[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9481: Uploads folder spec relative url assumes under wordpress folder

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#9481: Uploads folder spec relative url assumes under wordpress folder
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 Reporter:  anmari       |       Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new               
 Priority:  low          |   Milestone:  Unassigned        
Component:  Media        |     Version:  2.7.1             
 Severity:  minor        |    Keywords:  uploads wp-content
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Changes (by Viper007Bond):

  * type:  defect (bug) => enhancement


Comment:

 I honestly think how it is now is best.

 Having the full filesystem path in the uploads directly input would A) be
 incredibly long on many hosts, and more importantly B) be confusing to the
 majority of users (who are novices). The same applies to the URL -- I
 think most people want their uploads in their `wp-content` folder and not
 relative to their blog URL.

 Regardless, it's very, very easy to make it be elsewhere. Infact I serve
 my uploads from an entirely different subdomain (static.domain.com)
 running an entirely different HTTPD (Lighttpd). All you do is use relative
 paths.

 Upload directory: `../../../foo/bar`[[BR]]
 Upload URL: `http://static.domain.com/uploads`

 Recommend closing as `wontfix`.

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