relative path start with slash?

[ebaobao]

Hello,
I've been coding with relative paths without the slash and everything is working great. Does anyone know if relative paths should start with a "/"

<a href="index.php?main_page=page1">

or

<a href="/index.php?main_page=page1">

which one is right or better?

[DrByte]

By definition, a relative path does not start with a slash. Starting with a slash makes it an "absolute" path instead of "relative".

ie: if your store was in a subfolder, starting with a slash would suggest the "root" of your webspace, which would *not* be the store if it's in a subfolder.

So ... unless you really mean "/", don't use it.