Building a working 404 system for websites without primary domain

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Martin Nielsen

Posted on 21/02/2013 09:29:39

Hi devs,

I'm trying to build a 404 setup that works for solutions that do not use a primary domains.

My solution has 10 languages that all have to work on the same domain, eg.

domain.com/dk
domain.com/uk
domain.com/de
...

Since i'd like to have a seperate 404 page for each language, i'm trying to build a module that can sniff out the area qualifier (/dk, /uk, /de) part of the requested URL and based on that find the correct 404 page to show.

The highlighted part of the URL below i can use to find the area and hence the 404 page :

domain.com/dk/segment1/segment1/page-doesnt-exist.html (this only work if there is a area qualifier. so i'd have to make a fallback rutine)

I've made this logic, but my problem now, is that i'd like to stay on the current URL, give a 404 status code, but show the output that would otherwise be shows if i visited the 404 page normally.

I've tried using the Dynamicweb.Notifications.Standard.Page.NotFound since this made the most sence, but i don't have access to a pageview here, so i cant replace the output, can i?

I'm hoping someone has built this before, and can help me out :)

// Martin

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Martin Nielsen

Posted on 22/02/2013 09:39:31

Is everyone at Dynamicweb busy with the upcoming TechConf?

Nicolai Høeg Pedersen

Posted on 22/02/2013 10:58:26

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Hi Martin

Yes we are :-).

Using Dynamicweb.Notifications.Standard.Page.NotFound is the way to go. And you will not have a pageview in that situation because the page was not found, so a page does not exist.

But do like this:

'find your page id based on your logic
Dim pv As Frontend.PageView = Frontend.PageView.GetPageviewByPageID(12)
pv.Redirect = False
pv.Meta.Add("basehref", "http://" & HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME") & "/")
HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(pv.Output)
HttpContext.Current.Response.Status = "404 Not Found"
HttpContext.Current.Response.StatusCode = 404
HttpContext.Current.Response.StatusDescription = "Not Found"
HttpContext.Current.Response.End()

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Martin Nielsen

Posted on 25/02/2013 14:10:49

Hi Nicolai,

Works like a charm :-)

Thank you for taking time out of your, i imagine, very busy schedule.

I'm looking forward to the TechConf. Hoping to get a few geeky days in Aarhus.

// Martin

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