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Item link to output pagename?

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Rune Skovbo
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Posted on 30/06/2015 09:58:33

Hi there

When I use the item type "link", the value i get is something like: Default.aspx?id=15

It would be nice if it also gave me the option to output the pagename, instead of the ID. This would eleminate the need for a 301 redirect each time.

Regards,
Rune


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Imar Spaanjaars Dynamicweb Employee
Imar Spaanjaars
Posted on 30/06/2015 10:30:11
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Hi there

That's only the internal link; it should be rewritten to the friendly name on output. Is that not what you're seeing?

Imar

 
Rune Skovbo
Posted on 30/06/2015 10:36:42
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Actually I see it the other way around.

In my item I see the pagename ie. "Downloads", but the HTML output renders it as default.aspx?id=15

When I click the link i get 301 redirected to "Downloads".

/Rune

 
Imar Spaanjaars Dynamicweb Employee
Imar Spaanjaars
Posted on 30/06/2015 10:46:57
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Hmmm, that doesn't sound right. Could this be a bug?

 
Rune Skovbo
Posted on 30/06/2015 10:49:01
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Could be. Im on: Professional 2014 version 8.6.1.11

But I could see the value of being able to choose between an ID and a pagename.

 
Nicolai Høeg Pedersen
Posted on 30/06/2015 14:40:00
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Hi Rune

If you output your link to <a href="Default.aspx?ID=123"> Dynamicweb will rewrite the output to /Download before the page is sent. That is a configuration in MC->Urls section.

If you do something like <scritp>var link = "Default.aspx?ID=123";</script> and use that somehow, Dynamicweb will do a redirect. You can change this hacky by reading the link from an a-tag using a JS dom selector.

If your template is Razor, you can use Dynamicweb.Frontend.SearchFriendlyUrls.GetFriendlyUrl(link)