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
>
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