This is useful too (in components.xml)... <factory name="basePath" value="#{facesContext.externalContext.request.scheme}://#{facesContext.externalContext.request.serverName}:#{facesContext.externalContext.request.serverPort}#{facesContext.externalContext.request.contextPath}/" /> giving... h:graphicImage class="padded_right_left" alt="Hot" url="#{basePath}/images/background_flames_sm.gif" /> View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4118545#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...