Introduction

This function is used to reference static content, e.g., images or other external files, within ISML templates.
WebRoot() points to the static content directory of the current site (e.g. share/sites/site_name/version-id/static) or the cartridge-based content directories, where reference material is stored.

WebRoot() returns the intershop.template.WebRootURL property of the storefront and the current locale as a string. You can configure what WebRoot() returns globally, in the config/cluster/appserver.properties file.
By default, WebRoot() returns /INTERSHOP/static.

For example, the following ISML code:

<img src="#WebRoot()#/en_US/images/comp.gif">

Results in the following HTML code:

<img src="/INTERSHOP/static/<group>/<site>/en_US/images/comp.gif">

Syntax

WebRoot()
WebRoot(<servergroup>)
WebRoot(<servergroup>, <locale>)

Example

To reference an external text file, e.g., a CSS definitions file:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="#WebRoot()#/general.css" type="text/css">

To reference an image of an offer within a site:

<img src="#WebRoot()#Product:OfferedProduct:Image>

To reference the george.gif image in the MyStorefront.isml template. Locate the file george.gif in your file system, then add the following code to your template:

<img src="#WebRoot()#/imagesOnline/george_gif”>

Save the changes and test the result in the storefront.

Parameters

servergroup

servergroup = string
This optional parameter can be used to override the default server group. If left unspecified, the first value from the application server property intershop.server.assignedToServerGroup is used.

locale

locale = string
This optional parameter can be used to override the default locale. If left unspecified, the following fallback values will be used instead:

1. the request's current locale
2. the lead locale
3. the locale will be designated as a missing parameter -