By jdln on

Im theming a content type with its tpl file and im using this to theme the teaser view;

?>
<?php if (!$page) { ?>

How should I link the Node's title to its full page?

If I use this;

<?php print $node->path ?>

It prints a relative path so I need to hard code the beginning of the site url;

<a href="http://MYSITENAME/<?php print $node->path ?>"><?php print check_plain($node->title) ?></a>

This isn't ideal as my site is currently on a local environment and the url will change when it goes live. Normally Pathlogic can fix this for me, but Pathlogic only works in node content not in a template file.

Should I be printing different php or is there a way of calling this 'http://MYSITENAME/' dynamically?

Ive searched but im surprised I cant find any advice on this, i would have thought it would be a common requirement.
Thanks

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jerseycheese’s picture

jerseycheese
Location Virginia Beach, VA
commented

Use the l() function for smarter linking. Drupal will convert it to the custom path you've given the page if using pathauto module.

<?php print l($node->title, '/node/' . $node->nid); ?>

Otherwise if you really want to use $node->path, you can hardcode your link like this, it'll refers to the site's root if you put a forward slash before the path:

<a href="/<?php print $node->path ?>"><?php print check_plain($node->title) ?></a>
jdln’s picture

jdln commented

The first code links to something like node/99. If you remove the first slash from '/node' it links to the path that ive set with path auto;

<?php print l($node->title, 'node/' . $node->nid); ?>

They both work but im wondering if the path auto url is better for seo.
Thanks

jerseycheese’s picture

jerseycheese
Location Virginia Beach, VA
commented

Pathauto url is definitely better for SEO.

hashmat0811’s picture

hashmat0811 commented

Use drupal_get_path_alias code to print the get desired URL alias od a node

<?php print l($node->title, drupal_get_path_alias("node/$node->nid")); ? 

or we can use some string 'Read More' instead of the $node->tilte

Regards.

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faicalo commented

Assuming your content type is called "blog", then node-blog.tpl.php will be used whenever a blog post needs to be displayed. The $teaser variable will be set to TRUE in node-blog.tpl.php if Drupal is wanting the teaser display, and the $page variable will be set to TRUE if the node is being shown in full page view (they will both be FALSE if the full node is being shown in a list of nodes). So you need to set up your node-blog.tpl.php to check for what type of display is being requested and return the HTML appropriate to the given type. The general setup of your node-blog.tpl.php should be along these lines