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How to set different contexts in different subfolders

  • tillilab Reply #1, 10 years ago
    Hi, I need to create a "archive" section for a website where to freeze previous years.

    I created a new context "archive2013" and a folder "archive2013" in the web root, where I placed index.php and config.inc.php.

    I modified the Nginx web rules as follows:

    location /archive2013/ {
  rewrite ^/archive2013/(.*)$ /archive2013/index.php?q=$1 break;
}

location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ @modx-rewrite;
}


    But if I access to www.mysite.com/archive2013/ the webserver makes me download "index.php"...
    and so on, if I access to:

    www.mysite.com/archive2013/index.php?id=54 the webserver makes me download "alias_of_resource_54.html"

    how can I adjust the web rules?
    Thanks!
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      website
    • tillilab Reply #2, 10 years ago
      ok, may be I found a solution with this rule:

      location /archive2013/ {
   index index.php;
   rewrite ^/archive2013/(.*)$ /archive2013/index.php?q=$1 last;
   try_files $uri $uri/ @modx-rewrite;
}

location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ @modx-rewrite;
}


      I don't understand very well the Nginx logic, but after several attempts it works... smiley
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        website
      • tillilab Reply #3, 10 years ago
        ok, I also added:

        location /archivio2013/assets/ {
}


        to make Nginx ignore the files, css and so on inside assets
          TilliLab | MODX Ambassador
          website
        • tillilab Reply #4, 10 years ago
          Sorry for so many posts...

          Semi-final code is:

          location /archive2013/ {  
   rewrite ^/archive2013/(.*)$ /archive2013/index.php?q=$1 last;
}
location /archive2013/assets/ {
}
location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ @modx-rewrite;
}


          it works everything but the homepage of the new context...if I browse to http://www.mysite.com/archive2013/ I have a loop redirect...
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            website
          • tillilab Reply #5, 10 years ago
            Well, thanks to modxcloud staff I found a cleaner solution using 2 plugins for getaway across contexts,
            if interested, you can read about them here: http://forums.modx.com/thread/77890/context-routing-based-on-a-subfolder-in-the-url-path

            and now I use again the default Nginx rules.
              TilliLab | MODX Ambassador
              website