Multiple URLs for items not working.
Hi!
I have a document within my library which is a PDF. The url for this file just now is - www.mydomain.com/.../chapter1.pdf
This works fine, however, this is on our development site and there is a link to the same document currently on our live site which is -
www.mydomain.com/.../chapter1.pdf
I had hoped that I could manually enter the url /reviews/report/chapter1.pdf in to the allow multiple URLs but I get an error saying the url is not valid. Ive tried the url with http:// and without but it still doesnt work.
Is there a way to set this up so that old urls will point to this new location?
Thanks.
Hello,
This is a known bug in Sitefinity. For your convenience please review the bug description in PITS on the following URL. You could track the status of the bug and vote for it. I hope that the problem will be fixed soon.
Regards,
Stefani Tacheva
Telerik
The link to the bug description no longer appears to be working. It's over a year later and I'm still encountering this bug (albeit, we are not using the latest version of Sitefinity). Where can I view the status of the bug?
Hello Beth,
I have checked the bug's status and unfortunately it is not yet resolved. You can follow on its progress in our Feedback portal:
http://feedback.telerik.com/Project/153/Feedback/Details/100754-media-additional-urls-get-404-error
Regards,
Pavel Benov
Telerik
Thank you!
Can anyone comment on the resolution to this? Or include a possible workaround?
[quote]Richard said:Can anyone comment on the resolution to this? Or include a possible workaround?[/quote]
I would maybe say handle the global errors message and look for file not found or something, then search documents additional field for a match and if found 301 the user over to that document...sounds like it would work (in theory I suppose)
@Steve: Nice creative workaround! I suppose if the whole process can be completed in not too long, it would be implementable.
If anyone else tries this, let us know. I'll give her a look in the near future and post my findings.... then sell it to Telerik ;)
From Telerik support:
To enable such additional URLs, go to Advanced Settings -> Libraries -> MediaFileAdditionalUrls and check the Media items additional URLs relative to site root (not to a containing page) checkbox.
Thanks for the info. What version of Sitefinity are you using? I don't see "MediaFileAdditionalUrls" in the Libraries option tree in my version. (7.3)
It was implemented in 8.0.5703.0.
Thank you!