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Hi all.
I trying to get all of our site's content organized in such a way as to use the custom pages feature to maintain some of the static pages on our site like a mini cms. The problem is that I can't figure out how to link to those custom pages or policy pages. In the documentation it makes some reference to using the custom page category, but I can't figure out what this means.
What I've done is put all of the links in my default master page, things like "contact us" and "Privacy Policy" but how do I link to that actual piece of content?
Any help is appreciated... I know I'll have more questions too.
Thanks!
Will
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Hello Will. Under Catalog > Categories, you have 4 category types. One being “Custom Page”. Select “Custom Page” and click the “new” button. On the next page, you’ll find an area labeled “Select Custom Page”. This area will have a drop down list that contains all the custom pages created via the admin. Another option: When creating a custom page, the URL at the top of the page contains an ID. Example: http://www.MyStore.com/B...a-433d-ab12-cafd498f28bbYou can then use this ID to create custom hyperlinks throughout your store. Code:<a href=http://www.MyStore.com/Custom.aspx?id=1f622176-704a-433d-ab12-cafd498f28bb>Some Text</a> |
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Thanks for the response.
Do I have to set anything up for the url rewriting? Or are there limitations to this?
I would assume that I can go in and create an "FAQ" custom category and set the url rewrite to "/faq.htm". Then just pull up my domain and go to "domain.com/faq.htm" ?
But this is not working. I'm assuming all url rewriting will work in this fashion?
Also, is there any better documentation than what's provided here (http://www.bvsoftware.com/BVCommerce5Manual/)?
Thanks!
Will
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Well I did at least figure out that when I rewrite a url to a .aspx extension then it seems to work! But is there support for other/no extensions?
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Since this is application-based URL rewriting, your URL must end in .aspx.
The easiest way to create a new URL for a custom page, or any page in BVC5, is to visit BV Admin > Content > Custom URLs. |
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Hi Will. Let us know what areas in the manual could be improved so we can make it better. |
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Originally Posted by: "Will L" 
Well I did at least figure out that when I rewrite a url to a .aspx extension then it seems to work! But is there support for other/no extensions?
When a new ASP.NET web site is created, a small set of extensions are handled by ASP.NET, the rest are handled directly by IIS. However you can configure the server to send other extensions to ASP.NET. If you are the server admin you can do this yourself, otherwise ask you host to make the change for you. |
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I've added a note about this in another forum. http://www.bvsoftware.co...lt.aspx?f=80&m=41728Adding something like this: CustomPages_Edit.aspx?id=1f622176-704a-433d-ab12-cafd498f28bb is not Search Engine friendly nor easy to identify when looking through your html for editing, etc. Perhpas we need so define the URL on the Custom Page itself? |
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...also - Custom URL does not re-write the URL it just re-directs. I don't see how this helps you to re-write your custom page URL? |
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In regards to the documentation, I think it would be extremely helpful if there was specific developer documentation to describe what components are available, and generally more in depth descriptions of how to use the functionality provided by bvcommerce. I've found myself wanting more verbose descriptions of features in the doc you have. Or possibly thinking about how a developer might be using the site, and then providing more walkthroughs. The template creation walkthroughs are great... just make a bunch more of those for the different features of the system, like:
-navigation
-content pages
-product listings
-search
-comments/reviews & ratings
-microsites
-a/b testing
MSDN style documentation for the api layer would be quite valuable, as well.
I will say that you've done a fantastic job though... keep it up!
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