Problem with stylesheet when I change a webapp to root mount point

[Vince Clark]

In CommonScreens.xml I have the following line:
<set field="layoutSettings.styleSheets[+0]" value="${productStore.styleSheet}" default-value="/hgl/images/ecommain.css" global="true"/>

I have a custom component in hot-deploy called "hgl"

When I mount the webapp in ofbiz-component.xml as "/hgl" everything works fine. However, when I change it to mount as the URL root I no longer have a webapp mounted as "hgl" and the style sheet isn't found.

[Abhishake Agarwal]

I think you have to change stylesheet path in store settings and also try
changing the context prefix under website in catalog.

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 6:40 AM, Vince M. Clark <[hidden email]>wrote:

> In CommonScreens.xml I have the following line:
> <set field="layoutSettings.styleSheets[+0]"
> value="${productStore.styleSheet}" default-value="/hgl/images/ecommain.css"
> global="true"/>
>
> I have a custom component in hot-deploy called "hgl"
>
> When I mount the webapp in ofbiz-component.xml as "/hgl" everything works
> fine. However, when I change it to mount as the URL root I no longer have a
> webapp mounted as "hgl" and the style sheet isn't found.
>

[Vince Clark]

I don't see a "context prefix" in the website settings, only "content prefix."

I have tried two different approaches to getting my custom app to load at the root:
1) Use Apache proxy_ajp and the following in the VirtualHost config:
<Location / >
ProxyPass ajp://localhost:8009/webapp/
ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:8009/webapp/
</Location>

2) Set the mount point in ofbiz-component.xml to "/"

Either one of these approaches makes resources that must be referenced by a URL such as images and style sheets unreachable.
Any ideas are appreciated. In the meantime, I am going to create another webapp in my custom component for the sole purpose of storing resources. Something analogous to /images/ in the framework component.

However, this then begs the question, why don't I just let Apache serve those resources. I would love to do that, but would still have URL issues because I am currently passing all requests to OfBiz.

Any ideas on how to configure Apache so that the root url: www.mydomainname.com is passed to OfBiz but I can still reference other URL's that will be served by Apache like:
www.mydomainname.com/images


----- Original Message -----
From: "Abhishake Agarwal" <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 9:56:01 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver
Subject: Re: Problem with stylesheet when I change a webapp to root mount point

I think you have to change stylesheet path in store settings and also try
changing the context prefix under website in catalog.

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 6:40 AM, Vince M. Clark <[hidden email]>wrote:

> In CommonScreens.xml I have the following line:
> <set field="layoutSettings.styleSheets[+0]"
> value="${productStore.styleSheet}" default-value="/hgl/images/ecommain.css"
> global="true"/>
>
> I have a custom component in hot-deploy called "hgl"
>
> When I mount the webapp in ofbiz-component.xml as "/hgl" everything works
> fine. However, when I change it to mount as the URL root I no longer have a
> webapp mounted as "hgl" and the style sheet isn't found.
>

[BJ Freeman]

there are some things mention here that you have not shown.
http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/FAQ+-+Tips+-+Tricks+-+Cookbook+-+HowTo#FAQ-Tips-Tricks-Cookbook-HowTo-HTTPD


Vince M. Clark sent the following on 12/6/2008 1:04 PM:

> I don't see a "context prefix" in the website settings, only "content prefix."
>
> I have tried two different approaches to getting my custom app to load at the root:
> 1) Use Apache proxy_ajp and the following in the VirtualHost config:
> <Location / >
> ProxyPass ajp://localhost:8009/webapp/
> ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:8009/webapp/
> </Location>
>
> 2) Set the mount point in ofbiz-component.xml to "/"
>
> Either one of these approaches makes resources that must be referenced by a URL such as images and style sheets unreachable.
> Any ideas are appreciated. In the meantime, I am going to create another webapp in my custom component for the sole purpose of storing resources. Something analogous to /images/ in the framework component.
>
> However, this then begs the question, why don't I just let Apache serve those resources. I would love to do that, but would still have URL issues because I am currently passing all requests to OfBiz.
>
> Any ideas on how to configure Apache so that the root url: www.mydomainname.com is passed to OfBiz but I can still reference other URL's that will be served by Apache like:
> www.mydomainname.com/images
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Abhishake Agarwal" <[hidden email]>
> To: [hidden email]
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 9:56:01 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver
> Subject: Re: Problem with stylesheet when I change a webapp to root mount point
>
> I think you have to change stylesheet path in store settings and also try
> changing the context prefix under website in catalog.
>
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 6:40 AM, Vince M. Clark <[hidden email]>wrote:
>
>> In CommonScreens.xml I have the following line:
>> <set field="layoutSettings.styleSheets[+0]"
>> value="${productStore.styleSheet}" default-value="/hgl/images/ecommain.css"
>> global="true"/>
>>
>> I have a custom component in hot-deploy called "hgl"
>>
>> When I mount the webapp in ofbiz-component.xml as "/hgl" everything works
>> fine. However, when I change it to mount as the URL root I no longer have a
>> webapp mounted as "hgl" and the style sheet isn't found.
>>
>

[Vince Clark]

OK the Apache setup for the images is a good tip. However, if you change the configuration to be specific to each webapp (/accounting/, etc.) then how would OfBiz get requests at the root URL?

Can I do something like:
ProxyPass / ajp://localhost:8009/webapp


----- Original Message -----
From: "BJ Freeman" <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2008 2:26:27 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver
Subject: Re: Problem with stylesheet when I change a webapp to root mount point

there are some things mention here that you have not shown.
http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/FAQ+-+Tips+-+Tricks+-+Cookbook+-+HowTo#FAQ-Tips-Tricks-Cookbook-HowTo-HTTPD 


Vince M. Clark sent the following on 12/6/2008 1:04 PM:

> I don't see a "context prefix" in the website settings, only "content prefix."
>
> I have tried two different approaches to getting my custom app to load at the root:
> 1) Use Apache proxy_ajp and the following in the VirtualHost config:
> <Location / >
> ProxyPass ajp://localhost:8009/webapp/
> ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:8009/webapp/
> </Location>
>
> 2) Set the mount point in ofbiz-component.xml to "/"
>
> Either one of these approaches makes resources that must be referenced by a URL such as images and style sheets unreachable.
> Any ideas are appreciated. In the meantime, I am going to create another webapp in my custom component for the sole purpose of storing resources. Something analogous to /images/ in the framework component.
>
> However, this then begs the question, why don't I just let Apache serve those resources. I would love to do that, but would still have URL issues because I am currently passing all requests to OfBiz.
>
> Any ideas on how to configure Apache so that the root url: www.mydomainname.com is passed to OfBiz but I can still reference other URL's that will be served by Apache like:
> www.mydomainname.com/images
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Abhishake Agarwal" <[hidden email]>
> To: [hidden email]
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 9:56:01 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver
> Subject: Re: Problem with stylesheet when I change a webapp to root mount point
>
> I think you have to change stylesheet path in store settings and also try
> changing the context prefix under website in catalog.
>
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 6:40 AM, Vince M. Clark <[hidden email]>wrote:
>
>> In CommonScreens.xml I have the following line:
>> <set field="layoutSettings.styleSheets[+0]"
>> value="${productStore.styleSheet}" default-value="/hgl/images/ecommain.css"
>> global="true"/>
>>
>> I have a custom component in hot-deploy called "hgl"
>>
>> When I mount the webapp in ofbiz-component.xml as "/hgl" everything works
>> fine. However, when I change it to mount as the URL root I no longer have a
>> webapp mounted as "hgl" and the style sheet isn't found.
>>
>