My solution:
Create a variable called directorylevel (dirlevel) in your
application.cfm. Make sure you have an application.cfm in every
directory. I don't make it an application variable.
Set the value like this:
Root: dirlevel = ""
Subdirectory level 1 dirlevel = "../"
Subdirectory level 2 dirlevel = "../../"
Make sense thus far?
In your include, set your links up like this:
<a href="#dirlevel#/subdirectorylevel1/page1.cfm">text</A>
<a href="#dirlevel#/subdirectorylevel1/subdirectorylevel2/page1.cfm">text</A>
<a href="#dirlevel#/subdirectorylevel1/page2.cfm">text</A>
etc..
The dirlevel variable, puts you back up to the root directory, and
create all your links based on the location of the root directory.
I actually don't use this sort of syntax for my includes too.
I used to work with a developer who had the hardest time grasping
the directory mapping concept.
Michael Wilson wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Still new to CF so forgive me if this question seems sort of retarded... I
> am trying to use CFINCLUDE in my site to include my left navigation menu. I
> made a mapping in CF Admin with a logical path of /includes/ and Directory
> Path of C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\clients\mfay\includes which is where the file I
> want to include, leftnav.cfm is. Then I placed <cfinclude
> template="includes/lrftnav.cfm"> in my pages where I wanted the menu to
> appear.
>
> I am not having a problem with the file showing up in my browser. I am
> having problems with the urls in the links of my menu. The site is split up
> into several directories and I want to include the menu in all the pages. Of
> course the links I have in leftnav.cfm work fine on the index.cfm or any
> .cfm in the root, but if I try and use it in another directory the links get
> all screwed up. It makes sense to me as to why they get messed up. I am just
> wondering if I need to do something I am overlooking to compensate for this.
>
> Is CFINCLUDE meant to be used this way or do I have to replicate the
> includes directory inside every sub directory of my site?
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Mike
>
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