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Did you set primary domain on the 2 language layers? Otherwise it will not work if you have 2 pages with the same name on 2 different language layers.

Yes, I set the primary domain on both web sites (.nl for the Dutch layer, and .com for the English layer).

Both pages have unique names. So, in the Dutch layer, I am trying to redirect:

.nl/Artikelen.aspx

to

.com/Articles.aspx

In .nl/Artikelen.aspx I assigned a short cut to Articles in the .com layer. When rendered, the page tries to redirect to .nl/Articles.aspx instead of .com/Articles.aspx.

Does that make sense?

Imar

Ah - yes. That makes sense.

When clicking the link you would then get a 301 redirect to .com/articles.aspx ?

That is how it works. If you are looking for the link to be parsed on .nl with the .com domain added - that would be a new 'feature' that needs to be implemented.

No, when I click the link, I get a 301 redirect to .nl/Articles.aspx, while I need .com/Articles.aspx instead.

.nl/Articles.aspx then results in a 404....

Imar

Hi Imar,

We have a similar issue with some clients, so until the new language module comes out, we created a JS function that get's the current page's sort page, then get the destination area's correspondent FriendlyHref and redirects. Your current domain settings should fo the rest with the .com and .nl

Notes
 - It uses jquery to help process the xml result from getnavigationxml.aspx feature from Dynamicweb
 - All page struture must be exactly the same.
 - Pages that do not "Show in menu" will not be able to change. In that case we sent the user to the areaId's start page
 - Since it has to get and process 2 xml streams, it might take a second or two to redirect.

If this helps and you want an example file, let me know.

Best Regards,
Nuno

Hi Nuno,

Thanks for your message and offer; yes, would love to see a solution for situatons where this may come in handly. Looks like you found a solution to "shadow" one langauge layer to another?

In my case, however, things are way simpler. I don't need the links to be context aware or in the same location in the tree. I just want to link two arbitrary pages in two different language layers. All I want to do is link from:

.nl/SomeRandomPage.aspx

to

.com/SomePath/SomFolder/SomeCompletelyUnrelatedPage.aspx

I could fix it by hard coding the link to the .com domain, but want to use the redirect functionality to make the links easier to change and show up in the menu's XML. So all I want is a link to another language layer that takes that layer's primary domain into account. Currently, when I redirect to a page in another layer, I get the correct page name, but on an incorrect domain. E.g.:

.nl/SomePath/SomFolder/SomeCompletelyUnrelatedPage.aspx

I just need DW to take the target top level domain name into account, not the source top level domain name.


Imar

Hi Imar,

unfortunately I have no solution for this. Let's just hope the guys at Dynamicweb implement it. To me makes sense, since the page belongs to a specific language/area.

I'll e-mail you the code for language redirection

Best Regards,
Nuno

Exactly; it makes sense to me as well ;-)

Thanks for the e-mail; will check out what you sent me.

Regards,

Imar

Hi Nuno

I would love to see your solution. Many of my sites could use the linking between similar pages on different language layers!

BTW I use DW Prof with the language feature on websites, so the language layers are similar in structure.

Best Regards,
Michael

Hi Michael,

In attachment you find a javascript file with two functions.

All you need to do is call the function getPageLanguage with the current page id (global page id tag) and the destination areaID (hardcoded or translate tag)

It's using jQuery.

Best Regards,
Nuno