<actinic:variable name="HomePageURL" /> issue

[skinnybloke]

Hi - I am using v8.04.

I have set the URL of my home page to be index.php.

I have embedded the home page url link <actinic:variable name="HomePageURL" /> into several of my pages.

When I load my site up the home page url link translates to index.html and not index.php.

am I missing something obvious here

[dave_finlayson]

Where is your home page? If it's at the top level use <actinic:variable name="WebSiteURL" />index.php or if it's in the acatalog directory use <actinic:variable name="WebSiteURL" />acatalog/index.php

Not sure if it's a bug with HomePageUrl or not but thats the one we use!

[skinnybloke]

Thanks David - at least that has given me a workaround.

I would appreciate a comment from someone at Actinic as to whether this is a bug.

[cdicken]

What have you got set as your 'Home Page Link' in 'Design | Design Options'? If it is 'Brochure' then make sure your brochure home page has been set up with a filename of index.php rather than html. If that doesn't work, just use the 'URL' option to manually put the URL as index.php

[skinnybloke]

Hi Chris - the 'Home Page Link' in 'Design | Design Options' is set to 'Brochure' and my page name on the home brochure layout page is set to 'index.php'.

I have now specified "index.php" as the 'URL', as suggested, but this points me to www.domain.co.uk/acatalog/index.php.

[cdicken]

How about using the full URL in the 'URL' field - that should do it.

[skinnybloke]

Hi Chris - I've decided to go with David's suggestion - <actinic:variable name="WebSiteURL" />acatalog/index.php as it allows me more flexibility when using different URL's for my test sites - one less thing to have to remember to change back for the live site.

...unless this has been fixed in v8.05?

[skinnybloke]

...or that should be <actinic:variable name="WebSiteURL" />index.php

[dave_finlayson]

David,

Depends where you want it to point to? See my post #2

[skinnybloke]

Hi David - I just copied the incorrect piece of code from your reply at first and then quickly realised.

[skinnybloke]

mmmm... just found that

<a href="<actinic:variable name="WebSiteURL" />/index.php">Home</a>

links you to www.domain.co.uk/index.php in B2B, Thereby taking you out of B2B, whereby it should link you to something like

http://www.domain.co.uk/cgi-bin/bb00...PAGE=index.php

Is there anything I can do to correct this?

[Bruce]

David,

You will have to hard code the URL.

Kind regards,