Do I need a Database for Alloy

Foundry Alloy
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Ok so im getting a lot of warnings/notices and also having issues with actually doing anything in the editor.

Someone brought up that I may be having issues with a database on reddit. but I can’t find anything information in the documentation on server setup for alloy.

If I need to install a database does anyone know how I go about that?

Im running Monterey with a fresh install of PHP 7.4 and Apache 2

These are the the errors Im getting mostly (its a long list)

Notice : Undefined variable: currentPage in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 233

Notice : Undefined index: category in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 336

Notice : Undefined index: tags in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 337

Notice : Undefined index: small-label in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 338

Notice : Undefined index: summary in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 343

Notice : Undefined index: category in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 357

Notice : Undefined index: category in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 359

Notice : file_get_contents(): read of 8192 bytes failed with errno=21 Is a directory in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 297

Notice : Undefined offset: 1 in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 306

Notice : Undefined offset: 2 in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 307

Notice : Undefined offset: 2 in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 308

Notice : Undefined offset: 1 in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 323

Notice : Undefined index: draft in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 327

Notice : Undefined index: title in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 331

Notice : Undefined index: author in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 335

Notice : Undefined index: category in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 336

Notice : Undefined index: tags in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 337

Notice : Undefined index: small-label in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 338

Notice : Undefined index: topper in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 341

Notice : Undefined index: topperalt in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 342

Notice : Undefined index: summary in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 343

Notice : Undefined index: draft in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 345

Notice : Undefined index: author in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 350

Notice : Undefined index: author in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 352

Notice : Undefined index: category in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 357

Notice : Undefined index: category in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 359

Notice : Undefined offset: 1 in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 306

Notice : Undefined offset: 2 in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 307

Notice : Undefined offset: 2 in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 308

Notice : Undefined offset: 1 in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 323

Notice : Undefined index: draft in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 327

Notice : Undefined index: title in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 331

Notice : Undefined index: author in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 335

Notice : Undefined index: category in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 336

Notice : Undefined index: tags in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 337

Notice : Undefined index: small-label in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 338

Notice : Undefined index: topper in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 341

Notice : Undefined index: topperalt in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 342

Notice : Undefined index: summary in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 343

Notice : Undefined index: draft in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 345

Notice : Undefined index: author in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 350

Notice : Undefined index: author in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 352

Notice : Undefined index: category in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 357

Notice : Undefined index: category in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 359

Notice : Undefined offset: 1 in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 306

Notice : Undefined offset: 2 in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 307

Notice : Undefined offset: 2 in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 308

Notice : Undefined offset: 1 in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 323

Notice : Undefined index: draft in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 327

Notice : Undefined index: title in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 331

Notice : Undefined index: author in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 335

Notice : Undefined index: category in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 336

Notice : Undefined index: tags in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 337

Notice : Undefined index: small-label in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 338

Notice : Undefined index: topper in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 341

Notice : Undefined index: topperalt in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 342

Notice : Undefined index: summary in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 343

Notice : Undefined index: draft in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 345

Notice : Undefined index: author in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 350

Notice : Undefined index: author in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 352

Notice : Undefined index: category in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 357

Notice : Undefined index: category in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 359

Notice : Undefined variable: urlID in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 446

Notice : Undefined variable: urlID in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 452

Notice : Undefined variable: urlID in /Library/Webserver/Documents/New/Editor/index.php on line 485

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These are notices, not errors. You can turn off Notice / Error reporting in your PHP configuration to stop these from showing in your log file. :+1:

As for needing a database – No, Alloy does not use a database for anything whatsoever. Not sure what Reddit group you’re reading, but that is incorrect. Alloy is a flat-file system and simply reads and writes markdown based files using standard Markdown with a YAML front matter section.

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Ok Great. Well that makes that part easy. I did that Earlier and made all of those go away.

but I do still have a problem with actually working in the editor.

There is like 3 template blogs in there and when I try and delete them it says they are deleting but when the popup goes away they dont delete.

also when creating a new blog as soon as I save and go back in to edit it its not there anymore

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I also have the problem that if I go to the blog page itself and click read more on any of the posts it just reloads the page

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Without knowing how you’ve set things up (as I don’t have a copy of your project file in-hand) and without being about to see the live URL (no URL provided) I can’t offer any real help. If you will provide me one or both of these I can assist a bit further. Otherwise it is just going to be a guess since I can’t troubleshoot code through just a description.

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Additionally I would suggest walking through the Quick Start videos step by step and recreating what you see to ensure you’ve set things up properly.

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I removed this because its not relevant to anyone else.

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I have a file in my dropbox but I dont have a way to send you the link.

dont really want to post it for the world

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Send the download link in a Direct Message then. Click my avatar and then click the Message button.

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First thing I see in your project file is you’ve not provided a URL in your publishing settings. That grey text is a placeholder. It is best to type out the publishing URL here. Make sure it is correct for where you’re publishing to and that it also matches the URL in the RW General Settings.

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Next thing – you’ve made your Blog page folder and your Posts folder have the same location. You’ve named your Posts folder Blog. Generally unless you have a very specific reason, you should just leave the Posts folder as posts. Essentially you’re pointing the Editor to your Blog page’s folder instead of a separate posts folder and it thinks the files and folders in there are blog posts, when they’re not.

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CleanShot 2022-05-09 at 14.37.09
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When you update the posts folder in the Alloy Control Center, be sure you do it on both the blog and editor pages.

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Awesome the posts folder was the problem.

Thanks very much

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