Search Engine Optimization. Vince Clark Global Era The Freedom of Open Source [EMAIL PROTECTED] (303) 493-6723
----- Original Message ----- From: "Al Byers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: user@ofbiz.apache.org Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2007 4:28:17 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver Subject: Re: CMS Path Alias Vince, Look at the specialpurpose cmssite. In controller.xml you will see: <default-request request-uri="cms"/> That is the request that you must call. You will see that it calls a org.ofbiz.content.cms.CmsEvents.cms method. I think this cmssite app should help you. BTW, what does SEO stand for? -Al On 11/8/07, Vince M. Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Al. So are you saying that if I use the syntax: > "/<contentId>" I should be able to use the alias instead of an actual > content id? If so, what would come before the slash to identify the > reference as content. Something like: > "content/<contentalias>" > > The reason we are trying to use this is to make URL's more SEO friendly. > > Vince Clark > Global Era > The Freedom of Open Source > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (303) 493-6723 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Al Byers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: user@ofbiz.apache.org > Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2007 12:08:31 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver > Subject: Re: CMS Path Alias > > Vince, > > I have worked with the path alias a little bit. It is something that > Andrew > added to make the CMS one step closer to mainstream functionality. It is > used in the CmsEvents class. The idea is that the url would have a > "/<contentId>" at the end and it would display that content. I think the > pathalias is just a way to put a more intuitive value for <contentId>. > There > is a much better explanation than that and hopefully you will get one. I > have not found it useful, but that is probably because I don't understand > its full potential. > > The "mapKey" is an important attribute for relating subcontent to a parent > content via the ContentAssoc entity. The idea is that you may have a > newspaper-like screen layout with sections named "main", "leftsidebar", > etc. > The mainpage would have a static contentId and there would be multiple > subcontents linking to the "main" section via the mapKey value in > ContentAssoc. The page would display the one that is current using the > ContentAssoc.from/thruDate fields. > > -Al > > On 11/7/07, Vince M. Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > In Content Manager it is possible to define a "Path Alias" for a piece > of > > content. How is this used. For example, can the alias be used in URL's > in > > eCommerce? There is a field called "map key." I have seen this used > > elsewhere in CMS to refer to the content in Freemarker. What is the > purpose > > of map key in a path alias? > > > > Vince Clark > > Global Era > > The Freedom of Open Source > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (303) 493-6723 > > >
