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Template Problem

Sep 2, 2012 10:35 AM

Tags: #cs4 #template #file_reference

My template contains this file reference:
<a href="../../racing/calendar/eventDetail.asp?<%= Server.HTMLEncode(MM_keepNone) & MM_joinChar(MM_keepNone) & "ID=" & rsdistrictEvents.Fields.Item("ID").Value %>" target="_blank" class="magenta"><%=(rsdistrictEvents.Fields.Item("regatta").Value)%>< /a></td>

 

When applying the template, this is what happens:

<a href="file:///C|/inetpub/racing/calendar/eventDetail.asp?<%= Server.HTMLEncode(MM_keepNone) & MM_joinChar(MM_keepNone) & "ID=" & rsdistrictEvents.Fields.Item("ID").Value %>" target="_blank" class="magenta"><%=(rsdistrictEvents.Fields.Item("regatta").Value)%>< /a></td>

 

 

 

 

 

Why is the href resolving to file:///C/inetpub/ ? I there a way to correct this problem?

884 Views   8 Replies   Latest reply: sherleon, Sep 5, 2012 7:12 AM
 
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  • SnakEyez02
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    1. SnakEyez02,
    Sep 2, 2012 10:38 AM   in reply to sherleon
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    Did you save the file within the defined site?  If a file is not saved within a defined DW site, the paths will be local paths until the file is saved.

     
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  • sherleon
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    2. sherleon,
    Sep 2, 2012 2:17 PM   in reply to SnakEyez02
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    I only have one site, and the file was absolutely saved. That is why this is so mysterious. I’ve never seen this happen before.

     
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  • Nancy O.
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    3. Nancy O.,
    Sep 2, 2012 2:37 PM   in reply to sherleon
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    File > New > Page from Template (select your template.dwt).

    SaveAs test.html

    Switch to code view, what do you see?

     

     

     

    Nancy O.

     
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  • MurraySummers
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    4. MurraySummers,
    Sep 2, 2012 2:51 PM   in reply to sherleon
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    file:///C|/inetpub/racing/calendar/

     

    Is that the path to your local root folder as stated in your site definition?

     
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  • MurraySummers
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    5. MurraySummers,
    Sep 2, 2012 2:52 PM   in reply to Nancy O.
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    Probably should insert an image or create a link to another page before saving, Nancy.

     
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  • sherleon
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    6. sherleon,
    Sep 2, 2012 4:08 PM   in reply to Nancy O.
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    I did exactly that and got the same result.

     

     

     

    Someone asked if - file:///C|/inetpub/racing/calendar/ <file:///C:\inetpub\racing\calendar\>  - was the path to my local computer. Not exactly – wwwroot should be in there as well. Is there a clue there?

     
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  • MurraySummers
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    7. MurraySummers,
    Sep 3, 2012 4:34 AM   in reply to sherleon
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    Is there a clue there?

     

    Yes.

     

    I did exactly that and got the same result.

     

    Your link is this -

     

    When applying the template, this is what happens:

    <a href="file:///C|/inetpub/racing/calendar/eventDetail.asp

     

    DW thinks that this file is NOT IN THE LOCAL ROOT FOLDER, so it makes the kind of link that allows it to work with files that are outside of your site. This almost always means that your site is not defined properly.  In your site definition, what is the path to your local root folder?

     
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  • sherleon
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    8. sherleon,
    Sep 5, 2012 7:12 AM   in reply to MurraySummers
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    Thank you for your response. I know it appears to be that simple, but that is not the problem. The template contains over a dozen links, and they all resolve as they should. Only the one I referenced does not. I tried everything I could think of, but the only thing that solved the problem was to move the code into each individual page. Don’t know if this is a bug, but I couldn’t spend any more time on it.

     
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