Appropriate Linking and Folder Structure in BC

This might be an outdated question but I think if it is answered, it will help all newbies to BC. Not that I have an issue, but I just want to re-confirm something avoiding any broken links in the future by surprise.
I explained this in the basic manner possible so we're clear about what we talk about. There is a question though in the end.
Let's take a basic site structure:
Root Folder
(All BC Folders - let's not worry about those now)
index.html
Assets [Directory]
images [Directory]
img1.jpg
img2.jpg
stylesheets [Directory]
mystylesheet.css
Information [Directory]
About.html
Now in the usual way we learnt "old school":
If you have img1.jpg inserted in the About.html, it will be <img src="../Assets/images/img1.jpg"
If you have the image inserted in the index.html, it will be <img src="Assets/images/img1.jpg"
In the CSS, if you have an image background, you will do, .class { background: url(../Assets/images/img2.jpg) no-repeat; }
NOTICE THE "../" before "Assets" to browse a directory back.
Situation:
In Dreamweaver, these paths work just fine obviously and so in BC, except that in BC you can also link as follows:
<img src="/Assets/images/img1.jpg"
.class { background: url(/Assets/images/img2.jpg) no-repeat ....; }
NOW NOTICE THAT THE ".." before the slashe is not there. And for the index.html, we'll add the slash.
This is still working fine somehow.
But the question is, are those both methods work with BC? or is there something we need to know about?

Hi Mario, I thought I sounded like a beginner in my last question but I'm not.
The reason I asked this question because I can confirm that my theory is true.
So here it goes:
I have index.html in the root folder as well as a stylesheet folder which has the modulestylesheet.css and global.css
in the global.css I have 2 classes, each with a different background image, and the first one's url is pointing to (../Assets/images/image1.jpg) and the second class is pointing to (/Assets/images/image2.jpg)
The weird thing is (which made me start this discussion in the first place) is that both of them work, even after clearing the cache, reloading and resetting the browser. Where in a typical hosting account, it will definitely break. Even in Dreamweaver it's breaking.
I'm a guy who is a bit funny to know why and how everything works (which I think is part of someone cursed with quality control).
This is why I needed some clarification on how this can be still possible, what is BC's logic behind this. I just don't like surprises in the future.
Thank you

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1. Double click this link and download the file structure. The the file structure is only 68kb all your (and mine) frustrations for 68,000 bytes!!
www.klirkom.com/helpout/AVCHD
2. If you look inside the folder (AVCD->BDMV->STREAM) you will see AN EMPTY STREAM FOLDER. This is where you will place your "lost/not working" MTS files. Sorry, but this file structure only supports two files at a time. The first file is 5 minutes long, the second file is 33 minutes long (i was going to make it 10 minutes but I forgot about the camera being on and left it for 33 minutes ...)
3. Change your first file name (preferably an MTS file less than 600mb so that the 'foster' file can cover it) to 00000.MTS. Now change your second file (preferably less than 4GB, but unless you are filming the whole wedding this should be okay for most people.... the important thing to remember is that if you want your full file converted without missing any parts at the end, the files should be smaller in size than the foster files) to the name 00001.MTS
4. Now drag your newly named and newly placed MTS files into TOAST TITANIUM. Click convert. I have not tried this with other software but hopefully it works for you.
5. If you want you can now rename your original MTS files to their original names and continue with the next two files. I know with 500 MTS files this is a HUGE pain in the buttox .....
Okay, good luck all!!
Jakartaguy

How do I move photos in a Smart Collection and keep folder structure?

HI there I am on a trial of Lightroom and loving it so far. One seemingly simple task I would like to try out is moving all my RAW files (which are all mixed up with JPGs and PSDs to a new location and keep the current folder structure.
Currently I have files strcutured like this: <main disk>\<year>\<month>\<filename>.cr2 and I would like to move these to <different disk>\<year>\<month>\<filename>.cr2
The Export functions look as if they will put them all in to one big folder? Any ideas?
Many thanks in advance.

There are several approaches to this problem. You could do this via the Folders panel in LR. You can do just about everything in the Folders panel that you can do in Explorer or Finder. Just create folder and drag and drop.
Another way is to do this outside LR use Explorer (Windows) or FInder (Mac). after you're done then go back into LR and tell LR where to find the moved files. Depending on how many you have this could be a bit tedious.
Another method is to choose the files you want then Export them as a Catalog. When you do this be sure to include the option to export the negatives. Point the new catalog at you other drive. It will recreate the folder structure during the export. Then remove the images from your present catalog. Don't delete from disk just remove. Now import from catalog and choose the newly exported catalog. This time choose the option to add the files without moving them. Once you are sure everything is back and is fine you can use Explorer or Finder to go into your original file structure and delete the files that were moved to the new drive. Be careful to only choose the moved files. If you are separating the RAWs out this should be relatively easy.
I hope that helps!

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