[ic] Static Page Building

[Mike Heins]

Quoting Doug Alcorn (lathi@seapine.com):
> 
> racke@linuxia.de (Stefan Hornburg (Racke)) writes:
> 
> > * if it works now
> > * the Static* configuration settings
> > * any problems
> > * where the documentation lacks
> 
> I use it and it mostly works.  I haven't had much luck saying "never
> make this page static".  Also, the logic for determining what to make
> static and what to make dynamic is voodoo to me.  It also seems like
> you get "lost" sometimes on the site.  What I mean is that you get a
> batch of pages created static; but somewhere there's a link to the
> dynamic one.  Once you follow that link to the dynamic page, the
> static pages are lost to you.
> 
> What would be nice is to be able to say, "make these and only these
> pages static".  Also, that list isn't remembered from admin session to
> session.  It would be nice if that list were stored somewhere.

It is supposed to be. If you have StaticDBM set to something in catalog.cfg,
a DBM file with the static settings is created. Then if you have "Static Yes" in
your catalog.cfg, static pages should get static links.

> However, occationally I know there's just one page that needs
> regenerating.  I would like to be able to say, "i know there are lots
> of pages that should be made static; but just do this one page"

Hmm. Isn't that what the entry page is all about? If you set "force build"
to that page only, and "entry page" to that page, and level to 1, it should
do just that.

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