Directory Mapping problem 1

[calista]

Help! I am in the process of testing a new portion of my intranet. What I have done is "mirrored" my old site with changes. I have two directories on my server, Intranet and NewIntranet. In the Administrator, my directory is mapped to "D:\Intranet\" with no logical path specified, and it has been working fine. What I am trying to do is add a new mapping "D:\NewIntranet\" for testing purposes. The files are all there, but if I type in "http:\\Buzz\NewIntranet\Homepage.cfm", I get "Page not found." If I type "http:\\Buzz\Intranet\Homepage.cfm", it goes right to my home page. I know it's a mapping problem, but how do I do this? If I browse the server for the directory path without specifying a logical path, it overwrites my regular site mapping. If I specify a logical path and a directory path, I get two mappings, but the new one doesn't work. What am I doing wrong? Calista :-X
Jedi Knight,
Champion of the Force

 

[GunJack]

Hey Calista,

That's strange, at my last job, our CF dev server was also called "Buzz". Are you a GT fan?

To fix your problem, I think we need to first clear up what you're trying to do. The mappings in the CF admin are used for accessing templates in <cfincludes> and <cfmodule> tags and not for defining paths in browser urls. If you want to have &quot;buzz/newIntranet&quot; display files found in d:\

http://wwwroot\testing\newIntranet,

this needs to be configured inside the webserver admin. If you have <cfincludes> that use mappings to find the templates (ex. <cfinclude template=&quot;/newIntranet/header.inc&quot;>), you will have to have two different mapping for each site. I always define a base template location in my application.cfm file and reference it like this:

<cfinclude template=&quot;#mainLocation#includeFile.cfm&quot;>

This way, I can have multiple copies of a site using different mapping points without changing the code. I just update the master variable to the mapping the app should use and everything goes to the correct location.

Just let me know if I've misunderstood your problem,
GJ

 

[calista]

Thanks for the info, I'll give it a try. I found a way around my current problem, but I'd still like to figure this out for future reference.

As far as &quot;Buzz&quot; is concerned, his last name is &quot;Lightyear&quot;. Another new server is &quot;Woody&quot;. They were preceded by the characters from &quot;South Park&quot; and &quot;The Simpsons&quot;. Do you see a pattern forming, here? Personally, I would have for &quot;Star Wars&quot; or &quot;The Hobbit&quot; And, if you ever want to know who Calista is, read &quot;Darksaber&quot;.

Thanks a million! Calista :-X
Jedi Knight,
Champion of the Force

 

[GunJack]

Hehe, I wasn't even thinking about TS. My little girl used to watch it endlessly when she was 2 My wife and I could almost quote the movie all the way through at one point...

GJ