Netlify deploy uses abridge.netlify.app domain instead of netlify subdomain

[Brandon689]

Im not sure why, changing base url in config doesnt affect it, then of course the website loads with no css / js because of cors. From what I understand $DEPLOY_PRIME_URL should automatically resolve to the correct domain.

[Jieiku]

in config.toml do you have pwa = true or pwa = false ?

If you have true, then did you run:

npm install
npm run abridge

prior to deployment?

I am not certain this is the cause of your problem, it is just a guess without looking at your sites config files and the feedback from netlify deploy.

If you do resolve this please let me know what fixed it, so that I can update the documentation to help future users.

[Jieiku]

another suggestion is to try with pwa = false initially and redeploy.

Then clear your browser cache or hold down control and press F5 to force a reload that bypasses all cache. It is important to clear the cache, because the pwa may serve from the cache files otherwise.

Then see if the page loads properly.

[Brandon689]

Despite changing pwa to false, have run npm install npm run abridge, deleting my site, etc, it still remains the abridge domain. Here is my repo, ignore the fact I just changed it now, cause I had like 2 other repos previously awhile ago.

https://github.com/Brandon689/blognetlify

[Jieiku]

Thanks for the repo, testing it out now.

[Jieiku]

Just wanted to let you know I am seeing the same thing https://zola-themes-demos.netlify.app/

I am eating dinner and it is close to bed time, but will figure this out once I examine it closer.

I am sure it is something simple that I am overlooking.

[Brandon689]

Thank you, no need to rush, I'm doing other work for now.

[Jieiku]

You have to set both in config.toml:

base_url = "https://example.netlify.app"
online_url = "https://example.netlify.app"

online_url exists to facilitate generating an offline site then restoring the base_url for online site. I can see this will be problematic for new users, even I forgot about adding this functionality.

I may comment the field out by default for now, but if you set both of those fields you should be good to go.

[Brandon689]

No, here is the problem I think:

1. rsync theme config and site config as instructed
2. git submodule the theme
3. i change my local git repo to my domain
4. the submodule constantly changes my github repo back to abridge.netlify.com

The config file went back to default today after I changed it without me doing anything. Because I think awhile ago I already knew about the online_url and changed that too

[Jieiku]

seems to be working for me

repo: https://github.com/Brandon689/blognetlify/compare/main...Jieiku:blognetlify:main

site: https://zola-themes-demos.netlify.app/

[Brandon689]

I've got it to work now, well not quite because its now using my domain which take a bit of time for DNS, but I think the problem I mentioned is real. So I would add some docs about deploying to netlify and from github. Its actually confusing because when you make a netlify site you dont have the domain they give you, it doesnt exist yet. So you have to re-deploy.

Also some comment to check your remote origin that the config.toml of your site is correct, not just your local. Finally I would move online_url to be below base_url in config maybe.

[Jieiku]

When I originally cloned your repo I was having the same issue you pointed out, at that point in time online_url was not set and was still abridge.netlify.app which is why the base_url kept changing to that.

I have since made some changes to online_url: https://github.com/Jieiku/abridge/commit/ae68172b9b6a2bdbe620fd36589a6151cee5df28

I attempted to retest this, and can no longer reproduce the issue. I believe the root cause was online_url and it may have also been made worse if the pwa was active.

[Jieiku]

Thanks again for this report, my hope is that abridge will now be easier to use for all.

The online_url is only necessary for those that test offline = true

Most people will not be using offline = true so having online_url commented out by default should make things simpler.