OK, it's in trunk. I haven't actually tested it in trunk, only the test project, so you may find that there are bugs that need squashing.
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Blair McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll try to commit it to trunk this afternoon. But the nav stuff won't be > the riskiest part of the change - in 6.1 the database gateways are entirely > replaced. In theory they should work with only an updateapp, and bulk repair > of properties when you get around to it. In practice ... that's still only > the theory. We don't have any real projects running on it yet. > > Blair > > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Michael Sharman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Blair, >> >> We're in a spot right now to use this functionality. Is it in trunk at >> the moment? If not would you be able to send the file(s) my way? We're >> happy to do any testing and cleanup if it's required :) >> >> Michael >> >> On Jun 3, 1:55 pm, Blair McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I agree about removing the alias functionality, but unfortunately we >> still >> > have clients who use it. Regarding your proposal - the code is in the >> works >> > at the moment, but will have to go into trunk since there are DB changes >> > involved. >> > >> > Blair >> > >> > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Jeff Coughlin <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> > >> > > It's not a bug. This is the way the feature was designed many years >> ago >> > > (FarCry 1?). What it does is deceiving and mis-labled (it confuses >> every >> > > one of my clients. They end up going and creating all these confusing >> > > aliases. In my opinion ALIASES SHOULD ONLY BE USED BY DEVELOPERS AND >> CAN >> > > ONLY BE SEEN BY SYSADMIN ROLES - sorry for the strong emphasis there >> :) ). >> > > It isn't redirecting the user anywhere. All it does is brings in the >> child >> > > element's content into the calling nav node's location. Confusing? >> You >> > > bet. But it does have it's place (although very rare and IMO >> pointless). >> > > Imagine this: you have multiple sitelets all under the same home tree >> > > (something one of my clients did once). Each sitelet wants to have an >> > > "about us page" but they want to share the same content. This is the >> only >> > > scenario I've ever come across where I've used this feature. >> Personally, I >> > > think it should be pulled, but it's been in there for ages. >> > >> > > So... I modified the current web project I'm working on for a client >> to add >> > > a new redirect feature in dmNavigation. Now what the person does is >> select >> > > from a library picker (ftType="uuid") and the page gets redirected. >> It >> > > works really well and the client loves it (it just "makes sense" to >> them >> > > because it does it "the FarCry way" - something they're already used >> to. >> > > They find it very intuitive). I've also added a few extra features. >> I >> > > made the proposal to Daemon and they liked it, but so far I don't >> think it >> > > has gone anywhere. So for the moment my client is using a hacked >> tree.cfc >> > > in core (since that file can't be extended - I have a bug for that in >> the >> > > bug tracker). >> > >> > > If you want to read more about my proposed changes (and trust me, it >> works >> > > really well so far in the one project I'm using it on) then check out >> this >> > > suggestion page I made and tell Daemon your thoughts (note: currently >> I've >> > > only added options 2 and 3 to my client's website since that's all >> they >> > > really needed): >> > >> > >http://docs.farcrycms.org/display/FCDEV50/Nav+Node+Mod+Screen+Changes >> > >> > > -- >> > > Jeff Coughlin >> > > Web Application Developer >> > >http://jeffcoughlin.com >> > >> > > On Jun 2, 2010, at 9:16 PM, Blair McKenzie wrote: >> > >> > > > I believe it should be setting the redirecting navigation node as >> the >> > > page's apparent location. If that isn't happening I would say it's a >> bug. >> > >> > > > Blair >> > >> > > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Michael Sharman <[email protected]> >> > > wrote: >> > > > I was wondering if the logic behind "redirecting" to an existing >> > > > navigation node has changed recently. >> > >> > > > My understanding is that I may have an "About" page in my primary >> > > > navigation, but I also have a utility navigation area (in the footer >> > > > for example). In this footer nav I want to link to the existing >> > > > "About" on the footer nav node in farcry. >> > >> > > > I thought it would behave as if I actually clicked the primary >> "About" >> > > > link, what's happening though is it's loading the correct page but >> > > > with the navigation of /footer/about instead of simply /about. This >> > > > seems incorrect and not good for SEO. >> > >> > > > Can anyone shed some light on the "official" workflow for >> dmNavigation >> > > > redirects? >> > >> > > > Thanks >> > >> > > > -- >> > > > You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" >> Google >> > > group. >> > > > To post, email: [email protected] >> > > > To unsubscribe, email: >> > > > [email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> >> <farcry-dev%[email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> >> > >> > > > For more options:http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev >> > > > -------------------------------- >> > > > Follow us on Twitter:http://twitter.com/farcry >> > >> > > > -- >> > > > You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" >> Google >> > > group. >> > > > To post, email: [email protected] >> > > > To unsubscribe, email: >> > > > [email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> >> <farcry-dev%[email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> >> > >> > > > For more options:http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev >> > > > -------------------------------- >> > > > Follow us on Twitter:http://twitter.com/farcry >> > >> > > -- >> > > You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" >> Google >> > > group. >> > > To post, email: [email protected] >> > > To unsubscribe, email: >> > > [email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> >> <farcry-dev%[email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> >> > >> > > For more options:http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev >> > > -------------------------------- >> > > Follow us on Twitter:http://twitter.com/farcry >> >> -- >> You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google >> group. >> To post, email: [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, email: >> [email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> >> For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev >> -------------------------------- >> Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry >> > > -- You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google group. 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