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I'm done with this version of a test site and it's time for me to transfer it to it's proper server.
Is there anything else to check/do other than changing the URL in the Backlight Settings/Personalisation area?
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I've found that sometimes the images you've uploaded with the Backlight uploader go missing. (mastheads, favicon, etc.). So be sure to check those after the move.
The other thing to do is to change the API url in Lightroom Publisher settings for the Publisher instance that's controlling the site.
Rod
Just a user with way too much time on his hands.
www.rodbarbee.com
ttg-tips.com, Backlight 2/3 test site
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will do.
Thanks Rod
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Just done transferring the files to the permanent server. A lot of URLs to change. It's almost as if 80% of the navigation and formatting was transferred the rest I'll have to correct manually.
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I think I have the navigation (from tab to tab) correct. But, why is all the formatting done in CSS not operative?
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the url to the site doesn't work
Just done transferring the files to the permanent server. A lot of URLs to change. It's almost as if 80% of the navigation and formatting was transferred the rest I'll have to correct manually.
Just a guess, but perhaps in your menu set you used Link To: URL a lot rather than Link to: Page, or Link To: Album, etc.
I doubt manually entered urls would automatically be changed to the correct url upon moving the site.
Rod
Just a user with way too much time on his hands.
www.rodbarbee.com
ttg-tips.com, Backlight 2/3 test site
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As an example, on the fr side, the Contact+CV tab's CSS is:
@font-face {
font-family: 'HelveticaNeue';
src: url(http://nathaliemoliavko-visotzky.com/fr/backlight/custom/css/HelveticaNeue.ttf);}
.text p{
text-align: center;
}
@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {
.contact-form {
margin: 0 auto !important;
width: 50%;
}
.contact-form input {
max-width: 100% !important;
}
.actions input {
position: relative;
left: 50%;
}
.copyright p{
font-style: italic;
text-align: center;
}http://pideja.ca/nat/fr/contact/
But of course, it doesn't.
I've checked, and all the files have transferred correctly. All I can see is that there must be some kind of URL mistake somewhere.
All URL's have been corrected to reflect the new server location.
Last edited by pideja (2017-04-29 04:53:22)
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in the actual css for the main page of the site, the @font-face rule has a malformed url:
@font-face {
font-family: 'HelveticaNeue';
src: url(nathaliemoliavko-visotzky.com/backlight/custom/css/HelveticaNeue.ttf);}
your nat-fr_contact.css file doesn't appear to exist as it's giving a 404 Page Not Found error. Make sure it's in the proper folder and is named correctly.
Rod
Just a user with way too much time on his hands.
www.rodbarbee.com
ttg-tips.com, Backlight 2/3 test site
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should I add the http:// to the URL in the @font-face rule?
I fixed the Contact link.
Last edited by pideja (2017-04-29 04:55:31)
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Also on your main Nat page, there's this in your custom css:
<style type="text/css">
#masthead {width: 100%;}
#nav {float: left; width: 10%;}
#content {float: left; width: 80%;}
#sidebar {float: left; width: 10%;}
#footer {width: 100%; clear: both;}
</style>No need for the style tags. They might even mess things up since they're html tags in a css file.
Rod
Just a user with way too much time on his hands.
www.rodbarbee.com
ttg-tips.com, Backlight 2/3 test site
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should I add the http:// to the URL in the @font-face rule?
I fixed the Contact link.
it needs to be a full url or a properly formed relative url.
So either add the http:// or take out the nathaliemoliavko-visotzky.com
Rod
Just a user with way too much time on his hands.
www.rodbarbee.com
ttg-tips.com, Backlight 2/3 test site
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I justed checked: http://www.nathaliemoliavko-visotzky.co … ontact.css works fine.
But, for some reason, it's not doing anything...
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that's because it's still being sent the nat-fr_contact.css file, which doesn't exist where the page thinks it does.
the source code for the page is looking for the custom css here:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/nat/fr/backlight/custom/css/nat-fr_contact.css" />Which means it's looking in the root of the site for a folder tree that starts with /nat/fr/backlight...
But your site does not have a nat/ folder, does it?
Make sure the css file is in nathaliemoliavko-visotzky.com/backlight/custom/css
In Backlight, go to the page template that your Contact page is using and choose the correct css file.
Rod
Just a user with way too much time on his hands.
www.rodbarbee.com
ttg-tips.com, Backlight 2/3 test site
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When I transferred from my test server, I copied/pasted every folder/file to the actual server now being used. Verbatim.
Then I changed all the URLs I could find to lead to the new server, i.e. http://nathaliemoliavko-visotzky.com;
then I checked to see that all the references to CSS had not been altered or changed in any way; the CSS files are stored in:
- http://nathaliemoliavko-visotzky.com/ba … custom/cssfor the main HOME page;
- http://nathaliemoliavko-visotzky.com/fr … custom/css for the French side;
- http://nathaliemoliavko-visotzky.com/en … custom/css for the English side.
Except I forgot about the Backlight settings for the French and English side: the URLs were for the test server. Stupid mistake. The transfer should have taken 30 minutes at the most. Maybe I should write a checklist of the tasks to do when creating/transferring a website with Backlight. Could come in handy.
All is now well, again, in Mudville.
Thanks Rod.
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There is a post-script to this saga:
Checking the site on Chrome, Firefox and Safari on a MacPro desktop, the Safari HOME page does not show up like it should: the Fr and En buttons are below the image whereas in Chrome, Firefox on Mac or PC the buttons show up over the image.
Doesn't really bother me but it is strange, don't you think?
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