Deep-Linking

• Overview

• Usage

• Related information

• Deep-Linking with Parameters

Overview

Deep-linking offers you the option to enable linking directly into a business process within your Websydian Express site.

Deep-linking comes in two variants:

• Deep-linking with context
  The page is shown with all surrounding frames as laid out in the site structure
• Deep-linking without context
  The page is shown alone in the browser window.

Usage

In order to enable deep-linking for one or more site elements within the site structure you need to perform the following in the Websydian Express administration interface

1. First create an alias to be used to reference the site element
2. Attach the alias to the site element you would like to enable deep-linking for.

Then open your browser and enter one of the following URL's depending on with or without context

Deep-linking with context

http://[websydianexpressurl]?WSLOAD=[alias]&WSCONTEXT=Y

e.g. http://www.websydian.com/express20/site/demosite?WSLOAD=CUSTREG&WSCONTEXT=Y

Without context

http://[websydianexpressurl]?WSLOAD=[alias]

e.g. http://www.websydian.com/express20/site/demosite?WSLOAD=CUSTREG

Please note that it is not possible to link to an URL site element when using deep-link without context.

Deep-Linking With Parameters

Using deep linking you also have the option to parse parameters to the business process being linked.

This is done by appending the required parameters for the business process to the URL.

e.g. http://www.websydian.com/express20/site/demosite?WSLOAD=CUSTREG&WSCONTEXT=Y&myparm1=value1&myparm2=value2&WSPARMLIST=myparm1%26myparm2

Besides adding the parameters to the URL you must also add the parameter WSPARMLIST that contains a list of the parameter names separated by %26 (ampersand).

Related Information