/acatalog/ folder name variable

[fergusw]

Would it be possible to make the sData column field in the [Setupinfo] table, using nID of 350 for sName of sCatalogDir (i.e. the site folder name) a variable accessible in Actinic?

This might be handy for people who have changed the acatalog to something else and perhaps require access to the folder name for other scripts or any custom links/scripts they might have added in Actinic.

[wjcampbe]

Yes please. I have spent the last two days trying to work out how to access this very information in an online site.

[leehack]

Wouldn't the base href change to suit, so automatically done for you?

[fergusw]

Home page BASE HREF does not have /acatalog/ in it though - this was what prompted the question as I had thought of that, however, it would still be handy to have!

[wjcampbe]

The problem here, and the reason for Fergus post, is that unless Actinic provides a sure way to surface the information via an Actinic:variable or whatever, then what works on one site might not work reliably on another.

We all want our add-ons to work reliably across multiple sites without having to do individual site customisations.

[cdicken]

I use the CatalogURL variable quite a lot which gives you the full address of the store directory. Is this any use?

[wjcampbe]

Is it available for query by an online Javascript?

[fergusw]

I use the CatalogURL variable quite a lot which gives you the full address of the store directory. Is this any use?

It could be used.
You could have a little PHP code that stripped out the foldername to make it accessible to any scripts prior to uploading.

[cdicken]

Is it available for query by an online Javascript?

It can be used anywhere - offline or online.

[fergusw]

It can be used anywhere

..... in Actinic though - don't go trying it in the park!

<actinic:block php="true" >
    $foldername = explode('/','<actinic:variable name="CatalogURL" />');
    $foldername = $foldername[3];
    echo $foldername;
</actinic:block>

drop that in wherever you want the folder name to appear.
Crude, but effective.

[wjcampbe]

Hmm - so is that a definite no to the original request then Chris?

[cdicken]

I'll raise a bug to get the variable added, but it probably won't be in the first production release though.

[wjcampbe]

Thanks Chris.

[cdicken]

A ha - turns out there is a variable. Try 'CatalogDirectory'. It will appear as '.' in preview, but include the correct value online.

[fergusw]

A ha - turns out there is a variable. Try 'CatalogDirectory'. It will appear as '.' in preview, but include the correct value online.

Excellent. Nice one Chris.
Some interesting naming conventions there....... it's called "folder name" in network setup, sCatalogDir in database and CatalogDirectory as the variable name. Not making it easy for us here