application.cfc subdirectories and links
I have used the Application.cfc onRequestStart and onRequestEnd for the layout of my site, i.e. common header, mainnavigation and footer on all pages. Now the problem comes in where I have some files in a subdirectory: (The application.cfc is only in the root directory) the main navigation (siteroot\mainnav.cfm) is included in the application.cfc onRequestStart, but if this is called from the siteroot\subdir\somefile.cfm the links points to (e.g.) siteroot\subdir\aboutUs.cfm instead of siteroot\aboutUs.cfm Is there a way I can reference the links relative to the included template (siteroot\mainnav.cfm) instead of relative to the page I am on? I don't want to use absolute links, because that is a lot of links I will have to go and update... Thanks! ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:321775 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: application.cfc subdirectories and links
Liz, This is not a great solution, but you could put a dynamic Base tag in the head: Main directory: base href=./ / Sub directory: base href=../ / I think that would work as a stop-gap. -- Ben Nadel Adobe Community Expert Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer Manager New York ColdFusion User Group http://www.bennadel.com Need ColdFusion Help? http://www.bennadel.com/Ask-Ben ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:321776 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: application.cfc subdirectories and links
Create a mapping to the siteroot, and do cfinclude template=/siterootmapping/afile.cfm/ ? ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:321777 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: application.cfc subdirectories and links
IMO, your best option is going to be setting your header, footer, etc. links to absolute paths. Meaning if your application root is www.mysite.com, then all of your primary links need to point to /aboutUs.cfm. The ensures that no matter how deep you are in the site, that link will always point to www.mysite.com/aboutUs.cfm. Most every other option is going to involve parsing the URL and figuring out where you are relative to your root and that's going to be more of a pain than resetting all those links. If you want, you can set an application variable as a placeholder for your application roor, i.e. cfset application.siteRoot = /. Then all of your links will look like [a href=#application.siteRoot#/aboutUs.cfm]About Us[/a} If your site root changes, just update the application variable. HTH, Adrian I have used the Application.cfc onRequestStart and onRequestEnd for the layout of my site, i.e. common header, mainnavigation and footer on all pages. Now the problem comes in where I have some files in a subdirectory: (The application.cfc is only in the root directory) the main navigation (siteroot\mainnav.cfm) is included in the application.cfc onRequestStart, but if this is called from the siteroot\subdir\somefile.cfm the links points to (e.g.) siteroot\subdir\aboutUs.cfm instead of siteroot\aboutUs.cfm Is there a way I can reference the links relative to the included template (siteroot\mainnav.cfm) instead of relative to the page I am on? I don't want to use absolute links, because that is a lot of links I will have to go and update... Thanks! ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:321778 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
