Thanks for that Blair On Jun 4, 4:48 pm, Blair McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
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