LAN hostname is also used as the Internet hostname!

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aurora72 Reply #1, 16 years, 8 months ago

Hello,

I’ve just drafted a sample website using MODx evo 1.0.2. I also happen to use a Macmini on which I run my own Cache DNS Server (BIND) and Apache 2.11.

I configured (among the other sites that I host) my MODx site (let its hostname be "latestfashion") to be a virtual host:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName latestfashion
        ServerAlias latestfashion.dyndns.org
        ServerAlias latestfashion.home
        DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/modx"
</VirtualHost>

So, when I browse to http://latestfashion.home from my home LAN, everything is ok e.g. the links all start with http://latestfashion.home

But, when I browse to http://latestfashion.dyndns.org (no problem with the dyndns.org settings here) I get the main page but the links still keep on starting all with the "http://latestfashion.home" e.g. a link on the WayFinder is "http://latestfashion.home/index.php?id=2" whereas it should have been "http://latestfashion.dyndns.org/index.php?id=2"

Any ideas why this happens?

Thanks in advance.

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Zaigham (aka zi) Reply #2, 16 years, 8 months ago

Thats because Wayfinder cached the output of the menu. On first load, a page will be cached, if u access it from x.home, it will cache this, if u load it first via dynsns url, it will cache dyndns url.

Try calling Wayfinder uncached: [!Wayfinder ......!]

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aurora72 Reply #3, 16 years, 8 months ago

Thank you for the suggestion.

The Wayfinder in my minimal template is like this:

<div id="sidebar">
		<ul>
			<li id="dropmenu"><a name="dropmenu"></a><h2>Pages:</h2>
			[[Wayfinder? &startId=`0`]]
			</li>
.......

If I try any of the following:

[[!Wayfinder? &startId=`0`!]]
[[!Wayfinder!? &startId=`0`]]
[![Wayfinder? &startId=`0`]!]

It either doesn’t work or doesn’t display anything in the Wayfinder’s place
How should I put the exclamation marks into it, or am I putting them incorrectly?

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Zaigham (aka zi) Reply #4, 16 years, 8 months ago

Its [!Wayfinder? &startId=`0`!] laugh

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aurora72 Reply #5, 16 years, 8 months ago

Thank you, [!Wayfinder? &startId=`0`!] has worked. Those double brackets "[[ .. ]]" were there put by the MODx, i.e. I hadn’t done any editing on them.

I can’t help wondering now why they were double by default, if it won’t work...

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Zaigham (aka zi) Reply #6, 16 years, 8 months ago

No, its not because they dont work, its because MODx allows you to put cached and uncached elements.

[[snippetname? .... ]] will render once and be cached. Until cache is cleared. Thus making server load low on subsequent page renders.

[!snippetname? .... !] will always load the results dynamically and will never cache.

Both ways are correct and usage of both depends on the requirements.

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