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Re: Search Engine Friendly URLS with News Module
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:05 pm
by Elijah Lofgren
carasmo wrote:
I'm on a mac and I can't figure out what this tortiose is. Does it compare files and then find where to put the stuff in? Can anyone help me get pretty urls. The instructions here just don't work.
1st make sure you have your .htaccess file set up like so:
Lloyd Winthorpe III wrote:
Use this slightly modified .htaccess
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
# 301 Redirect all requests that don't contain a dot or trailing slash to
# include a trailing slash
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.
RewriteRule ^(.*) %{REQUEST_URI}/ [R=301,L]
# Rewrites urls in the form of /parent/child/
# but only rewrites if the requested URL is not a file or directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) index.php?page=$1 [QSA]
RewriteRule ^index.php$ index.php
Then download the patched files and overwrite your current one is modules/News with them:
http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.ph ... ttach=1720
http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.ph ... ttach=1720
Then do this to get news title working again:
Elijah Lofgren wrote:
To get News Article Title in Page Title like I just got working on this page:
http://www.elijahlofgren.com/news/241/56/
1. Open modules/News/action.detail.php
2.Find this line:
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$onerow->title = $row['news_title'];
3.After that line add this code on a new line:
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$this->news_title = $row['news_title'];
And also make sure that you have the following enabled in config.php
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#------------
#URL Settings
#------------
#Show mod_rewrite URLs in the menu? You must enable 'use_hierarchy' for this to work for modules
$config['assume_mod_rewrite'] = true;
#Extension to use if you're using mod_rewrite for pretty URLs.
$config['page_extension'] = '/';
#If you don't use mod_rewrite, then would you like to use the built-in
#pretty url mechanism? This will not work with IIS and the {metadata} tag
#should be in all of your templates before enabling.
$config['internal_pretty_urls'] = true;
#If you're using the internal pretty url mechanism or mod_rewrite, would you like to
#show urls in their hierarchy? (ex. http://www.mysite.com/parent/parent/childpage)
$config['use_hierarchy'] = true;
#If using none of the above options, what should we be using for the query string
#variable? (ex. http://www.mysite.com/index.php?page=somecontent)
$config['query_var'] = 'page';
Hope this helps,
Elijah
Re: Search Engine Friendly URLS with News Module
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:33 pm
by carasmo
Hello,
I followed the instructions exactly and it does the same thing as before.
http://www.dropsoul.com/testCMSMS/News/ ... -Plate-21/ - 404 Not found
And no links to the articles more links is missing
http://www.dropsoul.com/testCMSMS/veg-news/
Re: Search Engine Friendly URLS with News Module
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:38 pm
by Elijah Lofgren
Opps, I forgot about the reason that this is a patch and not part of default news.
You need to open up.
News.module.php and change "45" in this line to the id of a page that actually exists on your website (you can find id by going to Content -> Pages):
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$this->RegisterRoute('/(?P<module>News)\/.*?\/.*\-(?P<articleid>[0-9]+)$/', array('returnid'=>'45'));
Re: Search Engine Friendly URLS with News Module
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:52 pm
by carasmo
Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!
BUT...The pages work, but the "more" link is gone. Any patches or suggestions for that?
Re: Search Engine Friendly URLS with News Module
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:08 pm
by Elijah Lofgren
carasmo wrote:
Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!
BUT...The pages work, but the "more" link is gone. Any patches or suggestions for that?
This should work....
Open modules/News/action.default.php
Find:
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$onerow->link = $this->CreateLink($id, 'detail', $detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$returnid, '', $sendtodetail,'', true, false,'',true, 'News/'.$categorySEO.'/'.($detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$titleSEO.'-'.$row['news_id']));
$onerow->titlelink = $this->CreateLink($id, 'detail', $detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$returnid, $row['news_title'], $sendtodetail,'',false,false,'',true,'News/'.$categorySEO.'/'.($detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$titleSEO.'-'.$row['news_id']));
After add:
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$onerow->morelink = $this->CreateLink($id, 'detail', $detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$returnid, $moretext, $sendtodetail,'',false,false,'',true,'News/'.$categorySEO.'/'.($detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$titleSEO.'-'.$row['news_id']));
Hope this helps,
Elijah
Re: Search Engine Friendly URLS with News Module
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:17 pm
by carasmo
SWEET!
Oh how I wish you could down load your brain into mine!
Tons of Thanks!
Re: Search Engine Friendly URLS with News Module
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:17 pm
by climberusa
Hi, I just downloaded your patch and it works great. I was trying to remove 'News/' in the url but it then breaks the path the detail page. Is this possible? I removed it in all three lines:
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$onerow->link = $this->CreateLink($id, 'detail', $detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$returnid, '', $sendtodetail,'', true, false,'',true, 'News/'.$categorySEO.'/'.($detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$titleSEO.'-'.$row['news_id']));
$onerow->titlelink = $this->CreateLink($id, 'detail', $detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$returnid, $row['news_title'], $sendtodetail,'',false,false,'',true,'News/'.$categorySEO.'/'.($detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$titleSEO.'-'.$row['news_id']));
$onerow->morelink = $this->CreateLink($id, 'detail', $detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$returnid, $moretext, $sendtodetail,'',false,false,'',true,'News/'.$categorySEO.'/'.($detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$titleSEO.'-'.$row['news_id']));
I also tried changing it to something mor relevant to me but it also broke the path. Is there another file or line I'm missing that would allow this?
Appreciate your work on this!
Re: Search Engine Friendly URLS with News Module
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:42 pm
by Elijah Lofgren
climberusa wrote:
Hi, I just downloaded your patch and it works great. I was trying to remove 'News/' in the url but it then breaks the path the detail page. Is this possible? I removed it in all three lines:
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$onerow->link = $this->CreateLink($id, 'detail', $detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$returnid, '', $sendtodetail,'', true, false,'',true, 'News/'.$categorySEO.'/'.($detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$titleSEO.'-'.$row['news_id']));
$onerow->titlelink = $this->CreateLink($id, 'detail', $detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$returnid, $row['news_title'], $sendtodetail,'',false,false,'',true,'News/'.$categorySEO.'/'.($detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$titleSEO.'-'.$row['news_id']));
$onerow->morelink = $this->CreateLink($id, 'detail', $detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$returnid, $moretext, $sendtodetail,'',false,false,'',true,'News/'.$categorySEO.'/'.($detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$titleSEO.'-'.$row['news_id']));
I also tried changing it to something mor relevant to me but it also broke the path. Is there another file or line I'm missing that would allow this?
Appreciate your work on this!
Here is an updated version of hte patch that removes 'News' from the URL:
http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/tracker/do ... 2-24.patch
If you don't want to repatch everything, just do the following.
Replace those 3 lines you pasted with this:
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$onerow->link = $this->CreateLink($id, 'detail', $detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$returnid, '', $sendtodetail,'', true, false,'',true, $categorySEO.'/'.$titleSEO.'-'.$row['news_id']);
$onerow->titlelink = $this->CreateLink($id, 'detail', $detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$returnid, $row['news_title'], $sendtodetail,'',false,false,'',true,$categorySEO.'/'.$titleSEO.'-'.$row['news_id']);
$onerow->morelink = $this->CreateLink($id, 'detail', $detailpage!=''?$detailpage:$returnid, $moretext, $sendtodetail,'',false,false,'',true,$categorySEO.'/'.$titleSEO.'-'.$row['news_id']);
In News.Module.php replace the Route Line with this:
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// SEO URL hack
$this->RegisterRoute('/.*?\/.*\-(?P<articleid>[0-9]+)$/', array('returnid'=>'45', 'module' => 'News'));
(Remember to change "45" back to your page id)
Hope this helps.
Have a great weekend,
Elijah
Re: Search Engine Friendly URLS with News Module
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:40 pm
by climberusa
Perfect! Thanks and wow that was a quick response!
Re: Search Engine Friendly URLS with News Module
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:45 pm
by carasmo
I did this and now the breadcrumbs shows home when I'm in a news item.
How to get it working with the correct path?
Re: Search Engine Friendly URLS with News Module
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:44 pm
by Elijah Lofgren
carasmo wrote:
I did this and now the breadcrumbs shows home when I'm in a news item.
How to get it working with the correct path?
Did you change "45" to the id of the page you want news to show up on?
Re: Search Engine Friendly URLS with News Module
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 7:08 am
by carasmo
Thanks!
I completely blanked that.
Re: Search Engine Friendly URLS with News Module
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:00 pm
by carasmo
Hi there,
Sorry for the trouble, but when I click on the print button (make print button) it prints the return url id, and not the article.
Re: Search Engine Friendly URLS with News Module
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:01 pm
by carasmo
Okay,
Sorry for the confusion on my part.
The top "print" icon of the printer "printbutton.gif" prints the id page in the return id, which is just a list of all the news items, but the bottom "printlink" prints the actual article. But I need both to work.
What I'm looking for is a way to just get the url (not the a href and a complete link) that the "printlink" makes so I can use the icon of the printer,
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<a href="printurl"><img src="images/cms/printbutton.gif"></a>
-- this goes in the template for the news id page.
Thank you
Re: Search Engine Friendly URLS with News Module
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:55 am
by tntstudio
Elijah,
Thanks again for all this work!
I have a question you seem to be the guy to ask;
Is it possible to incorporate the 'category' the article was posted to in the path of the pretty url instead of 'news'?
I am having a bit of trouble with a website I am working on (
http://www.mike-miles.ca) with how news articles are presented.
If I may beg another question: Another issue related (I think) is I have several news categories. I am trying to emulate a news site with articles and have this working about 95%. To that end I have included 'headlines' on pages other then the page designated as the default news category page.
The problem I am experiencing is when I follow a link to an article (in any category) on pages other then the specified default, CMSMS forgets the category entirely (which unfortunately breaks my navigation
) and the end user is taken to a category called "Main News". If you visit the URI I have provided, and you follow the article link in the lone teaser, you will see a live example of what I am referring to.
You can see what category the article originates from (source: cat_here). When you follow the "READ THE FULL ARTICLE »" link at the bottom off the homepage, as opposed to the default news page (
http://www.mike-miles.ca/upcoming_events/results/) the breadcrumbs, title, and navigation are lost.
All my news links do use the summarytemplate="template_here.tpl" syntax if that helps at all.
I am not sure if this is possible. If it is, I would very much appreciate if you could provide me some insight. I believe others would certainly appreciate functionality like this.
I am more then happy to trade services if you are willing to look into this further!