I've taken on the webmaster role for a website that uses DNN version 07.02.02. Most of the links to my pdf files are broken. They pdfs were in a folder called "/pdfs" now they're in a new folder "/docs/pdfs "
A few quick things:
I only have ftp access to the web site files. No access to web.config so rewrite rules are out.
I don't want to copy the old files back to "/pdfs" because it would mean managing two different pdf copies (there are over 500 pdfs).
Using file directories with a .pdf extension then add an index.asp file with a redirect i.e. "/pdfs/file_1001.pdf/index.asp" led to an error page because there's an override which doesn't allow site directory pages exposed.
Using a DNN module where I'd have to enter 500 files to redirect seems redundant when I only want to move a directory.
Any solutions to try?
In DNN if you have HOST level access you can modify Config files through the Host/Configuration manager page.
There you could modify the web.config file.
You might also look at the siteurls.config file (also accessible there) in which you could define some URL rules, might be as easy as
<RewriterRule>
<LookFor>/pdf/(.*)</LookFor>
<SendTo>/docs/pdf/$1</SendTo>
</RewriterRule>
The above rule is completely untested, not positive if it will do what you need or not.
I did a little more testing, and it looks like this won't work out of the box as a default setting that tells it to NOT rewrite PDF files, but I can't find the source code for that currently.
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After working on zincs tutorial I want to serve an entire repo filled with .js, .html and .css files I created a firstpathsegment so that I upload all files to the sam place but then how to create a place to serve and store the files ? and how to upload them ?
If you read on in the tutorial, you'll find how to do that in the part 'Static file server'
(ZnServer startDefaultOn: 1701)
delegate: (ZnStaticFileServerDelegate new
directory: (FileDirectory on: '/var/www');
prefixFromString: 'static-files';
yourself).
If you compare that to the ZnMonticelloServerDelegate implementation, you'll see how to write files. If you want to be able to create subdirectories, take a look at FileSystem-Core-Public. In a public-facing site, you'll need to do something about authentication and access control. We mostly put an apache or nginx in front (and let that take care of the static files).
I have a few pages on my web server that extract data from text files that each contain a JSON string. The pages use $.get
Is there any way to allow only the server/webpages access the files? I would prefer to not have people going to the file path and saving the JSON data to their computer.
If I set permissions to deny access to the default IUSR, then people visiting the site won't be able to load them.
Any tricks around this?
I put such files in a directory tree out of the one the web server can see. e.g., html pages accessible by the browser go into /var/www/public_html/filename.php, but files that should not be seen go into /var/privateFiles/anotherfile.txt. The web server root is /var/www - so the web server cannot see anotherfile.txt, but filename.php can include it using full path name.
I would like a better workflow for debugging uploaded SCOs. As things are, I must edit a file in the activity, repackage, upload, and test. Often, I just need to change a single line of code. It would be VERY nice to be able to edit that file, that line of code, on the server. So far, all I've found is that Moodle manages the files, so it seems impractical to locate and decipher the renamed files after upload.
Is there a way to configure Moodle so that it doesn't rename and relocated files in SCOs upon extraction? Actually, I'm open to any suggestions on the best, fastest workflow for debugging SCOs.
Problem background
Since Moodle 2.0, files are no longer stored on server in the conventional /this/is/the/path/to/my.file way. Instead, files are rehashed and stored in Repositories (i.e. spread all over the moodledata folder as a collection of seemingly random data). This increases security and cross-OS compatibility but complicates stuff for people who would like to simply upload a SCORM zip package via FTP. Here's more information on file handling in Moodle 2.0
Path to the soluton
Let's locate the file you want to update, then update it.
Run phpmyadmin, go to mdl_files table, find your file by name in the filename field (let's say it's portrait.jpg)
Look at the contenthash field, it'll look like abcde1234567890. This means your file is stored in moodledata/filedir/ab/cd/ folder under the name abcde1234567890.
Rename the updated portrait.jpg to abcde1234567890, upload and overwrite.
Go back to phpmyadmin and update the filesize field in record for portrait.jpg with the size of the updated file.
Obviously, this process can be automated. You'll have to write a script that allows you to upload a file, then it'll search for that file in mdl_files, save it to the correct folder and update all fields accordingly.
Alternative idea
Enable external package type (and also enable 'Update on every launch'). Go to Site administration / Plugins / Activities / SCORM and check the box down below. Now you'll be able to launch SCORM packages directly from another server, so Moodle won't mess with it. Of course, you can run in other (probably cross-domain related) problems.
Sergey's answer is very good, with one caveat:
In his example with the contenthash of abcde1234567890, the file is stored in the moodledata/filedir/ab/cd/ folder under the name abcde1234567890. Moodle uses the full contenthash to name the file.
I am doing some updates to a site I have developed over the last few years. It has grown rather erratically (I tried to plan ahead, but with this site it has taken some odd turns).
Anyway, the site has a community blog ( blog.domain.com - used to be domainblog.com) ) and users with personal areas ( user1.domain.com, user2.domain.com, etc ).
The personal areas have standard page content that the user can use, or add snippets of text to partially customize. Now the owner wants the users to be able to create their own content.
Everything is done up to using a file browser.
I need a browser that will allow me to do the following:
the browser needs to be able to browse the common files at blog.domain.com/files and the user files at user_x.domain.com/files
the browser will also need to be able to differentiate between the two and generate the appropriate image url.
of course, the browser access to the user files will need to be dynamic and only show those files particular to the user (along with the common files)
I also need to be able to set a file size for images
the admin area is in a different directory than either the blog or the user subdomains.
general directory structure
--webdir--
|--client --
|--clientsite--
|--blog (blog.domain.com)
|--sites--
|--main site (domain.com)
|--admin (admin.domain.com)
|--users--
|--user1 (user1.domain.com)
|--user2 (user2.domain.com)
...etc.
I have tried several different browsers and using symlinks but the browsers don't seem to be able to follow them. I am also having trouble even setting them to use a directory that isn't the default.
what browser would you recommend? what would I need to customize to make it work.
TIA
ok, since I have not had any responses to this question, I guess I will have to do a work around and then see about writing a custom file browser down the road.
The root of the site http://example.com correctly identifies index.html and renders it. In a similar manner, I want, http://example.com/foo to fetch foo.html present in the root of the directory. The site that uses this functionality is www.zachholman.com. I've seen his code in Github. But still I'm not able to find how it is done. Please help.
This feature is actually available in Jekyll. Just add the following line to your _config.yml:
permalink: pretty
This will enable links to posts and pages without .html extension, e.g.
/about/ instead of /about.html
/YYYY/MM/DD/my-first-post/ instead of YYYY-MM-DD-my-first-post.html
However, you lose the ability to customize permalinks... and the trailing slash is pretty ugly.
Edit: The trailing slash seems to be there by design
It's actually the server that needs adjusting, not jekyll. Be default, jekyll is going to produces files with .html extensions. There may be a way around that, but it's unlikely that you really want to do go that route. Instead, you need to let your web server know that you want those files served when a URL is called with the file's basename (and no extension).
If your site is served via an Apache web server you can enable the "MultiViews" option. In most cases, you can do that be creating an .htaccess file at your site root with the following line:
Options +MultiViews
With this option enabled, when Apache receives a request for:
http://example.com/foo
It will serve the file:
/foo.html
Note that the Apache server must be setup to allow the option to be set in the htaccess file. If not, you would need to do it in the Apache config file itself. If your site is hosted on another web server, you'll need to look for an equivalent setting.