confused by page alias
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:38 pm
Hi
Problems with implementing a page alias. I am trying to run my old html alongside 'my develping CMSms site'. My understanding is that to call a page held within the CMS data base from an external outside. I have been reading your 'how to motorise your old plain html site' article I'm confused a bit by this part:
Step 2 : Move your content
Now it is time to start "replicating" one simple static page and then to treat all of them.
For example domain.net/aboutus.html :
Log in the admin.
In the content, create a new page.
Important : give it the "aboutus" alias. (where do I assign the alias - see lalso below)
Set its title from the old static page's title.
Copy the content of you old static page and paste it in the new page.
Assign a template to the new page.
(Backup and) delete the old aboutus.html file on the webserver.
Browse to domain.net/aboutus.html to see the new dynamic content responding.
If I set this using the menu label then my default page was index.html and I really dont want to see a menu item called 'index'. So I am a bit confused and put out. Also as per another post I just cannot 'call' the index.html through the url (I am using local host/cms/index.html) return page not found so I am as I said confused.
Also - if I am changing pages as I go then I will want to call a page 'housed' in the cms environment and of course back again - how do I do this?
The article referred to above says you can but it does'nt explain how.
Thank you.
Problems with implementing a page alias. I am trying to run my old html alongside 'my develping CMSms site'. My understanding is that to call a page held within the CMS data base from an external outside. I have been reading your 'how to motorise your old plain html site' article I'm confused a bit by this part:
Step 2 : Move your content
Now it is time to start "replicating" one simple static page and then to treat all of them.
For example domain.net/aboutus.html :
Log in the admin.
In the content, create a new page.
Important : give it the "aboutus" alias. (where do I assign the alias - see lalso below)
Set its title from the old static page's title.
Copy the content of you old static page and paste it in the new page.
Assign a template to the new page.
(Backup and) delete the old aboutus.html file on the webserver.
Browse to domain.net/aboutus.html to see the new dynamic content responding.
If I set this using the menu label then my default page was index.html and I really dont want to see a menu item called 'index'. So I am a bit confused and put out. Also as per another post I just cannot 'call' the index.html through the url (I am using local host/cms/index.html) return page not found so I am as I said confused.
Also - if I am changing pages as I go then I will want to call a page 'housed' in the cms environment and of course back again - how do I do this?
The article referred to above says you can but it does'nt explain how.
Thank you.