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Can Smart Look work with URLs using non-standard document extensions?
Our CMS stores documents in a database. Those documents are published with URLs like "www.example.com/index.cfm?document=12345" When that URL is requested a server-side script retrieves the document from the database and returns it to the browser the same as if the URL linked directly to the document file.
Since the URL doesn't contain a normal document extension like .doc, .pdf, .ppt, etc. Smart Look doesn't seem to recognize that the link is actually a document. Is there any way to get it to work in this situation?
Since the URL doesn't contain a normal document extension like .doc, .pdf, .ppt, etc. Smart Look doesn't seem to recognize that the link is actually a document. Is there any way to get it to work in this situation?
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Inappropriate?I'm pretty sure Smart Look will only look for standard document extensions. I suggest your contact your CMS provider, we'll be happy to work with them to implement Smart Look for their customers.
If anyone knows of a 'hack' that will work with the current setup, feel free to share it.
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Inappropriate?The hack would be to i.e. use class="pdf" on the a link. Could you update the SmartLook JS code to be able to do it? It should only take a moment for your developers.
It's really important as many people use non standard document linking (for security and stats purposes) and it cannot be changed.
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