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diff --git a/doc/bugs/pages_missing_top-level_directory.mdwn b/doc/bugs/pages_missing_top-level_directory.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..77c31cd27 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/pages_missing_top-level_directory.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +Hi, + +I've rebuilt two sites now, and anything that requires a working directory structure isn't working properly. I have no idea how it's doing this. I don't see anything in my templates, and I haven't messed around with the back-end code much. + +An example would show this best I think. + +<pre> +/ <- root of site +/About/ <- sub-directory + /Policy/ <- sub-sub- +</pre> + +When you're on /About/, any generated links get mapped to /Policy/ and NOT /About/Policy/ - of course this results in a 404 error. + +I used to be able to use relative links or absolute ones to get the links I want, and now I can't do either. The generated link results in a 404 due to the stripping of a directory. + +I don't know if it's related to the fact that I have one ikiwiki install under another (/blog/ under / is also ikiwiki), but both are FUBAR. + +> what do you mean by generated links: do you mean the output of +> [[ikiwiki/wikilink]]s? Or are you generating links some other way? +> When you say "on /About/, any generated links get mapped to +> /Policy/ and NOT /About/Policy" can you provide an example of what +> source generates the link? -- [[Jon]] + +>> No, a \[[map]] call, such as: +>> +>> (actual code)<br /> +>> = = = = =<br /> +>> \[[!map pages="About/*" show="title"]]<br /> +>> = = = = =<br /> +>> +>> The end result is:<br /> +>> (actual code) +>> +<pre> +<div class="map"> +<ul> +<li><a class="mapitem" href="./Policy/">Policy</a> +<ul> +<li><a class="mapitem" href="./Policy/Microblog/">Microblogging subscription policy</a> +</li> +</ul> +</li> +</ul> +</div> +</pre> + +> I'm also confused about what is generating the links. The map directive? +> You? --[[Joey]] + +>> see above :) + +>> I suspect this is due to git scanning everything under the pwd of the .git/ directory, but not totally so. + +>>> Ikiwiki never, ever, looks in directories with names starting with a +>>> dot. --[[Joey]] + +>> Other ikiwiki sites I have don't do this, and work OK, on the same server, but different docroots. + +>>> Well, I've moved my blog to under my site's docroot - in terms of git +>>> and ikiwiki - and it's still cutting out a whole directory level. I +>>> have no idea what's going on. I need to check the code. The site is at +>>> http://simonraven.kisikew.org/ - if you follow the "About" link, you'll +>>> understand exactly what's going on, if you look at the URL in your +>>> status bar (or under your cursor if you're using a text browser). + +>>>> Your page contains the following in its html: +>>>> `<base href="../" />` +>>>> +>>>> Given a link like "./Policy/", which is *correct*, and when on the +>>>> About page will normally link to the About/Policy page, this causes +>>>> the link to really link to ".././Policy/" which is of course broken. +>>>> +>>>> Ikiwiki's standard page templates do not contain this base tag, so +>>>> I guess your customised templates are broken. --[[Joey]] [[done]] + +>>>>> I totally forgot about that tag... good catch. I was thinking it was my template that was broken, since yesterday, but I couldn't see what. Thank you very much for your eyes. + |