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 >
