Static Links in Templates

[pizzaguy234]

Hey guys,

Basically i have added some static links into the Act_primary template to help the store remain united with the other non-commerce pages. This all works fine in general.

So, for instance i have a link to ../recycling.htm which goes back out of the /acatalog/ folder into the root.

However, if you login to the store, the simple link shown above becomes

http://sbs.binamics.co.uk/cgi-bin/bb000001.pl?ACTINIC_REFERRER=http://sbs.binamics.co.uk/cgi-bin/bb000001.pl&PRODUCTPAGE=../services.htm

So when you click it you end up in the /cgi-bin/ folder, meaning all the links to the images are completely wrong, i have tried uploading the required images to a /cgi-bin/images/ folder but they refuse to show through a browser. I'm assuming there is some server setting somewhere which sets what files the cgi-bin folder can display? Any chance of me setting this to allow the images? Or, fixing the way static links are used once a user is logged in.

Thanks in advance guys. Andy

EDIT// it shortened the link, so i stuck it in a code block

[Kermy]

Can't you simply write the full link instead of keeping it relative? For example, http://www.mysite.com/recycling.htm rather than ../recycling.htm?

[pizzaguy234]

well, its painfully obvious (how did i not think of it?!), and not very pretty (when we move servers i will have to change the links manually) but, it works!

So kermy i thank you very much!

Sure i will find another problem soon, so i shall be back. Cheers!

[jont]

So long as the URL remains the same the links will be fine when you move servers. If changing URL you can simply open the template into say Dreamweaver and do a find and replace on the domain name (not forgetting and redirects to help the search engines)

[pizzaguy234]

well, yeah the URL will change, we are on a testing sub domain at the mo, will be going across to the real URL. Not a problem though, find & replace will get the job done with not too mcuh hassle. Cheers guys.