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I have some custom components that specify images either in CSS or inline with relative paths:

<img src=\"images/loader.gif\">

The problem is that I have a multi-site configuration (I don't use any 3rd party extensions) where the site is defined to be a specific language. So when you go to the site say www.anothersite.com it is Spanish only. When you go to a url Joomla puts in the locale code according to what I setup in the Language manager. ie.

www.anothersite.com/es/stuff

This is a problem with my custom components as now any images try to resolve to:

www.anothersite.com/es/images/loader.gif

Which is incorrect as it is at:

www.anothersite.com/images/loader.gif

I have English sites as well in my multi-site configuration so it is important to resolve to: www.anothersite.com/images/loader.gif or at least something consistent.

I don't want to incorporate the language switcher as each site needs to be a dedicated language plus I doubt that changes anything. I can certainly add the language locale to my code but that is not a very elegant solution. Is there a better way to do this?

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  • I had the same problem, adding this code to correct the <base> was the correct solution. Thanks – Victor Sep 27 '17 at 14:59
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I haven't been able to reproduce your error, but you can remove the language code from the Language Filter Plugin by setting "Remove URL Language Code to YES. That will remove the /es/ or /en/ part from your URL.

Language Filter Plugin

You can also use absolute paths in the component with the JURI::root() string:

<img src="<?php echo 'JURI::root()'; ?>images/loader.gif">
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This is probably because of incorrect <base> tag value that is auto generated by Joomla in multi language setup when SEF and URL Rewriting are ON. You can fix it by removing the Joomla generated <base> tag and then adding a new one manually.

Open your template's index.php file, inside the <head> tag, after the <jdoc:include type="head" /> add this code :

<?php
$doc = JFactory::getDocument();
unset($doc->base); ?>
<base href="<?php echo JURI::root(); ?>">

Tested with Joomla 3.6.5

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