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I installed cmsmadesimple under a separate directory that I map with a directive. 
When I create a local link to another page on the same webserver and save it, the initial try
link works

Scenario:

Apache setting
Alias /cms /home/path_to_cms/cms123

Added link Link

But when I tried to edit the content again, the link defaults to
../path_outside_cms/  which indicates it is under the /home/path_to_cms/cms123 directory.

Even when I edit and save the link to ../../path_outside_cms and save, submit, subsequent edit
of that link will default to ../path_outside_cms which is wrong.

I am using pretty_url, no .htaccess in the cms123 directory.

This is very annoying

Help appreciated
Simon

There is a work around on this, but I really think it is a bug and ought to be fixed.

The work around in case your cms installation is not at Apache docroot and you are referring a path outside the
cms installation:

use this syntax for links:

http://servername:80/path
or http://servername:443/path

It seems that when the servername: is given cms will not try to simplify the path (which it does errorneously
when the path is outside cms installation.

Here's my path settings:
#-------------
#Path Settings
#-------------

#Document root as seen from the webserver.  No slash at the end
#If page is requested with https use https as root url
#e.g. http://blah.com
$config['root_url'] = 'http://appserver1/cms';
if(isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS']=='on')
{
$config['root_url'] = str_replace('http','https',$config['root_url']);
}

#Path to document root. This should be the directory this file is in.
#e.g. /var/www/localhost
$config['root_path'] = '/home/simon/PROG/cms-1.2.3';

#Name of the admin directory
$config['admin_dir'] = 'admin';

#Where do previews get stored temporarily?  It defaults to tmp/cache.
$config['previews_path'] = '/home/simon/PROG/cms-1.2.3/tmp/cache';

#Where are uploaded files put?  This defaults to uploads.
$config['uploads_path'] = '/home/simon/PROG/cms-1.2.3/uploads';

#Where is the url to this uploads directory?
$config['uploads_url'] = $config['root_url'] . '/uploads';

Simon

Your paths show a little diff. than all of my installs, the root has no calls the rest of them have...

#e.g. http://blah.com
$config['root_url'] = 'http://multiintech.com/cmsms4';
if(isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS']=='on')
{
$config['root_url'] = str_replace('http','https',$config['root_url']);
}

#Path to document root. This should be the directory this file is in.
#e.g. /var/www/localhost
$config['root_path'] = '/homepages/24/d151200904/htdocs/cmsms4';

#Name of the admin directory
$config['admin_dir'] = 'admin';

#Where do previews get stored temporarily?  It defaults to tmp/cache.
$config['previews_path'] = '/homepages/24/d151200904/htdocs/cmsms4/tmp/cache';

#Where are uploaded files put?  This defaults to uploads.
$config['uploads_path'] = '/homepages/24/d151200904/htdocs/cmsms4/uploads';

#Where is the url to this uploads directory?
$config['uploads_url'] = $config['root_url'] . '/uploads';