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diff --git a/doc/bugs/preview_base_url_should_be_absolute.mdwn b/doc/bugs/preview_base_url_should_be_absolute.mdwn index b72831b16..fb9a05951 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/preview_base_url_should_be_absolute.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/preview_base_url_should_be_absolute.mdwn @@ -3,3 +3,20 @@ absolute, which can break the preview function in some circumstances (with e.g. images not showing). The trivial [[patch]] that fixes it can be found [[here|http://sprunge.us/EPHT]] as well as on [[my git|http://git.oblomov.eu/ikiwiki]]. + +> That patch does mean that if you're accessing the CGI via HTTPS but your +> $config{url} and $config{cgiurl} are HTTP, you'll get preview images loaded +> via HTTP, causing the browser to complain. See +> [[todo/want_to_avoid_ikiwiki_using_http_or_https_in_urls_to_allow_serving_both]] +> for background. +> +> Perhaps the CGI could form its `<base>` URL by using +> `URI->new_abs(urlto(...), $cgi->url)` instead? +> +> You'd also need to change `IkiWiki/Wrapper.pm` to pass at least the +> SERVER_NAME and SERVER_PORT through the environment, probably. +> +> Joey's last comment on +> [[todo/want_to_avoid_ikiwiki_using_http_or_https_in_urls_to_allow_serving_both]] +> suggests that this might already work, but I'm not quite sure how - I'd +> expect it to need more environment variables? --[[smcv]] |