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community server SiteUrls.config and vanity

2009-10-15T19:41:53Z

How can I manipulate the vanity element in a url node? This is more of a general question, because I know I can get by with vanity={2}, but a lack of proper understanding is holding me back from truly mastering my community server site.

I've seen examples like this in the SiteUrls.config:

<url name="post_InPage_Old"  path = "{0}/ShowThread.aspx#{1}" pattern = "(\d+)/ShowThread.aspx" vanity="{2}?PostID=$1^PermaPost=$2^UrlName=permalink" page="ForumUrlHandler.ashx" />

but the format confuses me. What are the $1 and $2? Where are they set?

Adding a Subdirectory to SiteUrls.config/SiteUrls_Override.config in Community Server

2009-10-06T19:29:55Z

I couldn't figure this out for the life of me, so I'm documenting it here.

When you want to add a subfolder, how do you do it?

Here is a folder off the root /schedule/

<location name="schedule" path="/schedule/" themeDir="schedule">
  <url name="schedule_default" path="schedule.aspx" pattern="schedule.aspx" physicalPath="##themeDir##" vanity="{2}" page="schedule.aspx" />
</location>

To make an entry for a subdirectory of /schedule, we need to make a separate entry. This entry is for /schedule/stunts/

<location name="schedulestunts" path="/schedule/stunts/" themeDir="schedule/stunts">
  <url name="schedule_stunt" path="ondemandfreepreview.aspx" pattern="ondemandfreepreview.aspx" vanity="{2}" physicalPath="##themeDir##" page="ondemandfreepreview.aspx" />
</location>

I don't know if this is the proper way to do this or not, but it got the job done. Please leave improvements if you have any!

Community Server Redirection with SiteUrls.config

2009-10-06T15:42:01Z

It took me forever to figure out how to do this in CS 4, so I wanted to document what I did and see if anyone had any other suggestions to make this better:

The page is called stunt.aspx and it's physical location is /themes/movies/content/stunt.aspx.

The url it should display is http://domain.com/content/stunt.aspx, however a complication arises because the managers want to advertise the url as http://domain.com/stunt.aspx

Make a Placeholder File

The first step was to make a placeholder file in the root called stunt.aspx

The page code looks like this (I copied it from another redirecting page):

<%@ Page  %>

<%-- 

This page is a placeholder for URL rewriting.

--%>

SiteUrls_Override.config

In the SiteUrls_Override.config I added an entry to tell CS where the physical page was and what the short url should be. I store all of my /content/ definitions in SiteUrls_Override.config, but I think you could put it in SiteUrls.config if you're careful.

<location name="content" path="/content/" themeDir="content">
    <url name="contentpart_stunt" path="stunt.aspx" pattern="stunt.aspx" vanity="{2}" physicalPath="##themeDir##" page="stunt.aspx" />
</location>

SiteUrls.config

In the SiteUrls.config, under the section for root pages, <location name="common" path="/" themeDir="common" >, I added this entry:

<url name="redirect_stunt" path="/" pattern="stunt.aspx" vanity="{2}" redirect="true" physicalPath="/content/" page="stunt.aspx" />

Important pieces in this line

redirect="true"
physicalPath="/content/"

these lines tell it to redirect and where to.

More Info: http://docs.communityserver.com/customization/understanding-the-siteurls-config-file/