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See:
http://wiki.moxiecode.com/index.php/TinyMCE:Configuration/document_base_url

It’s understood that..
relative link = /images/image name and
absolute = http://URL/images/image name

But with wordpress why is there no ‘dynamic root url’ option.
In other cms systems (eg drupal and cmsmadesimple) you can choose to add relative or absolute links within the wysiwyg editor.
This difference is when you choose relative links.. a root url is set in config just once.
The base href was called to the front end via eg base=true or $base_url.

The root url is set in one place only… and is easy to change.

If you choose relative settings then the page content editor never hardcodes the full url path into content pages.

So content looks like this in the editor pages /images/imagename.

However

When you view source on the front end – the root url – declared just once in the config is used as a base and is passed to each path. This is dynamic and it is not hardcoded in individual pages. It is called from one root setting in config.

So you have http://www.mydomain.com/images/imagename
or http://www.mydomain2.com /images/imagename
on front end source
and
/images/imagename.
in the page editor source.

So when you want to change your root – you only change it once.
In the config file.
Other systems do deal with the root url change via scripting.

Yes good thread.. and I feel I need to throw in my pennysworth.
I move from dev to live often eg from http://www.domain/foldername to http://www.domain.

It would be good if relative/absolute was a user choice. It’s a personal preference.

Most designers and css coders should not have to worry about writing sql queries to fix image paths. Not everyone is an sql whizz and that is the pure joy and the advantage of wordpress.

Domain addresses do change. For development reasons and for branding redesign, company name changes etc. In an ideal world it shouldn’t but I have come across it many times. In fact it’s a daily occurance as a front end designer/builder.

I build entire websites in dev areas and upload to domain root. If I use relative url’s it is almost always a smooth transfer process where-as Absolute url’s break and need fixed.

Absolute url’s are not my preference (though I wholeheartedly agree with the above points about not changing url and not having two urls on one domain)

Absolute urls with wordpress presumes you can use sql to search and replace. A daunting task to those that are not familiar.

In saying all of this can anyone advice on getting relative image paths in media upload and relative text links in the editor for 2.7???

I am personally gutted I can’t seem to easily choose.(or can I?)
I am wary of using my preferred method if relative url’s are not equally supported in wordpress release though..

Hi did you ever find a quick solution for this?
I got both appearing with
[imagebrowser=1]
[gallery=1]

or
[imagebrowser=1]
[album=1,extend]

however second page/pagination brings up the large image only.
Can anyone help with this?