Blog posts in search results do not work

super

2/24/2014 3:03:58 PM

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I have blog container on the homepage.

Initially I posted my issue here on the forums a few months back that when a user click on blog post on the homepage, the user stays on the homepage and I was told here that this is by design because of url rewriting rule.

I was advised to change this:

<rewrite url="^(.*)/(.*)/post/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(\?(.+))?$" to="$1/$2.aspx?BlogSlug=$3&BlogPostId=$4&$7" name="BlogPost" defaultPage="/Blog.aspx" urlPattern="/{PageName}/post/{Blog.Slug}/{IdentityId}/{Slug}/" />

To this:

<rewrite url="^(.*)/(.*)/post/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(\?(.+))?$" to="$1/$2.aspx?BlogSlug=$3&BlogPostId=$4&$7" name="BlogPost" defaultPage="/Blog.aspx" urlPattern="/Blog/post/{Blog.Slug}/{IdentityId}/{Slug}/" />

But with this url rewrite rule, when any user use search option and click on any blog post from the search result, it never redirect the user to that post and gives page not found error.

Page not found

We couldn't find the page you requested.

To continue working with the application please click here

Please advise ? any way I can keep the new url rewrite rule so that I can redirect users to blog page and fix the search result problem ?

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super

2/24/2014 3:06:15 PM

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Here is the log

2014-02-24 10:07:28,767 [26] ERROR MonoX [BaseHttpApplication] - Application Error

System.Web.HttpException (0x80004005): The file '/search/gridview/%7e/Blog.aspx' does not exist.

at System.Web.UI.Util.CheckVirtualFileExists(VirtualPath virtualPath)

at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildResultInternal(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile, Boolean throwIfNotFound, Boolean ensureIsUpToDate)

at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildResultWithNoAssert(HttpContext context, VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile, Boolean throwIfNotFound, Boolean ensureIsUpToDate)

at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVirtualPathObjectFactory(VirtualPath virtualPath, HttpContext context, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean throwIfNotFound)

at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CreateInstanceFromVirtualPath(VirtualPath virtualPath, Type requiredBaseType, HttpContext context, Boolean allowCrossApp)

at System.Web.UI.PageHandlerFactory.GetHandlerHelper(HttpContext context, String requestType, VirtualPath virtualPath, String physicalPath)

at System.Web.UI.PageHandlerFactory.GetHandler(HttpContext context, String requestType, String virtualPath, String path)

at System.Web.HttpApplication.MaterializeHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute()

at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously)

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idrazic

2/24/2014 4:54:30 PM

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Hi super,

Try setting BlogDisplayUrl to empty, as you can see from the error log it doesn't resolve the url correctly with your combination.

<add key="BlogDisplayUrl" value="" />

Regards,
Igor

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super

2/24/2014 5:20:41 PM

6018 Reputation 709 Total posts

Hello Igor,

That fixed the issue - Thank you

1) Could you please explain what was causing the issue ?

2) What exactly does this solution does by using empty value for blogdisplay ?

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idrazic

2/25/2014 4:52:19 PM

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1) Tilde "~/" at the start of the url wasn't resolved when there is no {PageName} in the urlPattern, if you look at the link "href" it shows url with ~/ so request goes to "{root}/current/directory/~/wrong" instead of "{root}/right"

2) There's a third option when "BlogDisplayUrl" is empty which resolves "~/" to root. "BlogDisplayUrl" is passed to rewriter method as the "caller" url.

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super

2/25/2014 6:45:15 PM

6018 Reputation 709 Total posts

Thank Igor.

I have posted a similar issue with Groups: http://www.mono-software.com/Mono/Pages/Discussion/dtopic/SpDhclwnf0KYy6LdAVXKrA/Group-page-do-not-open-from-the-search-results/

Please help ?

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