[wp-hackers] Site Address during development

[Vid Luther]

Ahh.. ok. can you pass me the ketchup? my foot tastes kinda bland. 


:)

On Sep 2, 2010, at 8:19 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) wrote:

> I'm sorry vid, they're talking about the urls embedded in posts, when you embed media in posts.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vid Luther" <vid at zippykid.com>
> To: <wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 6:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Site Address during development
> 
> 
>> Simplest thing would be to define it in the wp-config.php.
>> 
>> 
>> define('WP_SITEURL', "http://example.com");
>> define('WP_HOME', "http://example.com");
>> 
>> You can get creative if you have the ability to set environment variables within Apache,
>> we do a SetEnv zippy_environment dev|stage|production.
>> 
>> Then in the wp-config, you can do a case($_SERVER['zippy_environment']) {
>> 
>> ...
>> 
>> }
>> 
>> I'm also playing with an idea of a plugin that is aware of this, so I don't need to change the SQL, but it it filters any references to urls through it..
>> this is just an idea, I have no clue how sane it is, and if it's going to bring the site to a screeching halt or not.
>> 
>> The defines() above work though.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Vid Luther
>> CEO and Founder
>> ZippyKid
>> Managed Wordpress Hosting
>> http://zippykid.com/
>> 210-370-7475
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 2, 2010, at 8:08 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) wrote:
>> 
>>> +1 to the gripe list on this one, I would like to see it auto generate the urls to the proper location in the post
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gavin Pearce" <Gavin.Pearce at 3seven9.com>
>>> To: <wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 6:06 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Site Address during development
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Hi Michael,
>>>> 
>>>> This is one of my main gripes with WordPress - having to do a SQL
>>>> find-and-replace between development and live URLs.
>>>> 
>>>> I especially hate how the "new" menu feature, for the Home button
>>>> creates a 'custom' link to the hard-coded URL of the current site.
>>>> 
>>>> Changing the site URLs in either wp-config.php or in the back-end won't
>>>> update these.
>>>> 
>>>> If anyone knows a better way to run a dev and live version of a site,
>>>> with easy database syncing, would be interested to know it also.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Gav
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com
>>>> [mailto:wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Michael
>>>> Clark
>>>> Sent: 02 September 2010 13:36
>>>> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>>>> Subject: [wp-hackers] Site Address during development
>>>> 
>>>> Good morning,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm developing a site for a client, and they are finally able to
>>>> start adding their info, posts and pages, both with a lot of photos.
>>>> I have the WordPress address (URL) and Site address (URL) (set under
>>>> http://www.example.com/wp-admin/options-general.php ) defined to be
>>>> the temporary subdomain of their domain name. But when they embed
>>>> photos or PDFs into a post or page, the temporary domain name is
>>>> embedded into the post. Once we go live this weekend is there an easy
>>>> way to change those details into the new, permanent domain name? I
>>>> don't want to have to maintain the development URL forever.
>>>> 
>>>> Actually, it seems silly to embed the domain name into the posts and
>>>> pages at all. It's adding a bit to the page, plus possible delaying
>>>> the loading of pages by fractions of a second as the page requests
>>>> have to hit DNS. Shouldn't everything embedded be relative to the
>>>> root directory of WordPress? Thanks, Mike
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> 
>>>> Michael Clark
>>>> http://www.PlanetMike.com
>>>> 
>>>> "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
>>>> - Martin Luther King Jr.
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