[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9286: Using HTML <base> or links from site root can trim down page size

[WordPress Trac]

#9286: Using HTML <base> or links from site root can trim down page size
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 Reporter:  jidanni          |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  feature request  |       Status:  closed   
 Priority:  lowest           |    Milestone:           
Component:  Permalinks       |      Version:  2.7.1    
 Severity:  trivial          |   Resolution:  wontfix  
 Keywords:                   |  
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Changes (by DD32):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix
  * component:  Optimization => Permalinks
  * type:  enhancement => feature request


Comment:

 > gzip: not relevant to this issue

 It is relevant, Using relative instead of Absolute links has the main
 advantage of smaller filesize to download, Gzip nullifies that advantage,
 as the filesize is smaller regardless (It might be a few extra bytes
 larger than a compressed relative link document though..)

 Those who link from the site root are also generally those who's pages are
 accessable by multiple domains, Google's pages for example can be reached
 from over a 150 different domains, its the same page, its not like they
 have a different page for each domain.

 If a user wants their theme to link from the site root, theres filters
 that can be used for that. Relative links do not work well at all anywhere
 within applications which use mod_rewrite and slashes in the url's, it
 gets too confusing, and when a user changes their permalink structure, it
 ends up in more painful places.

 There's already enough people with relative link issues:
 http://core.trac.wordpress.org/search?q=relative+links&noquickjump=1&ticket=on
 most of them just dont understand what a relative link is, or why its not
 working for them, adding a <base> would only help to add to their
 confusion.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9286#comment:4>
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