Knowledge Article 0107:
How do launch other SellFolio projects from one main SellFolio project?

Applicability: SellFolio 4.0 Complete only

If you're using our ViewWork hosting, follow these steps:

When you upload projects to our ViewWork hosting, each project has a web address in the following format:

http://youraccountname.viewwork.com/your_project_name/sellfolio.html

Note that youraccountname would be your ViewWork Account Name (no spaces), and your_project_name would be the name of your project (all lower-case, no spaces, with underscores where the spaces are). 

When you build your main SellFolio project, create a new Weblink Module in Step 4-A.  Simply specify a name, and choose the second option, "This module should only launch a weblink (a Weblink Module)."  In Step 4-B, enter the web address of the other SellFolio project to launch, in the format above.

Finally, upload all of your SellFolio projects to your ViewWork Account.

In other words, if your main project is called Main Project, this would be the web address you'd launch to view it:

http://youraccountname.viewwork.com/main_project/sellfolio.html

If your 2nd project is named Project 2, it will have a web address of:

http://youraccountname.viewwork.com/project_2/sellfolio.html

When you view your Main Project, if you made a Weblink Module correctly, you'd see the Module button on the Main Menu that invites the user to view your second project.  That button would launch the web address of your 2nd project.

 

If you're using your own webserver from another provider, follow these steps:

First, be familiar with uploading SellFolio projects to a server.  View our instructions on our Support Page on how to upload projects. 

Plan the following folder structure on your server:

<WEBROOT>  <--this will contain the Bin folder contents for your main project
     \images  <--this will contain the images folder contents for your main project
          \project_2  <--this will contain the Bin folder contents for your 2nd project
               \images  <--this will contain the images folder contents for your 2nd project

When you build your main SellFolio project, create a new Weblink Module in Step 4-A.  Simply specify a name, and choose the second option, "This module should only launch a weblink (a Weblink Module)."  In Step 4-B, enter the web address of the other SellFolio project to launch.  It should be a format similar to:

http://www.yourdomain.com/project_2/sellfolio.html

If, in your 2nd project, you need a button that returns to your main project, you'd build a Weblink Module in your 2nd project that goes the web address of http://www.yourdomain.com/sellfolio.html (keep in mind that if you renamed the sellfolio.html file to index.html on the server, then the web address would simply be http://www.yourdomain.com ).

Note that most servers are case-sensitive.  So, referencing the folder above called project_2, when you enter your web address in SellFolio, be sure to use the exact naming.  You should never use spaces when making folders on a server, and it is recommended that you use lower-case characters with underscores.  In other words, if you make a folder on the server called project_2, be sure not to make that portion read Project_2 in your web address.

Finally, SellFolio does not provide free technical support in resolving any issues related to launching multiple SellFolio projects from a web server provided by a third-party.  We offer our paid Consulting Services to provide any assistance.