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Once Syntax 1.2 is released, some confusion may arise from two similar methods within the Section object. Remember, sections are essentially the pages on your site. With the nice cleanup of URL paths that Sandy worked on, sections now have a method called getUrlPath(). They have for some time now, had a method called getNavPath. So, what exactly is the difference and when do you use or need each one?

First, getUrlPath() returns the full, complete, and unique path to the section including it's root node. Typically, the root node is the homepage of your site and is named _home. A sample URL Path would be _home/about/contact_us. URL Paths can be used to get a section object by calling Section::getByUrlPath( _home/about/contact_us ).

In comparison, getNavPath() returns the part of the URL Path needed to navigate to a section on a web page. Essentially, it removes the root element for your site set by the constant NAV_ROOT_EL in config/static.conf.php. In the example above, calling getNavPath() for your section would return '/about/contact_us. To build a link to that page on a template, you'd use the following code:

echo "<a href=\"/section".$section->getNavPath()."\">"