Hi,

I need a global that converts a dynamic url (next_url and prev_url) to static

Example:

http://domain.com/page.cgi?g=Detailed/19382.html&d=1

to

http://domain.com/news/Detailed/19382.html


Any suggestions?

Klaus

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I guess you could do something like:


Untested.

Almost - I got:
http://domain.com/news/Detailed/.html

the ID was killed...

Klaus

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Oops I'm dumb.

Change $1 to $id

yeah I got it just after I sent the message - I'm the dumb one....

Thanks

Klaus

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Nope - still not returning the ID..??


Any suggestions?

Klaus

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Can you try printing the value of $url to see what it contains.

I tried using return $url; and got error - can't compile

I use it as <%rewrite_nav($next_url%> - and when I make a template dump I get the url I gave at the first post..?

Klaus

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Try changing the first line to:

my $url = shift;

I didn't realise you were passing in a URL.

Did you try this?
<%rewrite_nav($next_url)%>

) was missing

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My bad - sorry I should have mentioned that from the start... it works now - Thanks

Klaus

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Yes I did use the ) - just a typo in the forum - but well spotted :-)

Klaus

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Are you saying it's possible within a detailed page to have a link to previous and next detailed page?? I'd love this. Thanks!

Hi,

Yes that is what this global does - next / previous detailed page in the current category

Klaus

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Doesn't work for me. I'm not too handy w/ this global business. I don't even know what to name the global, dummy me!

What I'd love is for each detailed html page to have a link to previous and next detailed page...preferably global rather than within a category but I'll settle for what I can get.

It looks like in this case you need to have a dynamic url for it to work? So the built pages won't have it?

Hi,

No it should work with static pages too (although you will not have the latest added links until you build)

1. Make a new global - name it ex. nextprev
2. On your detailed pages insert <%nextprev%> at the top of the page
3. Insert a <%next_url%> and <%prev_url%> on the detailed page

THat should do it

Klaus

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OK, but I'm confused. Where does <%next_url%> <%prev_url%> get set in the code above?

Also, I was getting Detailed/.html even though I used this code:




sub {
my $url = shift;
my $url = $IN->url({ query_string => 1 });
my ($id) = $url =~ m|g=Detailed/(\d+)\.html|i;
return "$CFG->{build_detail_url}/$id.html";
}

You need to insert that where you want the links to next/previous detailed pages - on your detailed.html template

? what do you mean?

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