Ok, you may be able to use the CMSB "unique" setting in the field editor for case-insensitive checking on the backend and PHP's strtolower() on the frontend to display the values.  Or maybe a small plugin that adds some jquery code to the footer in the CMS that lowercases that's field content on change (or keyup).   In any case, I'll leave it with you, I know you've got a more advanced setup.

Re: permalinks, it does a lot of the common things automatically so it can be pretty helpful.  But try it out and if the cost doesn't make up for itself in value feel free to use the 90 day refund form: https://www.interactivetools.com/about/guarantee.php  We want it to be safe and easy for you to try any of the plugins you are curious about so it's no problem.

How that helps!

I purchased the permalinks add-on, but, as you know, I use CMSB in a much different manner than the out-of-the-box methodology.  I will probably have to create my own add-on, but the $150 I spent to buy permalinks will be money well spent to give me a starting point.

I think I know where I can do the strtolower call, or a MySql LOWER call with my current seo_page_name field that it will still work OK without having to do a lot of other stuff.  However, I love the history of the permalinks add-on and will add that to mine as soon as I get a chance.

The history will solve the problem of permalinks that are embedded in the content portion of the different pages if/when the permalink changes.  The LOWER and strtolower will solve a few other issues and all should be well.

Thank you for replying.

What's the exact issue you are trying to solve? CMS Builders built-in unique field checks are case insensitive.  And if you have some custom MySQL code you can convert to lowercase with the MySQL LOWER() function.

I'll see how this goes for me.

Gary

Gary.

Deborah - thank you for your response, but that's too late in the process.

What I want to ensure is that http://www.somesite.com/some-page-name will be found in the database.  If the SEO page name (or permalink) is Some-Page-Name, it will not be found.  I need to ensure it will be.  Maybe there's another way around it when I read from the database, such as doing a case insensitive search for the value. 

The other concern that I have is that each page MUST have a unique value and I'm afraid that Some-Page-Name and some-page-name are not identical and will not trigger the "unique" flag.  If I convert the value to lowercase BEFORE this unique comparison is done, they will be the same.

I was looking around the site to see if there was some documentation on writing add-ons.  I could use this approach if nothing else, but I don't know all the hook names for addAction.

I may just go this route if I can figure out how/where to use it.  Does anyone know if there are docs on creation of add-ons?

Thanks in advance.

Gary.

<?php echo strtolower($listingsRecord['property_type:label']) ?>

(ref: http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtolower.php)

~ Deborah

Thanks,

Gary.