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
>> >
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