Custom Error Pages With SF 8 - Sitefinity - Front- & Back-End Development

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Posted by Community Admin on 12-Aug-2015 00:00

Hi,

Trying to create a custom 404 error page initially, (others will follow) and I have been trying to follow this article here:

http://docs.sitefinity.com/administration-custom-error-pages#change-the-response-status-of-the-custom-error-page

I have also digested this article and still no luck:

http://www.benramey.com/2012/10/12/custom-error-pages-with-sitefinity/

However so far all I keep getting is a blank white page when I type domain.com/SomeRandomLetters, does anyone know why this may be?

I have noticed historical posts linked to SF 5&6 that also had issues with extensionless URL's and I am keeping this in mind however we are hosting on Azure so IIS settings wont play apart in this and I have tried both with & without an extension.

Lastly I am trying to use published SF pages to be the custom 404 pages and not just a .html or .aspx page.

I have followed the above post but with no luck.

My pages are:

~/error-pages/404 (404 custom error page)

~/error-pages/error (Default fall back page)

NOTE: extensionless pages.

Any pointers to a post or article that may get me back on track appreciated?

Posted by Community Admin on 14-Aug-2015 00:00

#Nudge

I guess what I have tried should work? I have exhausted all my options I feel, anyone have any other ideas, links or advice?

Posted by Community Admin on 17-Aug-2015 00:00

Hello Steven,

You can serve the error page as a page from Sitefinity. For instance, whether the error page for 404 is under errorpages -> 404, you can set the web config the following:

<httpErrors errorMode="Custom" defaultResponseMode="Redirect">

<remove statusCode="404" subStatusCode="-1" />

<error statusCode="404" prefixLanguageFilePath="" path="/ErrorPages/404" responseMode="ExecuteURL" />

</httpErrors>

You can also set the custom errors using the IIS manager, setting html pages. You can find more information here.
Another option is to handle the errors in the Global Application class - Application_Error and redirect to the error page.

Regards,
Nikola Zagorchev
Telerik

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Posted by Community Admin on 18-Aug-2015 00:00

Hi Nikola,

Thanks for the response, I already have the following in the web.config:

Under <system.web>

<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly">

<error statusCode="404" redirect="error-pages/404" />

</customErrors>

Under <system.webServer>

<httpErrors errorMode="Custom">

<clear />

<remove statusCode="404" subStatusCode="-1" />

<error statusCode="404" path="/error-pages/404" responseMode="ExecuteURL" />

</httpErrors>

However, I am using Azure not IIS environment.

SF Support have provided a possible solution that I will be looking at this afternoon.
I will post my solution if successful.

Posted by Community Admin on 20-Aug-2015 00:00

Hello Steve,

Feel free to share with the community resolution information from the ticket.

Regards,
Nikola Zagorchev
Telerik

Posted by Community Admin on 27-Aug-2015 00:00

Steven,

Were you able to get a solution to this

Posted by Community Admin on 27-Aug-2015 00:00

@Roger,

Yes I have since managed to resolve this issue using extensionless URL's on teh Azure environment, by using the suggestion from @Nikola above with a small adjustment to fit our needs.

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