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
> >
>
