URL Rerouting does not appear to work in SiteFinity Version 4.3.1885.0
I am attempting to create a User Friendly URL. So the Search Engines can index more easily and our customers can refere to it easily. So I first created a simple web form; outside the scope of the SiteFinity UI for a proof of concept. I also did this on my localhost (which does not use SiteFinity).
the localhost (.net 4.0) worked great.
The Sitefinity Site gave me the 404 page not found error.
Both global.asax files are wired the same; Both forms are wired exactly the same.
SiteFinity?
Is this a bug or is their a work around for this issue.
URL: http://localhost/Courses/297/CourseTitle
URL: http://www.sitefinitysampelsite.com/Courses/297/CourseTitle
I used these two sites as references about how to do this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc668201.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/jalpeshpvadgama/archive/2011/12/11/easy-url-rewriting-in-asp-net-4-0-web-forms.aspx
Here is my Code Sample> OF COURSE IN a production environment I would use a SiteFinity
Page with a Custom Control inserted into the page using the UI.
//GLOBAL.ASAX file void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) // Code that runs on application startup RegisterSafetyCouncilRoutes(System.Web.Routing.RouteTable.Routes); public static void RegisterSafetyCouncilRoutes(System.Web.Routing.RouteCollection reqRouteCollection) reqRouteCollection.MapPageRoute("RouteForCourses", "Courses/CourseId/CourseName", "~/TestPageNew.aspx"); //TestPageNew.aspx protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) ProcessMyPageRequest(); private void ProcessMyPageRequest() lblTroubleShooting.Text = ""; try string locCrsId = ""; string locCrsName = ""; locCrsId = Page.RouteData.Values["CourseId"].ToString(); locCrsName = Page.RouteData.Values["CourseName"].ToString(); lblTroubleShooting.Text += "<h1>Training Course Details page</h1>"; lblTroubleShooting.Text += string.Format("Displaying information for course ID : 0", locCrsId); lblTroubleShooting.Text +="<br/><br/>"; lblTroubleShooting.Text +=string.Format("Displaying information for course Name : 0", locCrsName); catch (Exception ex) string locException = ex.ToString(); lblTroubleShooting.Text +="<br/>Exception Occurred: Requested Course Names could not be found<br/>"; OK...Yes it does work with a slight modification to my original global.asax code:
Found the little bit of magic at this URL.
http://www.sitefinity.com/devnet/forums/sitefinity-4-x/general-discussions/httphandler-not-working.aspx
which pointed me in the correct direction.
//Modified the Global.asax file as shown void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) // Code that runs on application startup //RegisterSafetyCouncilRoutes(System.Web.Routing.RouteTable.Routes); Telerik.Sitefinity.Abstractions.Bootstrapper.Initialized += new EventHandler<Telerik.Sitefinity.Data.ExecutedEventArgs>(Bootstrapper_Initialized); void Bootstrapper_Initialized(object sender, Telerik.Sitefinity.Data.ExecutedEventArgs args) if (args.CommandName == "RegisterRoutes") System.Web.Routing.RouteCollection locRouteCollection = System.Web.Routing.RouteTable.Routes; locRouteCollection.MapPageRoute("RouteForCourses", "Courses/CourseId/CourseName", "~/TestPageNew.aspx");