Title: [Plugin: Scripts Gzip] Two problems (user directories and css images)
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Scripts Gzip] Two problems (user directories and css images)

 *  Resolved [eryanv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eryanv/)
 * (@eryanv)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-scripts-gzip-two-problems-user-directories-and-css-images/)
 * I have found two problems with this plugin:
 * First of all, if WordPress is being run out of a user’s home directory (like 
   what I do for testing), this plugin cannot determine the path for each of the
   items it is trying to compress.
 *     ```
       <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost/~eryanv/i4k/wp-content/plugins/scripts_gzip/gzip.php?css=http://localhost/;http://localhost/;http://localhost/" type="text/css" media="screen" />
       <script type="text/javascript" src="http://localhost/~eryanv/i4k/wp-content/plugins/scripts_gzip/gzip.php?js=http://localhost/;http://localhost/;http://localhost/;http://localhost/;http://localhost/;http://localhost/;http://localhost/;http://localhost/"></script>
       ```
   
 * Second problem I found:
 * When it is successful and compresses the files, the background images from a 
   given CSS file may no longer point to the correct url. If WordPress is not installed
   in the web server root (for instance mine is in a directory called wp, and has
   to be accessed through [http://hostname/wp](http://hostname/wp)), the path translations
   done in the CSS files are no longer accurate.
 * Originally in the CSS file I had:
    url(‘images/topframe.png’) which was then 
   translated into: url(‘/wp-content/themes/i4k/images/topframe.png’) which is close,
   but does not account for the fact that it should really look like: url(‘/wp/wp-
   content/themes/i4k/images/topframe.png’)
 * Other than that, I’ll be excited to see where this goes.

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 *  [edward mindreantre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edward-mindreantre/)
 * (@edward-mindreantre)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-scripts-gzip-two-problems-user-directories-and-css-images/#post-1365383)
 * I sorta expected subdirectory problems. Don’t have WP installed in any subdirectory
   myself, but this problem should be solvable.
 * I’ll get right it on on sunday or monday.
 *  [edward mindreantre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edward-mindreantre/)
 * (@edward-mindreantre)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-scripts-gzip-two-problems-user-directories-and-css-images/#post-1365614)
 * Hm. Does [this version](http://mindreantre.se/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/scripts_gzip-0.5.2pre.zip)
   help any?
 *  Thread Starter [eryanv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eryanv/)
 * (@eryanv)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-scripts-gzip-two-problems-user-directories-and-css-images/#post-1365620)
 * The second problem is fixed, however nothing has changed with the first situation.
 *  [edward mindreantre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edward-mindreantre/)
 * (@edward-mindreantre)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-scripts-gzip-two-problems-user-directories-and-css-images/#post-1365628)
 * Could y’all paste in the original CSS and script links?
 *  Thread Starter [eryanv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eryanv/)
 * (@eryanv)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-scripts-gzip-two-problems-user-directories-and-css-images/#post-1365630)
 * This is what I start off with, without the plugin.
 *     ```
       <script type="text/javascript" src="http://localhost/~eryanv/i4k/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js"></script>
       <script type="text/javascript" src="http://localhost/~eryanv/i4k/wp-content/themes/i4k/js/i4k.js"></script>
   
       <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost/~eryanv/i4k/wp-content/themes/i4k/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
   
       <script type='text/javascript' src='http://localhost/~eryanv/i4k/wp-includes/js/prototype.js?ver=1.6'></script>
       <script type='text/javascript' src='http://localhost/~eryanv/i4k/wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/wp-scriptaculous.js?ver=1.8.0'></script>
       <script type='text/javascript' src='http://localhost/~eryanv/i4k/wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/effects.js?ver=1.8.0'></script>
       <script type='text/javascript' src='http://localhost/~eryanv/i4k/wp-content/plugins/lightbox-2/lightbox.js?ver=1.8'></script>
       <script type='text/javascript' src='http://localhost/~eryanv/i4k/wp-content/plugins/picasaview/picasaview.js?ver=1.0'></script>
       ```
   
 * This is what they reduce to.
 *     ```
       <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost/~eryanv/i4k/wp-content/plugins/scripts_gzip/gzip.php?css=http://localhost/;http://localhost/;http://localhost/" type="text/css" media="screen" />
   
       <script type="text/javascript" src="http://localhost/~eryanv/i4k/wp-content/plugins/scripts_gzip/gzip.php?js=http://localhost/;http://localhost/;http://localhost/;http://localhost/;http://localhost/;http://localhost/;http://localhost/"></script>
       ```
   
 * I’m sure it’s the ‘~’ character which is messing things up, probably has to do
   with it either not being escaped somewhere along the way, or possibly incorrectly
   escaped.
 *  [edward mindreantre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edward-mindreantre/)
 * (@edward-mindreantre)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-scripts-gzip-two-problems-user-directories-and-css-images/#post-1365638)
 * It was the ~ character.
 * Here, how’s this?
 * [pre2](http://mindreantre.se/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/scripts_gzip-0.5.2pre2.zip)
 * I’ve made a proper class of it and it should filter out the base address of the
   WordPress installation. With a bit of luck it’ll work for others too.
 *  Thread Starter [eryanv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eryanv/)
 * (@eryanv)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-scripts-gzip-two-problems-user-directories-and-css-images/#post-1365647)
 * Works for me.
 * Thanks!
 *  [Jakets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakets/)
 * (@jakets)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-scripts-gzip-two-problems-user-directories-and-css-images/#post-1365655)
 * Still doesn’t work for me, turns my site into a cssless mess like 0.5.1
 * My install is in /blog
 * You can have a look at my site at [http://farmvillefanatic.com](http://farmvillefanatic.com)
 * Let me know if there is any specific info I can get for you.
 *  [not2bug](https://wordpress.org/support/users/not2bug/)
 * (@not2bug)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-scripts-gzip-two-problems-user-directories-and-css-images/#post-1365656)
 * Doesn’t work on K2 Theme.
 *  [Jakets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakets/)
 * (@jakets)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-scripts-gzip-two-problems-user-directories-and-css-images/#post-1365657)
 * I should mention I am using WP Super Cache plugin. Do I even need Scripts Gzip?
 *  [edward mindreantre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edward-mindreantre/)
 * (@edward-mindreantre)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-scripts-gzip-two-problems-user-directories-and-css-images/#post-1365658)
 * Yeah, some links still don’t work correctly.
 * I’ve been trying to fix PHP-css files. Try the link below?
    [0.5.3pre1](http://mindreantre.se/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/scripts_gzip-0.5.3pre1.zip)
 * I’ve also just realized that <!–if ie7–> style things are either ignored or automatically
   included (not sure yet) so I have to fix that also.
 * In the meantime, how does the above version work?
 *  [edward mindreantre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edward-mindreantre/)
 * (@edward-mindreantre)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-scripts-gzip-two-problems-user-directories-and-css-images/#post-1365661)
 * 0.5.3 released. Should fix a few css problems.
 *  [Jakets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakets/)
 * (@jakets)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-scripts-gzip-two-problems-user-directories-and-css-images/#post-1365665)
 * Nope, .5.3 still breaks my site heavily. Like I mentioned earlier though, is 
   this needed or compatible with WP Super Cache? I use the gzip compression on 
   it.
 * Thanks.
 *  [edward mindreantre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edward-mindreantre/)
 * (@edward-mindreantre)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-scripts-gzip-two-problems-user-directories-and-css-images/#post-1365668)
 * I have no idea. I’ve never used Super Cache. I guess I’ll download it later and
   try it out.
 * If you disable Super Cache and scriptsgzip still breaks your site, could you 
   show me the site so that I can see what kind of links are in it?
 *  [Rich Spott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richs0914/)
 * (@richs0914)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-scripts-gzip-two-problems-user-directories-and-css-images/#post-1365720)
 * I was also having problems with the scripts/gzip plugin…
 * first, it appears to not display my leaderboard advertisement, but it does however
   display my sidebar advertisement. I was wondering if it is stopping the js from
   being displayed on the leaderboard ad.
 * Also, if my domain is sportsblognet.com and my css is located on sportsblognet.
   com, it takes all images and assumes that they are dervied from sportsblognet.
   com.
 * But in the css i mark the background urls as images.sportsblognet.com with the
   full address to the image, but the plugin turns it from url(“[http://images.sportsblognet.com/wp-content/themes/test-theme/_inc/images/logo.png&#8221](http://images.sportsblognet.com/wp-content/themes/test-theme/_inc/images/logo.png&#8221);)
   and turns it into url(../wp-content/themes/test-theme/_inc/images/logo.png) which
   is looking for the image on sportsblognet.com instead of images.sportsblognet.
   com, and the image does not appear.

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