Cannot preview pages - blog

Hi,

Have you included the perch runtime at the top of the page?

<?php include('perch/runtime.php');?>

Cheers Dennis

Hi Dennis,

I have included that.

I am using <?php perch_content_create(); ?> for additional fields but they don't reference any blog .html templates.

Also, my actual .php pages, are in a /blog/ folder i.e. /blog/index.html and /blog/post.php

Thanks for writing

Ok,

I'll read the documentation but is there any reason it needs to append /preview/ on the end of the URL or is there any way to stop that from occurring?

Perch information

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    DB driver: PDO
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Hi Drew,

If I put the blog entry into Draft mode and then click Preview, it comes up with the "overriding" template, i.e. everything without the content from the blog.

Personally, this would not bother me but if others' are to become blog creators or let alone editors, then they might be a bit confused having to navigate to the actual page which while not difficult might put some off diving into the world of arbitrary markup.

From the blog post page:

Debug Message
SELECT u.*, r.* FROM perch2_users u, perch2_user_roles r WHERE u.roleID=r.roleID AND u.userEnabled=1 AND u.userID=1 AND u.userHash='7a7cb6975b4bf13ac037d96c5c6bb9ec' LIMIT 1
UPDATE perch2_users SET userHash='28dcde76c7cb52f8965269a8ac39a075' WHERE userID='1'
SELECT p.privKey FROM perch2_user_privileges p
SELECT * FROM (SELECT DISTINCT settingID, settingValue FROM perch2_settings WHERE userID=1 OR userID=0 ORDER BY userID DESC) AS settings GROUP BY settingID
SELECT * FROM perch2_categories c, perch2_category_sets s WHERE c.setID=s.setID AND s.setSlug='blog' ORDER BY catTreePosition ASC
SELECT * FROM perch2_blog_sections ORDER BY sectionTitle ASC
SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT * FROM perch2_blog_posts ORDER BY postDateTime DESC LIMIT 0, 15
SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count`
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM perch2_blog_comments WHERE commentStatus='PENDING'
Queries: 10
Memory: 2.4699

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    [message] => PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525/php_mysqli.dll' - /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525/php_mysqli.dll: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
    [file] => Unknown
    [line] => 0
)

From the post.php page referencing the blog:

Debug Message
SELECT u.*, r.* FROM perch2_users u, perch2_user_roles r WHERE u.roleID=r.roleID AND u.userEnabled=1 AND u.userID=1 AND u.userHash='af98105db7456800baa5a356fad9ec6e' LIMIT 1
UPDATE perch2_users SET userHash='11dfd40af36cf298354d70d54dafca37' WHERE userID='1'
SELECT p.privKey FROM perch2_user_privileges p
SELECT * FROM (SELECT DISTINCT settingID, settingValue FROM perch2_settings WHERE userID=1 OR userID=0 ORDER BY userID DESC) AS settings GROUP BY settingID
SELECT * FROM perch2_pages WHERE pageID=431 LIMIT 1
SELECT * FROM perch2_content_regions WHERE pageID=431 AND regionPage!='*' ORDER BY regionOrder ASC
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM perch2_content_items WHERE itemJSON!='' AND regionID=3699 AND itemRev=0
Queries: 8
Memory: 2.3476

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    [file] => Unknown
    [line] => 0
)

This is after I've selected Draft mode in the page accessed via the Blog menu (minus identifying information):

Debug Message
SELECT u.*, r.* FROM perch2_users u, perch2_user_roles r WHERE u.roleID=r.roleID AND u.userEnabled=1 AND u.userID=1 AND u.userHash='7c948d1970fb3daaf46c02fda9b4f1ab' LIMIT 1
UPDATE perch2_users SET userHash='c4ea6e1506257d17d9fa22c61270c7e2' WHERE userID='1'
SELECT p.privKey FROM perch2_user_privileges p
SELECT * FROM (SELECT DISTINCT settingID, settingValue FROM perch2_settings WHERE userID=1 OR userID=0 ORDER BY userID DESC) AS settings GROUP BY settingID
SELECT * FROM perch2_blog_authors WHERE authorEmail='' LIMIT 1
SELECT * FROM perch2_blog_sections ORDER BY sectionTitle ASC
SELECT * FROM perch2_blog_posts WHERE postID=14
SELECT * FROM perch2_blog_sections ORDER BY sectionTitle ASC
Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
SELECT * FROM perch2_resources WHERE resourceID='54' LIMIT 1
SELECT * FROM perch2_resources WHERE resourceAWOL=0 AND resourceParentID='54' AND resourceKey='thumb'
SELECT * FROM perch2_resources WHERE resourceAWOL=0 AND resourceParentID='54' AND resourceTargetWidth=320 AND resourceTargetHeight=240 AND resourceCrop=1 AND resourceDensity=1
SELECT * FROM perch2_resources WHERE resourceAWOL=0 AND resourceParentID='54' AND resourceTargetWidth=50 AND resourceTargetHeight=50 AND resourceCrop=1 AND resourceDensity=1
Logging resources for perch_blog
DELETE FROM perch2_resource_log WHERE appID='perch_blog' AND itemFK='postID' AND itemRowID=14
INSERT IGNORE INTO perch2_resource_log(`appID`, `itemFK`, `itemRowID`, `resourceID`) VALUES('perch_blog','postID',14,54),('perch_blog','postID',14,55),('perch_blog','postID',14,56),('perch_blog','postID',14,57)
Dynamic fields:

Array
(
    [postTitle] => 
    [postDescHTML] => Array
        (
            [raw] => 

        )

    [image] => Array
        (
            [assetID] => 54
            [title] => 
            [_default] => /perch/resources/
            [bucket] => default
            [path] => 
            [size] => 59261
            [w] => 264
            [h] => 406
            [mime] => image/jpeg
            [sizes] => Array
                (
                    [thumb] => Array
                        (
                            [w] => 97
                            [h] => 150
                            [target_w] => 150
                            [target_h] => 150
                            [density] => 2
                            [path] => 
                            [size] => 10706
                            [mime] => 
                            [assetID] => 55
                        )

                    [w320h240c1] => Array
                        (
                            [w] => 156
                            [h] => 240
                            [target_w] => 320
                            [target_h] => 240
                            [crop] => true
                            [density] => 1
                            [path] => 
                            [size] => 7925
                            [mime] => 
                            [assetID] => 56
                        )

                    [w50h50c1] => Array
                        (
                            [w] => 50
                            [h] => 50
                            [target_w] => 50
                            [target_h] => 50
                            [crop] => true
                            [density] => 1
                            [path] => 
                            [size] => 1878
                            [mime] => 
                            [assetID] => 57
                        )

                )

        )

    [postDateTime] => 2015-06-11 02:53:00
)

UPDATE perch2_blog_posts SET postTags='', postStatus='Draft', postAllowComments='1', postTemplate='post.html', authorID='1', postDescRaw='', postTitle='', postDateTime='2015-06-11 02:53:00', postDynamicFields='{\"image\":{\"assetID\":\"54\",\"title\":\"\",\"_default\":\"\\/perch\\/resources\\/\",\"bucket\":\"default\",\"path\":\"\",\"size\":59261,\"w\":264,\"h\":406,\"mime\":\"image\\/jpeg\",\"sizes\":{\"thumb\":{\"w\":\"97\",\"h\":\"150\",\"target_w\":150,\"target_h\":150,\"density\":2,\"path\":\"\",\"size\":10706,\"mime\":\"\",\"assetID\":\"55\"},\"w320h240c1\":{\"w\":\"156\",\"h\":\"240\",\"target_w\":\"320\",\"target_h\":\"240\",\"crop\":\"true\",\"density\":\"1\",\"path\":\"\",\"size\":7925,\"mime\":\"\",\"assetID\":\"56\"},\"w50h50c1\":{\"w\":\"50\",\"h\":\"50\",\"target_w\":\"50\",\"target_h\":\"50\",\"crop\":\"true\",\"density\":\"1\",\"path\":\"\",\"size\":1878,\"mime\":\"\",\"assetID\":\"57\"}}}}' WHERE postID='14'
No ids to log.
UPDATE perch2_blog_posts SET postTags='', postStatus='Draft', postAllowComments='1', postTemplate='post.html', authorID='1', postDescRaw='', postTitle='', postDateTime='2015-06-11 02:53:00', postDynamicFields='{\"image\":{\"assetID\":\"54\",\"title\":\"\",\"_default\":\"\\/perch\\/resources\\/\",\"bucket\":\"default\",\"path\":\"\",\"size\":59261,\"w\":264,\"h\":406,\"mime\":\"image\\/jpeg\",\"sizes\":{\"thumb\":{\"w\":\"97\",\"h\":\"150\",\"target_w\":150,\"target_h\":150,\"density\":2,\"path\":\"\",\"size\":10706,\"mime\":\"\",\"assetID\":\"55\"},\"w320h240c1\":{\"w\":\"156\",\"h\":\"240\",\"target_w\":\"320\",\"target_h\":\"240\",\"crop\":\"true\",\"density\":\"1\",\"path\":\"\",\"size\":7925,\"mime\":\"\",\"assetID\":\"56\"},\"w50h50c1\":{\"w\":\"50\",\"h\":\"50\",\"target_w\":\"50\",\"target_h\":\"50\",\"crop\":\"true\",\"density\":\"1\",\"path\":\"\",\"size\":1878,\"mime\":\"\",\"assetID\":\"57\"}}}}', postSlug='' WHERE postID='14'
No ids to log.
DELETE FROM perch2_blog_posts_to_tags WHERE postID='14'
DELETE FROM perch2_blog_index WHERE itemKey='postID' AND itemID='14'
INSERT INTO perch2_blog_index (itemKey, itemID, indexKey, indexValue) VALUES ('postID',14,'image','/perch/resources/'),('postID',14,'postID','14'),('postID',14,'postTitle',''),('postID',14,'postSlug',''),('postID',14,'postDateTime','2015-06-11 02:53:00'),('postID',14,'postDescRaw',' '),('postID',14,'postTags',''),('postID',14,'postStatus','Draft'),('postID',14,'authorID','1'),('postID',14,'sectionID','1'),('postID',14,'postCommentCount','0'),('postID',14,'postImportID',''),('postID',14,'postLegacyURL',''),('postID',14,'postAllowComments','1'),('postID',14,'postTemplate','post.html'),('postID',14,'itemID',''),('postID',14,'itemRowID',''),('postID',14,'postURL','/blog/'),('postID',14,'_id',14)
OPTIMIZE TABLE perch2_blog_index
SELECT COUNT(*) AS qty, c.catID FROM perch2_blog_index i, perch2_categories c, perch2_blog_posts p WHERE i.indexValue=c.catPath AND i.indexKey='_category' AND i.itemKey='postID' AND i.itemID=p.postID AND p.postStatus='Published' AND p.postDateTime<='2015-06-11 12:49:00' GROUP BY i.indexValue
DELETE FROM perch2_category_counts WHERE countType='blog.post'
SELECT authorID, COUNT(*) AS qty FROM perch2_blog_posts WHERE postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2015-06-11 12:49:00' GROUP BY authorID
SELECT c.sectionID, COUNT(p.postID) AS qty FROM perch2_blog_sections c, perch2_blog_posts p WHERE c.sectionID=p.sectionID AND p.postStatus='Published' AND p.postDateTime<='2015-06-11 12:49:00' GROUP BY c.sectionID ORDER BY c.sectionTitle ASC
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM perch2_blog_comments WHERE commentStatus='PENDING'
SELECT * FROM perch2_blog_authors ORDER BY authorFamilyName, authorGivenName ASC
Queries: 33
Memory: 4.499

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    [file] => Unknown
    [line] => 0
)

The first of the previous two posts, was from the page accessed via the Blog app and the second Debug was from the /blog/post.php page

I hope this information is useful.

Hi Drew,

I've done that but I'm still unable to view the Blog via /preview/

This is the code I am using:

<?php set_include_path($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']); ?>.
<?php include('perch/runtime.php'); ?>
<?php perch_blog_check_preview(); ?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<?php perch_page_attributes(array('template' => 'seo.html'));?>
<?php echo PHP_EOL ; ?>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0"/>
<?php echo PHP_EOL ; ?>
<title><?php perch_blog_post_field(perch_get('s'), 'postTitle'); ?></title>
<?php echo PHP_EOL ; ?>
<!-- Stylesheets -->
<style type="text/css"><?php include('includes/style.php'); ?></style>
<?php echo PHP_EOL ; ?>
<?php echo PHP_EOL ; ?>
<!-- JavaScript -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/jquery-2.1.4.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/javascripts.js"></script>
<?php echo PHP_EOL ; ?>
<?php echo PHP_EOL ; ?>
</head>
<?php echo PHP_EOL ; ?>
<body>
<div class="pages">

<header>
<div id="top_section">
<div class="logo-mobile"></div>
</div>
</header>

<main>
<div id="bottom_section">
<?php perch_blog_post(perch_get('s')); ?>

</div>
</main>

</div>

<footer>
<?php include('includes/footer.php'); ?>
</footer>

</body>
</html>

Thanks again

The .html template code:

<h1><perch:blog id="postTitle" type="text" label="Title" required="true" size="xl autowidth" order="1" /></h1>

<article>

<p><perch:blog id="postDateTime" type="date" time="true" format="%d %B %Y" /></p>

<perch:if exists="image">
<div style="float:left;padding-right:1em;"><img src="<perch:blog id="image" type="image" width="320" height="240" crop="true" label="Image" order="4" />" alt="<perch:blog id="postTitle" />" /></div>
</perch:if>

<p><perch:blog id="postDescHTML" type="textarea" label="Post" order="2" html="true" size="xxl autowidth" required="true" /></p>

<perch:blog id="image" type="image" width="50" height="50" crop="true" suppress="true" />
</article>

Kind regards

Hi Drew,

My apologies but I don't know which URL you are talking about.

It isn't critical since there are no content editors for this particular site but it would be nice to be able to preview the "blog" even though I am only using Blog App tags in regular pages.

Cheers