[opencms-dev] External Links

[Brian Stanfield]

I'm still working with 7.5 at the moment.

Regards, Brian

Am 08.11.2011 14:55, schrieb Michael Emmerich:
> Brian,
>
>> My problem is that I'm not sure I know how External Links work.
>>  From what I could gather you link to them like you would to other files
>> on the vfs and they then redirect you to the external adress stored
>> within them.
>
> This is what the external links are for.
> The idea is that you can put such external links an an external link 
> gallery and your content managers can use them without knowing the 
> link target in detail.
> And if the external link changes, you only have to change the target 
> in the external link, and all pages using it will point to the 
> corrected link. So you do not have to change every page where the link 
> is used.
>
>> Only that this doesn't work for me at all and I end up stuck on the file
>> without it sending me towards the destination.
>
> What version of OpenCms do you use?
>
> Kind regards,
> Michael
>
>
>> Am 08.11.2011 14:43, schrieb patric dosch:
>>> I do not understand your problem, not really :)
>>> The first is the redirect, you need no cms:link here, right?
>>> The title of the external page you'll be able to save in a string
>>> element and then display it?
>>>
>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>> Von: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org
>>> [mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] Im Auftrag von Brian Stanfield
>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 8. November 2011 14:32
>>> An: The OpenCms mailing list
>>> Betreff: Re: [opencms-dev] External Links
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply.
>>>
>>> I did change it to that, but the problem remains the exact same thing.
>>>
>>> Regards, Brian
>>>
>>> Am 08.11.2011 12:57, schrieb patric dosch:
>>>> Hey Brian,
>>>>
>>>> i think you should use OpenCmsVarLink =
>>>> http://opencms-wiki.org/OpenCmsVarLink
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Patric
>>>>
>>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>>> Von: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org
>>>> [mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] Im Auftrag von Brian
>>>> Stanfield
>>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 8. November 2011 11:53
>>>> An: The OpenCms mailing list
>>>> Betreff: [opencms-dev] External Links
>>>>
>>>> Hello.
>>>>
>>>> Could someone give me a quick explanation on how to use External 
>>>> Links?
>>>> I tried using them and researched how to do it, but nothing seems to
>>>> work as intended.
>>>>
>>>> At the moment, there is a OpenCmsString Element with a LinkGallery
>>>> Layout in the xsd schema to select the link.
>>>> Usage within the site comes in two forms:
>>>>
>>>> 1.) A redirect using<c:redirect url="${redirectto}" /> with
>>>> ${redirectto} being a<cms:link>pathtofile</cms:link> element (doing
>>>> the cms:link within the redirect url led to some issues so I had to
>>>> sidestep
>>>> that...)
>>>> 2.) A simple link such as<a href="<cms:link>pathtofile</cms:link>">
>>>> (Which brings me to a side question of how I can display the name of
>>>> the External Link file in a page)
>>>>
>>>> Both methods just send me to something along the lines of
>>>> /opencms/_external_links/www.opencms.com
>>>> or, should I not use the<cms:link> to /_external_links/filename
>>>>
>>>> What am I doing wrong or what am I overlooking?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks:
>>>> - Brian Stanfield
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