Problem with anchors (Canvas API) generating bad links

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf
> Of Rick Flower
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 1:43 PM
> To: The Squeak Enterprise Aubergines Server - general discussion.
> Subject: [Seaside] Problem with anchors (Canvas API)
> generating bad links
>
> Hi all.. Every time I think I'm taking one step forward, I get stuck.
> The other day I found that my web links
> are no longer working for some reason after I had to
> regenerate my image.. For some reason, when the HTML is
> generated, they refer to links such as
> "http://localhost:8008/seaside/go/nil" which cause browser
> not found errors such as "Error: "/seaside/go/nil" not found...
> Unfortunately, when they were working, I didn't bother paying
> any attention to what they did point to -- I'm assuming some
> sort of internal link that Seaside generated.. For these
> links, they don't really need to point to any pages per-se,
> but are only used for their callbacks mechanism.
>
> Below is my current code -- keep in mind that my "self parent
> home" is a place holder until I plug in the functionality I
> want to those items.  I suspect I'm doing something wrong and
> perhaps another set of eyes can show me what
> goof up I did this time..   Many thanks in advance as usual!
>
> MSMenuArea>>renderContentOn: html
>         html unorderedList with: [
>             html listItem with: [ html anchor text: 'Home';  
>          
>         callback: [ self parent home ] ].
>             self session loggedIn ifFalse: [
>                 html listItem with: [ html anchor text:
> 'About';        
> callback: [ self parent home ] ].
>                 html listItem with: [ html anchor text: 'Enroll';    
>             callback: [ self parent home ] ].
>                 html listItem with: [ html anchor text: 'Contact Us';
>             callback: [ self parent home ] ].
>             ]
>             ifTrue: [
>                 html listItem with: [ html anchor text:
> 'Update Contact
> Info';     callback: [ self parent home ] ].
>                 html listItem with: [ html anchor text: 'My
> Orders';    
>         callback: [ self parent home ] ].
>                 html listItem with: [ html anchor text: 'My Reports';
>             callback: [ self parent home ] ].
>                 html listItem with: [ html anchor text: 'Logout';    
>             callback: [ self parent home ] ].
>             ]
>         ].
>
> The above code is called in turn by the first line in the "ifFalse"
> block where "menuArea" is rendered :
>
> MyWebApp>>renderContentOn: html
>    html div id: 'container'; with: [
>       html div id: 'header'.
>         self session loggedIn
>                 ifFalse: [
>                         html div id:'mainnav'; with: [html render:
> menuArea].
>                         html div style: 'height: 300px'; with: [
>                             html div id: 'loginLeftBox'; with: [html
> render: loginArea].
>                             html div id: 'loginRightBox';  with: [html
> render: MOTDarea].
>                        ]
>                 ]
>                 ifTrue: [
>                         html div id: 'mainnav'; with: [html render:
> menuArea].
>                         html div style: 'margin-bottom: 10px;
> background-color: #eee'; id: 'contents'; with: [html render:
> mainPage].
>                 ].
>         ].
> .
> .
> .
>
>
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> Hi all.. Every time I think I'm taking one step forward, I get stuck.
> The other day I found that my web links
> are no longer working for some reason after I had to regenerate my
> image.. For some reason, when the
> HTML is generated, they refer to links such as
> "http://localhost:8008/seaside/go/nil" which cause browser
> not found errors such as "Error: "/seaside/go/nil" not found...
> Unfortunately, when they were working, I
> didn't bother paying any attention to what they did point to -- I'm
> assuming some sort of internal link that
> Seaside generated.. For these links, they don't really need to point to
> any pages per-se, but are only used
> for their callbacks mechanism.
>
> Below is my current code -- keep in mind that my "self parent home" is a
> place holder until I plug in the functionality
> I want to those items.  I suspect I'm doing something wrong and perhaps
> another set of eyes can show me what
> goof up I did this time..   Many thanks in advance as usual!
>
> MSMenuArea>>renderContentOn: html
>         html unorderedList with: [
>             html listItem with: [ html anchor text: 'Home';
>         callback: [ self parent home ] ].
>             self session loggedIn ifFalse: [
>                 html listItem with: [ html anchor text: 'About';
> callback: [ self parent home ] ].
>                 html listItem with: [ html anchor text: 'Enroll';
>             callback: [ self parent home ] ].
>                 html listItem with: [ html anchor text: 'Contact Us';
>             callback: [ self parent home ] ].
>             ]
>             ifTrue: [
>                 html listItem with: [ html anchor text: 'Update Contact
> Info';     callback: [ self parent home ] ].
>                 html listItem with: [ html anchor text: 'My Orders';
>         callback: [ self parent home ] ].
>                 html listItem with: [ html anchor text: 'My Reports';
>             callback: [ self parent home ] ].
>                 html listItem with: [ html anchor text: 'Logout';
>             callback: [ self parent home ] ].
>             ]
>         ].
>
> The above code is called in turn by the first line in the "ifFalse"
> block where "menuArea" is rendered :
>
> MyWebApp>>renderContentOn: html
>    html div id: 'container'; with: [
>       html div id: 'header'.
>         self session loggedIn
>                 ifFalse: [
>                         html div id:'mainnav'; with: [html render:
> menuArea].
>                         html div style: 'height: 300px'; with: [
>                             html div id: 'loginLeftBox'; with: [html
> render: loginArea].
>                             html div id: 'loginRightBox';  with: [html
> render: MOTDarea].
>                        ]
>                 ]
>                 ifTrue: [
>                         html div id: 'mainnav'; with: [html render:
> menuArea].
>                         html div style: 'margin-bottom: 10px;
> background-color: #eee'; id: 'contents'; with: [html render: mainPage].
>                 ].
>         ].
> .
> .
> .
>
>
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> You just need to reverse sending callback: and text:.  Using the
> Canvas API, text: and with: need to come last.  There was a post
> earlier today the same sort of thing.
>
> Change:
> html anchor text: 'About'; callback: [ self parent home ]
>
> To:
> html anchor callback: [ self parent home ]; text: 'About'
>