diff -r 46536daf9e04 -r 8d3ffd87cb0b lib/utils.py
--- a/lib/utils.py	Sat Dec 22 21:31:01 2007 +0000
+++ b/lib/utils.py	Wed Jan 16 14:58:03 2008 +0000
@@ -44,8 +44,13 @@
 
     return "", ""
 
-def url_join (*parts) :
-    return '/'.join(parts)
+def url (*parts, **kwargs) :
+    abs = kwargs.pop('abs', False)
+    up = kwargs.pop('up', 0)
     
+    return '/'.join(([""]*int(abs)) + ([".."]*up) + list(parts))
+
+url_join = url
+
 def path_join (*parts) :
     return os.path.join(*[part for part in parts if part is not None])