Gossamer Forum: Products: Gossamer Links: Development, Plugins and Globals: Permalinks and Dynamic URL's

Aug 19, 2008, 11:50 PM

EZFrag

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Aug 19, 2008, 11:50 PM

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Permalinks and Dynamic URL's

Hi there

I have a GLinks install that generates dynamic pages. I have set the following options in the Admin panels:

Setup->Build Options:

build_category_format = Full/Long Category/Name
build_detail_format = FullCategoryName/Title_LinkID

If I build the pages to make static pages, the URL's are correct, for example,
the United Kingdom's URL would look like this "http://myweb.com/Europe/United_Kingdom/[/url]".
But if I don't build the pages, the browser reports that that URL does not exist.

I can, however, view the page using "http://myweb/cgi-bin/ page.cgi?g=Europe/United_Kingdom/[/url]", but this is a bit nasty to display in the address bar.

So basically, I want the user to be able to enter a static page's URL and get a dynamic page.

Some-one told me GLinks takes care of this issue itself, but I can't seem to find the settings for it Unsure

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Or should I rather use rewrite rules?

Thank you Smile

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Aug 20, 2008, 1:44 AM

Andy

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Aug 20, 2008, 1:44 AM

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Hi,

Are you doing a Build> Build All (or Build Changed) ?? Tongue

BTW - wrong forum - I'll move this post for you.

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Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Aug 20, 2008, 1:48 AM

EZFrag

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Aug 20, 2008, 1:48 AM

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Hi Andy,

Yes, I did do a Build> Build All, but I don't know if the pages were still dynamic or not after that command...

Also, where do this kind of thread belong? Smile

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EZFrag: Aug 20, 2008, 1:53 AM

Aug 20, 2008, 1:53 AM

Andy

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Aug 20, 2008, 1:53 AM

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Hi,

Doing a Build All, should make static pages. If it doesn't, then there is a problem somewhere =)

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Aug 20, 2008, 2:04 AM

EZFrag

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Aug 20, 2008, 2:04 AM

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The static pages are created, and works fine... I just wondered if there is a way to
create dynamic pages while keeping the "nice" URL's.

Thanks Andy Wink

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it is about what you gain in the process.

Aug 20, 2008, 2:10 AM

Andy

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Aug 20, 2008, 2:10 AM

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Hi,

Ah ok =)

Well, you could do it via mod_rewrite:

.htaccess

Code:
RewriteEngine On 
RewriteRule (.*)\.css $1.css [L] 
RewriteRule ^images/(.*) images/$1 [L] 
RewriteRule ^AddImages/(.*) AddImages/$1 [L] 
RewriteRule ^Images/(.*) Images/$1 [L] 
RewriteRule ^p/(.*) /cgi-bin/linkssql/page.cgi?g=$1 [L] 
RewriteRule ^info/(.*) /cgi-bin/linkssql/page.cgi?p=$1 [L] 
RewriteRule ^(.*).php /cgi-bin/linkssql/page.cgi?g=$1.php [L] 
RewriteRule ^/?$ /cgi-bin/page.cgi [L] 
RewriteRule ^$ /cgi-bin/linkssql/page.cgi [L]