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Advanced Url Provider and 404 error page

I have activated the Advanced Url Provider and a 404 error page in DNN 7.4.2. Works so far.

But: I deleted a page (also from the recycle bin) from the third level, let's say the Url was http://www.example.org/Level1/Level2/deletedPage - When I enter that Url now, I would expect that the 404 error page is displayed (as it is when I enter http://www.example.org/xxx/yyy/zzz) - but no, the parent page is displayed (http://www.example.org/Level1/Level2), with the Url of the deleted page, and in the IIS log file I find a http response status 200.

Any ideas?

Happy DNNing! Michael

Solution

  • The answer is simple. DNN takes the rest of the Url as query string parameters which could be used by a module, and the page does not "know" if that is needed or not.

    In this example: As no page is available under

    http://www.example.org/Level1/Level2/deletedPage

    but a page is there under

    http://www.example.org/Level1/Level2

    it could be that a module needs or reacts to the querystring

    ?deletedPage

    which is displayed as

    http://www.example.org/Level1/Level2/deletedPage

    by the Url provider. Therfore the behaviour is correct. An explanation can be found here, chapter "DNN pages & 404s" at the end of page 1 and beginning of page 2.