Update relative paths in TinyMCE

[Nico Knoll]

Hey,

it's always the same: I'm builing a local version of a webseite using TinyMCE fields in the backend with images etc. But after uploading to the live server the relative path to images and pages change (of course). It would be lovely to have a module or a function to refresh this relative paths in TinyMCE / textareas

What do you guys think?

/ Nico

[Nico Knoll]

A good approch would be to store the installation path somewhere and when you load the admin path to compare it (maybe automatically) to the actual path. If the path is changed you could show a note "The path has changed - check for broken links?" directing to a page where you see all broken links with possible - working - fixes and a way to manually update them

Maybe only check after login like this "the password-system is updated bla bla" note in 2.3

[Soma]

If you set the textarea to content type html, in the field settings, PW will take care of it.

If you set the textarea to content type html, in the field settings, PW will take care of it.

[Martijn Geerts]

What do you guys think?

I always develop on the same directory level as the site would be when live, so never had to deal with those issues.

Every new site has it's own vhost.

[SiNNuT]

I always develop on the same directory level as the site would be when live, so never had to deal with those issues.

Every new site has it's own vhost.

Yep, been doing this for a while now as well, and never looked back. It just saves you a lot of headaches.

[Nico Knoll]

But how do you do this? I mean for example if I'm building a site locally I've got a url like "localhost/example/" and after uploading the path changes to "/" respectively "http://example.com/" ?

[Soma]

I don't do this, PW does this. https://github.com/ryancramerdesign/ProcessWire/blob/master/wire/modules/Fieldtype/FieldtypeTextarea.module#L114

[Martijn Geerts]

I will do that

URLs at my local environment look like:

http://processwire/

http://domainname/

http://testsite/

Here's some content what may help

[Nico Knoll]

@Soma: Sorry for the misunderstanding - I really meant the local domain thing Martijn described

@Martijn: I use XAMPP for developing so I guess I just have to change the hostname table, haven't I?

And btw. it's "private/etc/hosts" on mac

[SiNNuT]

Indeed, you have to setup apache vhosts and your OS hosts file to match.

[Martijn Geerts]

And btw. it's "private/etc/hosts" on mac

It is, but I don't know any mac where you can't access it directly. (alias)

in the hosts file you bind the name to the host.

the vHosts should pick it up. ( look for servername )

[Nico Knoll]

Ahhhh I got it. Now I've got "clients.dev" etc. running

[Nico Knoll]

Combined with the lovely theme made by renobird: