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    Hi

    somebody help out a struggling noob.

    i am using wayfinder. i have sub-menus, and using friendly urls. For example, this menu tree:

    -Resources
    --Asset Map

    Produces the following url:
    http://mysite.com/Resources/AssetMap.html

    Problem is, I may move the Asset Map to a different menu, thus changing it's url.

    As a result, if someone has linked to that page in it's old location, their link will be a bad link when i move it to a different menu.


    Is there a way to make wayfinder make all links "flat"? In other words, don't include the intermediate menus in the link. So the above example would be:

    http://mysite.com/AssetMap.html

    regardless of which menu i put it onto.

    Or, is there another, better, more elegant, or just different solution to this problem?


    I'm guessing the scheme property might have something to do with this, but i found that changing my scheme (and refreshing the cache) did not seem to have any affect on the urls. Probably my error.

    I looked at the "The Almost Complete Guide to Using Wayfinder", but I could not find the word "scheme" in the book.

    I also checked the rtfm, and it gives relatively little info (for a noob like me) about the differences between the various schemes.

    I noticed there are schemes listed in the rtfm which are not listed in the property sheet, such as https. Again, probably my mistake. I updated the plugin and i do have the most recent version.

    I also found that setting the scheme to Relative resulted in a little red flag displayed in the property sheet, and the property did not display "Relative".

    Also, maybe I'm calling Wayfinder incorrectly. Here's my tag:

    [[!Wayfinder@MyWayfinder? &startId=`0` &outerClass=`myMenu` &level=`2`!]]


    I searched the forum, but just got kind of overwhelmed with stuff which did not seem to address my issue. Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere! If so, could some kind soul send me the link?

    Thanks for any help! [ed. note: johnywhy last edited this post 14 years, 11 months ago.]
      jealousy<>love
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      Under System - System settings find the settings for FURL (Friendly URL) and set 'Use Friendly Alias Path' to No. And clear the cache.

      Click on the + next to the setting title to get an idea of what the settings do
        • 35176
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        fantastic! i knew there had to be a way smiley

        thanks!
          jealousy<>love