Output TV image URL wrong

Did you set filemanager_url to assets/files/? You should normally have the _url match the _path.

I did, and it goes totally wrong.

This is the result of not setting filemanager_path or filemanager_url



It works fine that way. But this is the result of setting filemanager_path & filemanager_url both to assets/files/



I’m using phpthumbof and it seems to disregard that plugin?

I’ve reported this before, by the way. See http://bugs.modx.com/issues/4208. However, my note #12 turned out to be wrong afterwards. That solution seemed to work fine for Image and File TVs which were already present at that time. However, new Image and File TVs suffered the same problem: no "assets/files/" were automatically added in the front-end.

What renders when you put *only* this in your Resource content:



...in the following 2 scenarios:

1) filemanager_path == assets/files/ - filemanager_url == [blank]
2) filemanager_path == assets/files/ - filemanager_url == assets/files/

Shaun,

I got it! I know what’s causing it!

I’ve changed both filemanager_path and filemanager_url to assets/files/. Now, when I’m using an Image TV and a File TV for new data, the links all work fine. It’s just that the output URLs of those TVs which were already present before I changed those filemanager settings, aren’t changed automatically afterwards! They still contain faulty links. That’s the thing.

So it works all fine, but I assumed that all output URLs (in past and future) would change automatically whenever I would touch those filemanager settings. Is that a bug by the way?

Quote from: Martijn at Apr 08, 2011, 09:53 AM

So it works all fine, but I assumed that all output URLs (in past and future) would change automatically whenever I would touch those filemanager settings. Is that a bug by the way?

Not really; if you’re going around changing settings for TV paths, there’s no real way for TVs to *auto-fix* the old paths to the new one. 2.1 tries to address this better by storing relative paths, and letting the full path be built out by the TV Input Options/filemanager_path settings. There’s also a bit of backwards compat in the 2.1 tvs to address stuff like this.

Best principle, though: get your TV settings setup correct before you start putting data in them.

Thanks for the input. Much appreciated! I think things like these should be documented somewhere. It would help people a lot and take away their confusion.