The VelocityTools project provides several servlets that make it easy to
serve up dynamic Velocity pages. http://velocity.apache.org/tools/devel/

On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Logan Stinger <lstin...@bluelid.com> wrote:

> It depends on the contents of your velocity file.
>
>  If your velocity file contains no variables that need replaced by the
> velocity engine and is simply an html page then the answer is yes.  You
> simply need to place the file in a directory that is accessible via url.
> I'm assuming you have an images folder or some other folder where you can
> currently access image from e.g. <img
> src="myserver:8983/images/myimage.png"/>  You would simply put your
> velocity file in a similar directory and reference it
> http://myserver:8983/static/velocityfile.vm.  You would also need to make
> sure your server is configured to send the proper content-type headers for
> such a request (map .vm extensions to content-type text/html).
>
> If your velocity file is not static and has variables or velocity code
> that needs processed then your best bet might be to create a filter such
> that urls of *.vm get processed by this filter and the results spit out.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: phi...@free.fr [mailto:phi...@free.fr]
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 8:13 AM
> To: Velocity Users List
> Subject: Re: Standalone pages
>
> Hi Erik,
>
> thank you for your reply.
>
> However, come to think of it, my question is not SOLR-specific.
>
> I would like to know if it is possible to create lightweight Web pages
> with Velocity, in Tomcat, without resorting to servlets, JSP, etc.
>
> In other words, can you add a Velocity template to a Tomcat server as
> easily as you can drop a .php file in an Apache server's DocumentRoot
> directory.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Philippe
>
>
>
> ----- Mail original -----
> De: "Erik Hatcher" <erik.hatc...@gmail.com>
> À: "Velocity Users List" <user@velocity.apache.org>
> Envoyé: Jeudi 9 Octobre 2014 14:59:02
> Objet: Re: Standalone pages
>
> Philiippe - I just noticed you posted this to the velocity user list.  How
> Solr uses Velocity is perhaps a bit niche/different, so best to ask over on
> the Solr user list for future questions about the Solr/Velocity
> integration.  But I’m on both lists :)
>
>         Erik
>
> On Oct 9, 2014, at 4:19 AM, phi...@free.fr wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am using currently the Velocity templates that come with the example
> provided with SOLR, in Tomcat 7.
> >
> > I would like to add a Velocity template called test.vm, in the
> example/solr/mycollection directory, to display an HTML page containing an
> image.
> >
> > Unfortunately, the following URL
> >
> > http://myserver:8983/solr/mycollection/test
> >
> > returns a 404 error.
> >
> > http://myserver:8983/solr/mycollection/browse
> >
> > works, though.
> >
> > How does one create "standalone" Velocity pages, such as test.vm?
> >
> > Many thanks.
> >
> > Philippe
> >
> >
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