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Bagzli
Bagzli

Reputation: 6569

Silverstripe URL Mapping

I'm trying to understand how URL Mapping works. I've gone through numerous pages, but I can't seem to wrap my head around what I'm trying to do.

Its really simple, I use DataObjects as pages approach and I have a member extension written to the member class. And I have the typical actions, show, edit, add.

So if I go to www.mywebsite.com/members/show/1 I can see the first user. If I change show to edit, I can edit the first user. Now if I go to www.mywebsite.com/members/add I can create a new user. This is working all as expected due to the functionality I created in the add method.

My problem is in the fact that when you go any website, you don't register to the website by going to members/add, you register by going to website.com/Register or something similar. From code management perspective, it is a lot easier for me to leave the code the way it is now. I don't want to have to create a Register page and move the code there, instead I am trying to figure out if it is possible to go to www.mywebsite.com/Register and have it load www.mywebsite.com/members/add. I am not talking about a redirect link that would update the url, I want users to still see Register in the url and not see /members/add.

Vice versa, if users were to go to www.mywebsite.com/members/add I want the link to update to Register or say page not found.

Is this possible with Silverstripe Framework?

I am not 100% sure, but I believe this is called URL Masking.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 155

Answers (1)

Barry
Barry

Reputation: 3318

This is very possible, firstly I'd advise that you look over...

silverstripe-memberprofiles

...because even if you dont' want to use an existing module I'm sure there would be useful information. There is a great example of "pure" routing (i.e. silverstripe no cms) that leads on to "nested" routes - which is what I think you are asking for, so I highly recommend reading the slides below and then the created todo app

silverstripe-framework-building-without-the-cms

todo app source

Upvotes: 1

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