Greg Lumley

Posted February 9 · February 9

Thank you for letting me know!

I did so much Google searching and didn't realise there was a forum thread in my favourite place.

Posted February 9 · February 9

If you're not using Ddev as your development environment, you should definitely consider it. I'm astonished at the speed and flexibility.

Up till now I'd been using WAMP which, for it's time was a great all round solution but the speed was abysmal, even for a local server.

I looked around and found ddev.

Here's how to find it: https://ddev.com/get-started/

A few strange things / notes - at least to me, this isn't my full-time job, I'm a photographer who was a dev of sorts for a while:

The database host isn't "localhost" it's db, yes, instead of putting localhost as your host, you put db. So if you have connection errors that's most likely why.
On windows, you can access your files through:
- Explorer - look for the Linux icon
- You can also access them through a network share, I forget exactly what that is.
You can transfer existing files / projects for windows into the VM via explorer.
For VS Code windows there is a WSL plugin, this allows you to work directly on the files inside the Linux VM / container
Don't store your files inside windows, as in outside the VM. It's not required and slows everything down, or so I've read.
The first project you run downloads everything needed for ddev so it'll take a while. After that, it's quick.
If importing a db via ddev, it doesn't seem to give a progress or errors.
- I had the "COLLATE" error inside my dump. The import stopped when it reached that table with no error output or warning, I had no idea.
- I like phpMyAdmin and imported through that which gave me an error of the issue therefore allowing me to solve it.
WSL or windows subsystem layer is a lightweight VM manager, as I understand it.
- You can run multiple Linux distros through it.
- It integrates the distro really nicely with windows.
Lastly, the speed! Omg the speed! I get impatient waiting for reloads when I've changed code. Ddev is blazing fast!

I hope this helps someone else who might have some of the same questions I did.

Have a great weekend.

February 9

I found the problem, unless I missed something, it's not obvious.

The host in ddev is "db" not localhost

DBname: db
DBuser: root or db
DBpass: root or db
DBhost: db
DBport: 3306

Hopefully, this saves someone some Internet Scouring time. 🙃

February 9

Hi, I realise this is a little sideways. I've just started using ddev, or I'm trying to at least, it really is a fantastic solution from what I can see.

I've scoured the Internet and have yet to come across something that explains why it's not connecting.

Even with a fresh Processwire install, I get a DB connection error.

DBname: db
DBuser: root
DBpass: root
DBhost: localhost
DBport: 3306

Quote

Database connection information did not work.
SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory

Loading PhpMyadmin shows the DB exists and is working perfectly.

ddev describe gives me all the information:

db │ OK │ InDocker: db:3306 │ mariadb:10.4 │
│ │ │ Host: 127.0.0.1:32781 │ User/Pass: 'db/db' │
│ │ │ │ or 'root/root'

Is there something else I should be doing when trying to connect?

Thank you.

September 20, 2023

Thank you! I think I was overcomplicating it in my head. 🤦‍♂️

September 19, 2023

Hi, I'm trying to implement the Facebook Conversion Api into a Processwire form. I'm using it for a FB advert that points to a landing page on my site.

I've scoured Google and can't seem to find anything that points me in a "code from scratch" direction.

Has anyone worked with this, or perhaps there are some resources you might know of?

Thank you.

G

June 23, 2023

@bernhard Thank you. I am using that extension.

I'll be sure to follow your guidelines regarding logic as I move forward.

Greg

June 23, 2023

@bernhard I absolutely love Rockfrontend and latte, it's so intuative!! The only issue I'm having is bracket pair colours in Visual Studio Code. Is there a way to get VSC to highlight the brackets and div pairs in a *.latte file? I'm sure there must be, I can't seem to find anything online.

June 19, 2023

Thank you for checking, at least I know I'm not going mad. Okay so I've managed to figure out it has something to do with a Jquery script that's being loaded. As soon as I disable that, it works as expected. I never would have thought of that. I now need to figure out why jquery is changing the behaviour.

June 19, 2023

Hi, I realise this isn't strictly a process wire question I'm putting it here because of the wonderful help I've had in the past.

I've done a lot of reading about but honestly, I'm not getting it.

I'm trying to implement a simple search bar in my PW website but user input isn't being captured.

	<div class="search-box">
		<form id='searchForm'>
		<input type="text" placeholder="Search anything" id="searchMeNow" value='aaaaa'>
		<a href="#" class="search-btn" id="searchButton">
		<i class="fa fa-search"></i>
		</a>	
		</form>

	</div>

Here is the script which is in test phase, once I have an output from the value field I'm good to go. I'm not sure why this isn't working as far as I know, it should?

My alert box returns empty after pressing enter?

<script>
  const form = document.getElementById('searchForm');
  //alert(form);
  form.addEventListener('keypress', function(e) {
    if (e.keyCode === 13) {
      /*Testing*/
      /*Returns and Empty Value*/
      alert(document.getElementById('searchMeNow').value)
      e.preventDefault();
    }
  });
</script>

June 1, 2023

So, I'm not sure what the issue was with the host I was using. They maintained there was a security issue with the opcache. After some research, I see there was one, somewhere around 2018 whith earlier versions of PHP. It seems none of the hosts I use now have the urge to switch it off.

In a nutshell: BitPoet's solution didn't work but, I'm sure that was due to the hosts settings. I moved to another host.

Up till this host, I'd never had the cache issue before.

G

June 1, 2023

Hi! Another solution was to use the:

CustomAdminMenus module by @Robin S, thank you Robin!!

It allows for up to 3 top level entries with multiple entries below. A perfect solution for my purposes.

https://processwire.com/modules/custom-admin-menus/

May 16, 2023

Hi, I'm getting this error on a new host: I've never seen it before and wondered if someone has dealt with something similar in the past? If so, were you able to solve it?

Also, according to phpinfo(); mod_rewrite is enabled but none of the urls are working. I'm ready to move her site to a new host but thought I'd ask here first.

Warning: Zend OPcache API is restricted by "restrict_api" configuration directive in /usr/www/users/floreng/000/site/assets/cache/FileCompiler/site/modules/AdminLinksInFrontend/AdminLinksInFrontend.module on line 170 Warning: session_name(): Session name cannot be changed after headers have already been sent in /usr/www/users/floreng/000/wire/core/Session.php on line 294 Warning: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent in /usr/www/users/floreng/000/wire/core/Session.php on line 297 Warning: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent in /usr/www/users/floreng/000/wire/core/Session.php on line 298 Warning: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent in /usr/www/users/floreng/000/wire/core/Session.php on line 299 Warning: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent in /usr/www/users/floreng/000/wire/core/Session.php on line 300

Thank you so much.

May 10, 2023

Thank you! That did the trick. 🙂

May 10, 2023

Hi, I have a settings page which I'd like to include in the admin menu since I'm in there all the time. How do I do that?

Thank you.

October 22, 2022

@millipedia Thank you for your help.

The URL/Path hooks would do the trick. However I'm inclined to agree with you. I bought an SEO course, and concise urls were suggested, I also felt it would be overkill. And does Google care? Especially when it's logically set up.

Thanks for the suggestion on Lighthouse, I'll definitely put more effort into that.

"Great looking pictures, though." Thank you. 🙏☺️

Hope you're having a great weekend.

October 21, 2022

Hi! Happy Friday!!

I'm doing a huge SEO cleanup on my site. At the moment I have urls like:

https://www.greglumley.com/photographer/weddings/creative-wedding-photography/

Is there a way to remove "photographer/weddings" from the url without actually moving the page into the root? Of course this would also break any outside links to a specifically moved page too. This would mean I'd also need to setup permanent redirects too.

I'd like the url to read: https://www.greglumley.com/creative-wedding-photography/ instead.

I've got quite a few pages and I'd like the urls to be much cleaner than they are now.

I'd love any suggestions on what you might do?

Thank you so much.

October 18, 2022

Found the issue, I hadn't realised that Hostgator's control panel ammended my .htaccess

When I uploaded the local version I didn't have the lines below:

# php -- BEGIN cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
# Set the “ea-php81” package as the default “PHP” programming language.
<IfModule mime_module>
  AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php81___lsphp .php .php8 .phtml
</IfModule>
# php -- END cPanel-generated handler, do not edit

G

October 18, 2022

Hi, I'm not sure what has gone wrong but after adding a few lines for webp to my .htaccess my site no longer works properly. I reversed it but there may have been another version of .htacess on the site which I've now overwritten.

Note: After some checking: It doesn't seem to be rendering the templates. Eg:

/ = (should use template home.php)
/about/ = (uses template page.php)

For example putting "die;" in the home.php does nothing on the live server.

Basically, it doesn't render the content block and spits out "default content" It is working perfectly on my local server with the same .htaccess file.

$config->useMarkupRegions = true;

I do not know what to do and I'd be grateful for help.

This is my site: https://greglumley.com

I've changed "default content" to a more friendly message.

And here is my .htaccess

#################################################################################################
# START PROCESSWIRE HTACCESS DIRECTIVES
# @version 3.0
# @htaccessVersion 301
#################################################################################################
#
# Upgrading htaccess (or index) version 300 to 301
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# If you never modified your previous .htaccess file, then you can simply replace it with this
# one. If you have modified your .htaccess file, then you will want to copy/paste some updates
# to the old one instead:

# If your htaccess/index version is 300, upgrade to this version by replacing all of sections #5
# and #15 (Access Restrictions). Also take a look at section #9, which you might also consider 
# replacing if using HTTPS, though it is not required. (For instance, HSTS might be worthwhile)
# 
# Following that, optionally review the rest of the file to see if there are any other changes 
# you also want to apply. Sections tagged "(v301)" are new or have significant changes. 
# 
# When finished, add a line at the top identical to the "htaccessVersion 301" that you see at 
# the top of this file. This tells ProcessWire your .htaccess file is up-to-date. 
# 
# Resolving 500 errors
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Depending on your server, some htaccess rules may not be compatible and result in a 500 error.
# If you experience this, find all instances of the term "(500)" in this file for suggestions on
# things you can change to resolve 500 errors.
#
# Optional features
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Many of the rules in this .htaccess file are optional and commented out by default. While the
# defaults are okay for many, you may want to review each section in this .htaccess file for
# optional rules that you can enable to increase security, speed or best practices. To quickly
# locate all optional rules, search this file for all instances of "(O)". 
#
# If using a load balancer
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# If using a load balancer (like those available from AWS) some htaccess rules will need to 
# change. Search this file for instances of "(L)" for details. 
#


# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 1. Apache Options 
#
# Note: If you experience a (500) error, it may indicate your host does not allow setting one or
# more of these options. First try replacing the +FollowSymLinks with +SymLinksifOwnerMatch.
# If that does not work, try commenting them all out, then uncommenting one at a time to 
# determine which one is the source of the 500 error. 
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Do not show directory indexes (strongly recommended)
Options -Indexes

# Do not use multiviews (v301)
Options -MultiViews

# Do follow symbolic links
Options +FollowSymLinks
# Options +SymLinksifOwnerMatch

# Character encoding: Serve text/html or text/plain as UTF-8
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8


# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 2. ErrorDocument settings: Have ProcessWire handle 404s 
#
# For options and optimizations (O) see: 
# https://processwire.com/blog/posts/optimizing-404s-in-processwire/
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ErrorDocument 404 /index.php


# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 3. Handle request for missing favicon.ico/robots.txt files (no ending quote for Apache 1.3)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<Files favicon.ico>
  ErrorDocument 404 "The requested file favicon.ico was not found.
</Files>

<Files robots.txt>
  ErrorDocument 404 "The requested file robots.txt was not found.
</Files>


# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 4. Protect from XSS with Apache headers
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
  # prevent site from being loaded in an iframe on another site
  # you will need to remove this one if you want to allow external iframes
  Header always append X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN 

  # To prevent cross site scripting (IE8+ proprietary)
  Header set X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"

  # Optionally (O) prevent mime-based attacks via content sniffing (IE+Chrome)
  # Header set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" 
</IfModule>


# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 5. Prevent access to various types of files (v301)
#
# Note that some of these rules are duplicated by RewriteRules or other .htaccess files, as we
# try to maintain two layers of protection when/where possible. 
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# 5A. Block access to inc, info, info.json/php, module/php, sh, sql and composer files
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<FilesMatch "\.(inc|info|info\.(json|php)|module|module\.php|sh|sql)$|^\..*$|composer\.(json|lock)$">
  <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
    Require all denied
  </IfModule>
  <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
    Order allow,deny
  </IfModule>
</FilesMatch>


# 5B. Block bak, conf, dist, ini, log, orig, sh, sql, swo, swp, ~, and more
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<FilesMatch "(^#.*#|\.(bak|conf|dist|in[ci]|log|orig|sh|sql|sw[op])|~)$">
  <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
     Require all denied
  </IfModule>
  <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
    Order allow,deny
  </IfModule>
</FilesMatch>


# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 6. Override a few PHP settings that can't be changed at runtime (not required)
# Note: try commenting out this entire section below if getting Apache (500) errors.
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<IfModule mod_php5.c>
  php_flag magic_quotes_gpc		off
  php_flag magic_quotes_sybase		off
  php_flag register_globals		off
</IfModule>


# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 7. Set default directory index files
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm


# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 8. Enable Apache mod_rewrite (required)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

  RewriteEngine On


# Send WEBP images for JPG or PNG when supported and available.
# This means that a request for a JPG or PNG file will instead deliver
# WEBP data, but only when the browser supports and understands it.

# RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} image/webp
# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
# RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1$2$3/$4.webp -f
# RewriteCond expr "! %{QUERY_STRING} -strmatch 'nc=*'"
# RewriteRule ^(.*?)(site/assets/files/)([0-9]+)/(.*)\.(jpe?g|png)(.*)$ /$1$2$3/$4.webp [L]
 
  
  # 8A. Optionally (O) set a rewrite base if rewrites are not working properly on your server.
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # In addition, if your site directory starts with a "~" you will most likely have to use this.
  # https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritebase
 
  # Examples of RewriteBase (root and subdirectories): 
  # RewriteBase /
  # RewriteBase /pw/
  # RewriteBase /~user/

  
  # 8B. Set an environment variable so the installer can detect that mod_rewrite is active.
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Note that some web hosts don't support this. If you get a (500) error, try commenting out this 
  # SetEnv line below. 

  <IfModule mod_env.c>
    SetEnv HTTP_MOD_REWRITE On
  </IfModule>


  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # 9. Optionally Force HTTPS (O) 
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Note that on some web hosts you may need to replace %{HTTPS} with %{ENV:HTTPS} in order
  # for it to work (in sections 9A and 9D below). If on a load balancer or proxy setup, you will
  # likely need to use 9B rather than 9A, and 9E rather than 9D.  
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # 9A. To redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS, uncomment the lines below (also see note above):
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
  # RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]


  # 9B. If using load balancer/AWS or behind proxy, use the following rather than 9A above: (L)
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} =http 
  # RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

  
  # 9C. If using cPanel AutoSSL or Let's Encrypt webroot you may need to MOVE one of the below
  # lines after the first RewriteCond in 9A or 9B to allow certificate validation:
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/
  # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/cpanel-dcv/[\w-]+$
  # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/pki-validation/[A-F0-9]{32}\.txt(?:\ Comodo\ DCV)?$
 
  
  # 9D. Store current scheme in a 'proto' environment variable for later use
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on
  RewriteRule ^ - [env=proto:https]
  RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
  RewriteRule ^ - [env=proto:http]
  
 
  # 9E. If using load balancer/AWS or behind proxy, use lines below rather than 9D: (L)
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} =https 
  # RewriteRule ^ - [env=proto:https]
  # RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} =http 
  # RewriteRule ^ - [env=proto:http]
 
  
  # 9F. Tell web browsers to only allow access via HSTS: Strict-Transport-Security (O) (v301)
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # This forces client-side SSL redirection. Before enabling be absolutely certain you can 
  # always serve via HTTPS because it becomes non-revokable for the duration of your max-age. 
  # See link below for details and options (note 'max-age=31536000' is 1-year):
  # https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Strict-Transport-Security
  
  <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    # Uncomment one (1) line below & adjust as needed to enable Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS):
    # Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000;"
    # Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains"
    # Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; preload"
    # Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
  </IfModule>


  # Section 10 intentionally omitted for future use
 
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # 11. Nuisance blocking/firewall
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # None of these are enabled by default, but are here for convenience when the need arises.
  # Review and uncomment as needed. For more complete firewall (and more overhead), the 7G firewall
  # (or latest version) is worth considering, see: https://perishablepress.com/7g-firewall/
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  # 11A. Block via IP addresses
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Note that IP addresses here are examples only and should be replaced with actual IPs.
  
  # Block single IP address
  # Deny from 111.222.333.444
  
  # Block multiple IP addresses
  # Deny from 111.222.333.444 44.33.22.11
  
  # Block IP address ranges (999.88.*, 99.88.77.*, 1.2.3.*)
  # Deny from 999.888 99.88.77 1.2.3
  
  # 11B. Block via request URI (matches strings anywhere in request URL)
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (bad-word|wp-admin|wp-content) [NC]
  # RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
	  
  # 11B. Block via user agent strings (matches strings anywhere in user-agent)
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (bad-bot|mean-bot) [NC]
  # RewriteRule .* - [F,L]  
  
  # 11C. Block via remote hosts 
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} (bad-host|annoying-host) [NC]
  # RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
  
  # 11D. Block via HTTP referrer (matches anywhere in referrer URL)
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} (bad-referrer|gross-referrer) [NC]
  # RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
  
  # 11E. Block unneeded request methods (only if you do not need them)
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(connect|debug|delete|move|put|trace|track) [NC]
  # RewriteRule .* - [F,L]  
  
  # 11F. Limit file upload size from Apache (i.e. 10240000=10 MB, adjust as needed)
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # LimitRequestBody 10240000
  
 
  
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # 12. Access Restrictions: Keep web users out of dirs or files that begin with a period,
  # but let services like Lets Encrypt use the webroot authentication method.
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  RewriteRule "(^|/)\.(?!well-known)" - [F]


  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # 13. Optional domain redirects (O)
  # 
  # Redirect domain.com to www.domain.com redirect (or www to domain.com redirect). 
  # To use, uncomment either 13A, 13B or 13C. Do not use more than one of them. 13A and 13B 
  # redirect non-www hosts to www.domain.com, 13C redirects www.domain.com host to domain.com.
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # 13A. Redirect domain.com and *.domain.com to www.domain.com (see also 13B as alternate):
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
  # RewriteCond %{SERVER_ADDR} !=127.0.0.1
  # RewriteCond %{SERVER_ADDR} !=::1
  # RewriteRule ^ %{ENV:PROTO}://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
  
  # 13B. Alternate www redirect if 13A does not work for your server: 
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
  # RewriteRule ^ %{ENV:PROTO}://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
 
  # 13C. Redirect www.domain.com to domain.com (do not combine with 13A or 13B):
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
  # RewriteRule ^ %{ENV:PROTO}://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]


  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  # 14. Optionally send URLs with non-ASCII name-format characters to 404 page (optimization).
  # 
  # This ensures that ProcessWire does not spend time processing URLs that we know ahead of time
  # are going to result in 404s. Uncomment lines below to enable. (O)
  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

  # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} "[^-_.a-zA-Z0-9/~]"
  # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?it=/http404/ [L,QSA]


  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # 15. Access Restrictions (v301)
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  # 15A. Keep http requests out of specific files and directories
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # Prevent all the following rules from blocking images in site install directories 
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(^|/)site-[^/]+/install/[^/]+\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|webp|svg)$
  
  # Block access to any htaccess files
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^|/)(\.htaccess|htaccess\..*)$ [NC,OR]
  
  # Block access to various assets directories
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^|/)(site|site-[^/]+)/assets/(cache|logs|backups|sessions|config|install|tmp)($|/.*$) [NC,OR]
  
  # Block access to the /site/install/ directories
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^|/)(site|site-[^/]+)/install($|/.*$) [NC,OR]
  
  # Block dirs in /site/assets/dirs that start with a hyphen (see config.pagefileSecure)
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^|/)(site|site-[^/]+)/assets.*/-.+/.* [NC,OR]
  
  # Block access to /wire/config.php, /site/config.php, /site/config-dev.php, /wire/index.config.php, etc.
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^|/)(wire|site|site-[^/]+)/(config|index\.config|config-dev)\.php($|/) [NC,OR]
  
  # Block access to any PHP-based files in /site/templates-admin/ or /wire/templates-admin/
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^|/)(wire|site|site-[^/]+)/templates-admin($|/|/.*\.(php|html?|tpl|inc))($|/) [NC,OR]
  
  # Block access to any PHP or markup files in /site/templates/ or /site-*/templates/
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^|/)(site|site-[^/]+)/templates($|/|/.*\.(php|html?|tpl|inc))($|/) [NC,OR]
  
  # Block access to any files in /site/classes/ or /site-*/classes/
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^|/)(site|site-[^/]+)/classes($|/.*) [NC,OR]
  
  # Block access to any PHP files within /site/assets/ and further
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^|/)(site|site-[^/]+)/assets($|/|/.*\.ph(p|ps|tml|p[0-9]))($|/) [NC,OR]
  
  # Block access to any PHP, module, inc or info files in core or core modules directories
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^|/)wire/(core|modules)/.*\.(php|inc|tpl|module|info\.json)($|/) [NC,OR]
  
  # Block access to any PHP, tpl or info.json files in /site/modules/ or /site-*/modules/
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^|/)(site|site-[^/]+)/modules/.*\.(php|inc|tpl|module|info\.json)$ [NC,OR]
  
  # Block access to any software identifying txt, markdown or textile files
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^|/)(COPYRIGHT|INSTALL|README|htaccess)\.(txt|md|textile)$ [NC,OR]
  
  # Block potential arbitrary backup files within site directories for things like config
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^|/)(site|site-[^/]+)/(config[^/]*/?|[^/]+\.php.*)$ [NC,OR]
  
  # Block access throughout to temporary files ending with tilde created by certain editors
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(html?|inc|json|lock|module|php|py|rb|sh|sql|tpl|tmpl|twig)~$ [NC,OR]
  
  # Block access to names of potential backup file extensions within wire or site directories
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^|/)(wire/|site[-/]).+\.(bak|old|sql|sw[op]|(bak|php|sql)[./]+.*)[\d.]*$ [NC,OR]
  
  # Block all http access to the default/uninstalled site-default directory
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^|/)site-default/
  
  # If any conditions above match, issue a 403 forbidden
  RewriteRule ^.*$ - [F,L]

 
  # 15B. Block archive file types commonly used for backup purposes (O)
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # This blocks requests for zip, rar, tar, gz, and tgz files that are sometimes left on servers
  # as backup files, and thus can be problematic for security. This rule blocks those files 
  # unless they are located within the /site/assets/files/ directory. This is not enabled by 
  # default since there are many legitimate use cases for these files, so uncomment the lines 
  # below if you want to enable this.

  # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(zip|rar|tar|gz|tgz)$ [NC]
  # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(^|/)(site|site-[^/]+)/assets/files/\d+/ [NC]
  # RewriteRule ^.*$ - [F,L]


  # PW-PAGENAME
  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  # 16A. Ensure that the URL follows the name-format specification required by PW
  # See also directive 16b below, you should choose and use either 16a or 16b. 
  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} "^/~?[-_.a-zA-Z0-9/]*$"
  
  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  # 16B. Alternative name-format specification for UTF8 page name support. (O)
  # If used, comment out section 16a above and uncomment the directive below. If you have updated 
  # your $config->pageNameWhitelist make the characters below consistent with that. 
  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  
  # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} "^/~?[-_./a-zA-Z0-9æåäßöüđжхцчшщюяàáâèéëêěìíïîõòóôøùúûůñçčćďĺľńňŕřšťýžабвгдеёзийклмнопрстуфыэęąśłżź]*$"
  
  # END-PW-PAGENAME
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # 17. If the request is for a file or directory that physically exists on the server,
  # then don't give control to ProcessWire, and instead load the file
  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !(favicon\.ico|robots\.txt)

  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # 18. Optionally (O) prevent PW from attempting to serve images or anything in /site/assets/. 
  # Both of these lines are optional, but can help to reduce server load. However, they
  # are not compatible with the $config->pagefileSecure option (if enabled) and they 
  # may produce an Apache 404 rather than your regular 404. You may uncomment the two lines
  # below if you don't need to use the $config->pagefileSecure option. After uncommenting, test
  # a URL like domain.com/site/assets/files/test.jpg to make sure you are getting a 404 and not
  # your homepage. If getting your homepage, then either: do not use this option, or comment out 
  # section #2 above that makes ProcessWire the 404 handler. 
  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

  # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|webp|svg)$ [NC]
  # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !(^|/)site/assets/

  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  # 19. Pass control to ProcessWire if all the above directives allow us to this point.
  # For regular VirtualHosts (most installs)
  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?it=$1 [L,QSA]

  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  # 20. If using VirtualDocumentRoot (500): comment out the one above and use this one instead
  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  
  # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?it=$1 [L,QSA]

</IfModule>

#################################################################################################
# END PROCESSWIRE HTACCESS DIRECTIVES
#################################################################################################

October 13, 2022

This is just one of the things I love about PW, everyone is alway so helpful!

Thank you.

October 13, 2022

I'd appreciate a little guidance on reusing images for backgrounds across my site. I don't want to add the image as an upload per page, but use it from a media library.

I know I could hard-code it, but that defeats the object of flexibility.

This is, of course, for caching purposes. What would you do?

Pardon the vagueness of my query, I'm just looking for a starting point at the moment.

Thanks!!

G

September 28, 2022

@mel47 I got it right. For use: I include the php file in the header. It's for a Bootstrap 4 site but I'd imagine Bootstrap 5 would be very similar.

Note: I did have an issue with a nav padding on "sm devices" which I couldn't resolve in the php output. In the end I added an additional rule to my css to fix it. A bit of a hack but it's working.

@media (max-width: 992px) {
    li.nav-item {
        padding-left: 30px;
    }
}

And here is the php

<?php namespace ProcessWire;

function buildMenuFromObject($parent = 0, $menu, $first = 0) {
	if(!is_object($menu)) return;

	$out = '';
	$has_child = false;

	foreach ($menu as $m) {
		$newtab = $m->newtab ? " target='_blank'" : '';
		// if this menu item is a parent; create the sub-items/child-menu-items
		if ($m->parentID == $parent) {// if this menu item is a parent; create the inner-items/child-menu-items
				// if this is the first child
				if ($has_child === false) {
						$has_child = true;// This is a parent
						if ($first == 0){
							$out .= "\n<ul class='navbar-nav plain mx-auto text-center'>";
							$first = 1;
						}
						else {
							$out .=
								"\n\t" .
									"<ul class='dropdown-menu'>";
						}
				}
				// active/current menu item
				$class = $m->isParent ?  ' class="nav-item dropdown"' : ' class="nav-item"';
				$aClass = $m->isParent ?  'class="dropdown-item dropdown-toggle"' : 'class="dropdown-item"';

				// a menu item
				$out .= "\n\t<li$class><a {$aClass} href='{$m->url}' '{$newtab}'>{$m->title}</a>";

				// call function again to generate nested list for sub-menu items belonging to this menu item.
				$out .= buildMenuFromObject($m->id, $menu, $first);
				if ($m->isParent) $out .= "\n";// close li
				$out .= "</li>";

		}// end if parent

	}// end foreach

	if ($has_child === true) $out .= "\n\t</ul>";

	return $out;

}

$menu = $modules->get('MarkupMenuBuilder');
$menuItemsAsObject = $menu->getMenuItems('Main', 2);//Where "Main" is the name of the menu to output
$menu = buildMenuFromObject(0, $menuItemsAsObject);

   
?>

<div id="gregnav">
<nav class="navbar wide transparent transparent-light navbar-expand-lg">
      <div class="container-fluid flex-row justify-content-center">
        <div class="navbar-header">
          <div class="navbar-brand"><a href="index.html"><img src="#" srcset="<?php echo $config->urls->templates?>style/greg-images/GL-black-square60.png 1x, <?php echo $config->urls->templates?>style/greg-images/GL-black-square75.png 2x" alt="" /></a></div>
          <div class="navbar-hamburger ml-auto d-lg-none d-xl-none"><button class="hamburger animate" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse"><span></span></button></div>
        </div>
        <!-- /.navbar-header -->
        <div class="navbar-collapse collapse justify-content-between align-items-center">


		  <?=$menu?>
        </div>

        <!--/.social-wrapper -->
      </div>
    </nav>
</div>

I hope that helps you. ?

September 22, 2022

Any ideas on this? Only custom urls are being output, even with built in methods. I have an older PW site I'm busy reskinning. That works but the new one's menu doesn't and I can't see what the difference is.

Here is my menu json:

{"2":{"title":"Home","pages_id":1},"17":{"title":"Portfolio \/ Services","pages_id":1170},"7":{"title":"Weddings","parent_id":17,"pages_id":1118},"14":{"title":"Portraits and Headshots","parent_id":17,"pages_id":1134},"19":{"title":"Portraits","parent_id":17,"pages_id":1186},"12":{"title":"Family","parent_id":17,"pages_id":1132},"18":{"title":"Maternity","parent_id":17,"pages_id":1182},"11":{"title":"Architecture","parent_id":17,"pages_id":1136},"8":{"title":"Real Estate","parent_id":17,"pages_id":1138},"15":{"title":"Events","parent_id":17,"pages_id":1140},"20":{"title":"FAQ -----","url":"#"},"21":{"title":"Wedding FAQ","parent_id":20,"pages_id":1174},"5":{"title":"Contact","pages_id":1047},"1":{"title":"Posts","pages_id":1020},"16":{"title":"About","pages_id":1149},"22":{"title":"aaaa","url":"#"}}

This is the test code I'm using: (it's a built in method of MenuBuilder)

$menu = $modules->get('MarkupMenuBuilder');
echo $menu->render('Main');// render the menu by title

And here is the output:

<ul>
	<li>
		<a href="/pwvanilla/">Home</a>
	</li>
	<li>
		<a href="#">FAQ -----</a>
	</li>
	<li>
		<a href="#">aaaa</a>
	</li>
</ul>

As you can see it is "ignoring" anything that isn't a custom url

I'm running PHP 7.3 and I've tried on other versions using wamp, the result is the same.

MenuBuilder is amazing but with this error I might have to abandon it, please help if you can.

Thank you.

September 14, 2022

@Pixrael thank you!

September 13, 2022

@bernhard How do I get rid of this warning? Or install the less module if I'd like to use it? Where is it being generated from?

Thank you.

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