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I’ve got a small MSM setup running, with entries from Site A having a nGen File field, and entries from Site B having a relationship field connecting them to Site A’s entries.

The issue arises when I want to display a link on Site B to the file specified in Site A’s nGen File field. The nGen File fieldtype outputs a relative path to the file, eg. /uploads/file.pdf - without any domain information. So obviously on Site B, I end up with a link to http://www.siteb.com/uploads/file.pdf, which doesn’t exist.

I’ve tried specifying the site manually by using the {path='siteA:foo/bar'} tag in the same manner in which the {embed='siteA:foo/bar'} tag can be told which site to use, but that function evidently is not included. Obviously I could hard-code the proper domain, but I’d rather not if I can help it. Any suggestions?

Hi Michael,

I can appreciate the frustration this makes for you!

My suggestion would be to assigne a global variable and use that when building your paths.

Slightly better than hardcoding, since you would be able to change it in one place and have it reflected everywhere.

Cheers,

I guess that’ll have to do. 😊 Has this issue been addressed in 2.x, or should I make a feature request? 😉

Hi Michael,

Has this issue been addressed in 2.x, or should I make a feature request?

ExpressionEngine 2 has a more robust File Manager, and a native file fieldtype that are both built to work well with MSM. So that’s a tentative “yes” 😊

Cheers,

(Pssst! You can’t answer “This, or that?” questions with a yes/no response… at least, not without holding a massive machine gun to back you up like me. 😛)

Hey Michael,

Ha! Indeed! My point was that nGen File Field was a third-party solution in ExpressionEngine 1.x which has been superseded with a native solution in ExpressionEngine 2 - so my “yes” was that it has been addressed in EE 2, therefore negating your “that” portion altogether.

At least, that’s my story 😉

Cheers,

At least, that’s my story 😉

...and you’re sticking to it, undoubtedly. 😉 Thanks anyway. 😊

Hey Michael,

Is there anything else we can help you with?

Cheers,