Grammar is my specialty.... sheesh. I hate hitting send too soon. :) On 9/13/07, Dave Shuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Loyd, > > /header.cfm is not a relative path and but rather, it would look in the > root directory. A relative path to header.cfm in the same directory as > the calling template could be accessed like this: > <cfinclude template=" header.cfm" /> > or > <cfinclude template="./header.cfm" /> > > > > On 9/13/07, Loyd Campbell < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've been writing CF since version 1, but have always been behind > > corporate firewalls or on dedicated servers. Now I'm working on a public > > site on a shared server and have a question that seems pretty basic to me, > > but I can't figure out the answer. > > > > > > > > To make a site more maintainable we use include files for headers, > > footers, navigation panels, etc. In the past I have always been able to > > use this notation to get to a file on the root directory regardless of what > > directory the included file was called from: <cfinclude template="/ > > header.cfm"> With a dedicated server that is not a problem. The problem > > is that the techs that work on the shared server say that this notation is > > not a "relative" path and cfinclude requires a relative path or a CF Admin > > mapped path. I asked if they could map "/" to the web root of our site and > > they said they cannot because of the shared status. I've tried several other > > techniques without success. > > > > > > > > I looked up the CF Docs and they say that "/header.cfm" is a relative > > path. When I try it, though, it throws an error about using relative or > > CF mapped paths in cfinclude. Has anyone got a relatively simple solution to > > this problem? I hate to have multiple copies of a header, footer, or > > navigation file because that defeats the purpose. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Loyd Campbell > > > > Plano, TX > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Reply to DFWCFUG: > > [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > > List Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > > www.instantspot.com/ > > www.teksystems.com/ > > > > > > > -- > ~Dave Shuck > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://daveshuck.instantspot.com
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