[wp-hackers] Image URL changes

[Andrew Nacin]

Work in progress. If anyone wants to assist:
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9008

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> Core needs to be changed to have that everywhere then. I was looking
> there to find the right way, found that method.
>
> -Otto
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Andrew Nacin <wp at andrewnacin.com> wrote:
> > One thing I would recommend is to no longer use
> > get_option('siteurl') or get_option('home'). For siteurl, use site_url(),
> > and for home, use home_url(). These functions handle SSL, as does
> > admin_url().
> >
> > They're also cleaner to write, and they accept a parameter which then
> > appends a path for you.
> >
> > get_bloginfo('url') and get_bloginfo('wpurl') are now aliases for
> home_url()
> > and site_url(), perspectively.
> >
> > Adding to this, there has been some talk of an image shortcode. It
> > originated as a possible solution to implementing trash for media, but it
> > hasn't gained much traction yet.
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Matthew Barr <mbarr at interactiveone.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >> > In implementation, it might be a short code, with the file path -
> >> >
> >> > [wpimg  files/2010/02/image.jpg]
> >> >
> >> > Or anything else that y'all think is a good way to implement it.
> >>
> >> I like it, but it's not generic enough for me.
> >>
> >> How about if you did something like this in a post?
> >> <img src="[homeurl]/wp-content/uploads/whatever.jpg" />
> >>
> >> [homeurl] is simply replaced with the home url. The shortcode handler
> >> for that is like two lines of code:
> >> function homeurl_shortcode() { return get_option('siteurl'); }
> >> add_shortcode('homeurl', 'homeurl_shortcode');
> >>
> >> Or, if you want it more specific, have [homeurl], [contenturl],
> >> [adminurl], etc... Whatever makes sense.
> >>
> >> -Otto
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