosherJava]

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I believe that the reason that the media links are not
relative is because you can set PGV up to use an external
server to host your images. RSS feed also require non
relative URLs to validate. Are there any other cases where
you noticed non-relative URLs?

[rolande]

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Thanks for the response. The only two issues that I noted
myself were the redirect after logging in and the img src
tags in the Random Media box on the Welcome Page. There may
be additional ones but I didn't go that far. Maybe there
should be a configuration option globally and/or for each
module to allow for relative or absolute URLs in the page
generation scripts with the default using relative URLs.
Then a site owner can choose to use explicit URLs if
necessary for content offloading but otherwise can just
leave the defaults which should be relative.

Thanks!