Re: [mv] Static Pages

[jojo@buchonline.net]

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On 29 Feb, Kristofer Munn wrote:
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> 
> I've looked around on the site and in the mailing list archives and can't
> seem to find an answer to this seemingly simple question.
> 
> I have made what I believe to be the appropriate adjustments to the
> catalog.cfg files:
> 
> Static Yes
> StaticAll Yes
> StaticDir (appropriate directory path)
> StaticFly Yes
> StaticPath (appropriate URL path)
> 
> and can successfully build a static version of the site in the directory I
> choose. The instructions I do find say that I should just be able to
> restart the server and suddenly everything will serve faster.  Except that
> I don't see any difference.  Now the existing site is not slow most of the
> time so perhaps the difference just isn't noticeable.  The static pages
> work fine if we go to them directly via the webserver.
> 
> Which brings me to my question: How do static pages work in Minivend?
> 
> (1) You generate static pages in a directory and then point your
> 	users to that directory.  Links that can't be static point to the
> 	CGI script.
> 
> (2) The CGI script knows which pages are static/dynamic and just service
> 	them up from disk.  The CGI is still called but is doing no work
> 	beyond sending the static file to the requesting browser.
> 
> (3) The CGI script is supposed to detect which files exist and are static
> 	and then redirect the user to the files.  This doesn't seem to be
> 	happening.  There are no messages during startup that say
> 	anything about static pages.
> 
> Thanks for any help...
> 
> - K
> 
> Kristofer Munn * KMI * 973-509-9414 * AIM KrMunn * http://www.munn.com/


Hi Kristofer,

if you build static pages with success, the visitor get this static
pages instead. You donīt need to point any visitor to the static pages.
For example:
If you have a link to about.html in you shop and you click onto this
link, you get a static page and the URL is not the same like
".../cgi-bin/youshop...".
You can visit this example at http://www.buchonline.net . There are two
dynamic pages only ("Fachbuchsuche" and "Kasse"). All other pages are
static ("buch online" etc.). Look at the status bar of your browser, if
your mouse pointer is above the link.

Regards,

	Joachim


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