Browser can't access/find relative resources like CSS, images and links when calling a Servlet which forwards to a JSP

Question

I\'m having trouble with loading CSS and images and creating links to other pages when I have a servlet forward to a JSP. Specifically, when I set my

Answer 1

If you are using Spring MVC, then you need to declare default action servlet for static contents. Add the following entries in spring-action-servlet.xml. It worked for me.

NOTE: keep all the static contents outside WEB-INF.