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Instructor
Notes
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During the process
of extending an IIS Web site into a SharePoint Web application, WSS creates a
special virtual directory off the root of the Web application with a path of
_layouts. This virtual directory point to a shared directory of WSS system
files at the path shown on the slide above.
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One of the most
important aspect of the _layout directory to convey to students is that
resources such as pages, images and CCS files are accessible to an WSS site
in the farm using a consistent relative URL.
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For example, the
site setting page is accessible through the relative URL
_layouts\setting.aspx. That means the following URL all hit the same
application page.
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http://LitwareServer/_layouts/settings.aspx
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http://LitwareServer/sites/Sales/_layouts/settings.aspx
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http://LitwareServer/sites/Sales/NorthDivision/_layouts/settings.aspx
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