ColdFusion Tutorials - EasyCFM.COM

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I've looked around the web and I'm still not sure how to handle base urls in CF.

My simple situation is that I use a single include statement for my head tags and nav bar with relative url like href="assetsis/css/cig_head_foot.css".

But now I have sub-pages and of course they don't find the stuff in the include.

The site uses client vars, no session.

So do I absolute reference all the urls in the include?... put a slash in front?... or can I set a base url (the root) so I can use the same include for any subpages.

Thanks.

MIGhunter

07-29-2010 @ 7:03 PM

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http://www.webreference.com/html/tutorial2/3.html

Also, if you put your include in the header, all of your sub pages should read it. Typically I do my pages like:

<cfinclude template = "variables.cfm">
<cfinclude template = "header.cfm">
...
Main Content
...
<cfinclude template = "Footer.cfm">

This message was edited by MIGhunter on 7-29-10 @ 7:03 PM

srd

07-29-2010 @ 9:26 PM

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Ok, we're on different pages... which is a guess why so many views and you're sole reply... which I thank you for.

I understaand html url's but there seems there should be a way to set the base url so you don't have to code the entire abs. path for every href and graphic... quite redundant.

When I lookup examples via google i see discussion about base url's , like here, http://tutorial304.easycfm.com/, but I've no idea what "Simple Application Deployment' so I've no idea if it even applies to me and was asking for a simpler example...

here's another

http://cksource.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=11984

taking about basecfc and config.baseDir ...just trying find out if any of that relates to me.

Thanks again.

srd

07-29-2010 @ 9:40 PM

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srd

07-29-2010 @ 10:01 PM

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MIGhunter

07-30-2010 @ 9:57 PM

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you mean something like:
http://www.bennadel.com/blog/597-ColdFusion-Path-Usage-And-Manipulation-Overview.htm

srd

07-31-2010 @ 6:14 AM

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That's interesting stuff!... (but not sure how to use it... I'm asking if there are any baseurl functions in CF or is the correct method to just stick an HTML <base href> into the application.cfm?

cfSearchin

07-31-2010 @ 11:50 AM