[SOLVED]How to reference a js file with a root variable?

[blackhawk]

Within my template I have the following script tag..

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<__script__ type='text/javascript' src='/dev2/uploads/js/jquery-1.8.3.min.js'></__script>

which works no matter what page I go to under my site.

But if I change it to...

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<__script__ type='text/javascript' src='uploads/js/jquery-1.8.3.min.js'></__script>

...then jQuery is only detected on the home page. FYI - I am using $config['url_rewriting'] = 'mod_rewrite';

Is there anyway I can write something like this in my template...

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<__script__ type='text/javascript' src='{root_url}/uploads/js/jquery-1.8.3.min.js'></__script>

When I try this, it fails on me as well. The point being is that I don't want to keep manually changing this path every time I move my cmsms site from my local host to my live server. I want it to reference the js scripts under my uploads directory, for any page I land on.

Thanks!

[blackhawk]

Actually, that works! But I thought that just failed on me. So my apologies! Problem solved!

[calguy1000]

{uploads_url} would work too.
Which would be cool if you ever renamed your uploads path/uploads_url in the config.php (i.e: for a pseudo CDN).

[blackhawk]

now that's more direct! awesome, thank you!