Since lift is a servlet filter, can it simply pass through requests for unmapped html pages and let the web container serve them or send a 404? I don't quite understand the security issue, though.
Lee re: documentation, I tripped on this getting started as well. On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:45 AM, David Pollak <feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Andrew Scherpbier > <and...@scherpbier.org>wrote: > >> >> Hi kkarad, >> I'm a fellow newbie to lift (and scala) and ran into the same issue. I >> believe the solution is simple: You need to create entries in your >> SiteMap for every page. You'll need to do that in your Boot.scala. >> Make them Hidden if you don't want them displayed in the menu; you still >> need those entries though. >> >> I suggest reading chapter 5 in the "Exploring Lift" book that is >> available as a draft PDF. >> BTW, to the authors of that book: I spent a lot of time trying to >> figure out this exact same issue. Could you make this more prominent? >> Some examples of using multiple pages would be helpful. Since the >> SiteMap is so important, I think it would be good to add more coverage >> of it in chapter 3. > > > Andrew, > > Thanks for your comments. > > There's a tension in Lift between quick & simple and maintainable & > secure. SiteMap is a little heavier weight than simple routing tables (or > doing things by default). On the other hand, SiteMap gives you security, > menu generation, bread crumbs, and much, much more. Perhaps I'll add > something to the 404 when running in development mode (or bespin mode). > > Thanks, > > David > > >> >> >> Cheers! >> >> --Andrew >> >> kkarad wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I am new to lift web framework. Recently I started working on a test >> > project using google app engine for java and lift. I followed the >> > Atsuhiko Yamanaka's instructions and I was able to deploy and run the >> > helloworld example on the google app cloud. >> > >> > The problem I am facing now is that I cannot access deployed html >> > files other than the default (index.html). The problem occurs in the >> > dev_appserver provided by the google app engine sdk. >> > >> > For instance, the fileupload.xthml file under the webapp folder cannot >> > be accessed using the http://localhost:8080/fileupload [or with the >> > suffix]. The error message I get back is: The Requested URL / was not >> > found on this server >> > >> > Due to my lack of lift knowledge I am not able to identify if its a >> > lift or gae/j problem. Could you please help me? >> > >> > Bellow I include the content of web.xml, appengine-web.xml and the >> > tree structue of the webapp folder in maven. >> > >> > <web-app> >> > <filter> >> > <filter-name>LiftFilter</filter-name> >> > <display-name>Lift Filter</display-name> >> > <description>The Filter that intercepts lift calls</ >> > description> >> > <filter-class>net.liftweb.http.LiftFilter</filter-class> >> > </filter> >> > >> > >> > <filter-mapping> >> > <filter-name>LiftFilter</filter-name> >> > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> >> > </filter-mapping> >> > >> > <welcome-file-list> >> > <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file> >> > </welcome-file-list> >> > >> > </web-app> >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > <appengine-web-app xmlns="http://appengine.google.com/ns/1.0";> >> > <application>foo</application> >> > <version>1</version> >> > <system-properties> >> > <property name="in.gae.j" value="true" /> >> > </system-properties> >> > <sessions-enabled>true</sessions-enabled> >> > <static-files> >> > <include path="/style/**.css"/> >> > <include path="/images/**.gif"/> >> > <include path="/images/**.jpg"/> >> > <include path="/script/**.js"/> >> > </static-files> >> > </appengine-web-app> >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > /webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml >> > /webapp/WEB-INF/appengine-web.xml >> > /webapp/fileupload.xthml ---> Access fails using the >> > http://localhost:8080/fileupload [or with the suffix] >> > /webapp/index.html ---> Access OK >> > >> > > >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net > Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp > Git some: http://github.com/dpp > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
