Change Vpp virtualPath name

Gilad Daniel

Vote:

we need to change the virtualpath from xxx -> yyy but when we change we lose all the files in the

vpp directory ( the files still there and the properites point to them)

#44158

Oct 04, 2010 11:03

David Knipe

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Can you give a little more detail around this? We move physical VPP locations without any problems?

It should be as simple as:

Copy your original VPP files from \\vmintdevOLD\dvlpWWWRoot\VPP\MyEPiServerSite\Catalog to \\vmintdevNEW\dvlpWWWRoot\VPP\MyEPiServerSite\Catalog
Ensure that the new folder has anonymous (Everyone all) access to ensure ASP.net can access it
Change the configuration as you showed in your original pos

Let me know how you get on...

#44162

Oct 04, 2010 12:16

Gilad Daniel

Vote:

We need to change the name of the virtual path from xxx to yyyy

so image that was

http://aaa.com/catalog/a.gif -> http://aaa.com/catalog_images/a.gif

i need to change the name not the location

#44169

Oct 04, 2010 15:51

David Knipe

Vote:

Unfortunately as far as I am aware there is no easy way to achieve this. You could:

Set up a new VPP folder with your desired path name
Use EPiServer edit/admin mode to copy the files and folders from the old to the new folders
Mark showInFileManager="false" on the old folder to stop editors accessing it, but maintaining old links

However this wont update all of your old links. You will either need to update these using an update through the API, or do this manually depending on the number of pages.

#44189

Oct 05, 2010 14:49

Vote:

What type of VPP are you using? If it is the VirtualPathVersioningProvider this should not be a problem since it renames all files that are uploaded to the system to a Guid. I.e. guid.fileextension.

According to your configuration I can see that you are using the Versioning Provider, so you should be able to accomplish this by simply renaming the virtualPath attribute in your configuration.

Regards,
Dan

#45639

Nov 11, 2010 14:00