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Thread: Creating 301 redirects

Created on: 09/01/11 10:57 AM

Replies: 4
JackLeblond Joined: 11/05/10 Posts: 7	09/01/11 10:57 AM Hello all - I want to redirect a mango page to another URL. ISAPI is not an option for me. I've been trying to use tips picked up from related threads, but of yet I'm unsuccessful. I've created a custom field named "RedirectPage" and have tried a couple variations on it's value - nothing seems to work. I'm thinking code below should work if I enter the desired URL as the value of the custom field, but no luck <mango:PageProperty ifHasCustomField='PageRedirect'> <cfheader statuscode="301" statustext="Moved permanently"> <cfheader name="Location" value="<mango:PageProperty customField='PageRedirect' />"> </mango:PageProperty> Any suggestions?
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visual28 Wizard Joined: 05/18/08 Posts: 652	09/01/11 11:13 AM on fist impressions, it looks like it should work. What is the value of PageRedirect? perhaps there is something in the value not working. Also can you post up a link to a page that has the code in place so we can see what is being output to the browser? - Mark - www.visual28.com | www.mangowear.com
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Laura Wizard Joined: 01/29/05 Posts: 1521	09/01/11 11:20 AM No, that doesn't work. <mango> tags are custom tags, so when you say <cfheader .. value=<mango:>, the value for the page redirect is not evaluated, it is taken as a string. It is as if you would do something like: <cfheader value="<cfset a = 1>"/> the cfset part wouldn't be evaluated, because it is simply a string. You need to create your own custom tag, which will take the value of the current page like <mango> tags do. Check the PageProperty tag on how to do that. However, the best way would be to use a plugin listening to the event that is triggered even before the page is rendered ("beforePageTemplate"), since you are going to redirect anyway.
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JackLeblond Joined: 11/05/10 Posts: 7	09/01/11 12:47 PM Thanks Laura - appreciate the feedback. I've been trying to avoid creating plugins since my CF skills are not up to par, but it looks like I'll have to dust off the books.
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Laura Wizard Joined: 01/29/05 Posts: 1521	09/01/11 12:48 PM Doing a custom tag might be easier to tackle.
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