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Jeroen Breuer 4908 posts 12265 karma points MVP 5x admin c-trib

Mar 30, 2011 @ 14:44

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Url rewrite for multi-language websites

Hello,

I've got a website in 2 languages, but both languages have their own url. For exameple I have:

- test.nl
- test.co.uk

The problem is that if I go to test.nl/co-uk I can also visit the other language, because that's simply a node in the website. The same goes for test.co.uk/nl. Can I do some url rewritting that if I'm on test.nl and I try to go to test.nl/co-uk it get's redirected to test.nl again and the same if I'm on test.co.uk of course. Any idea what's the best solution?

Jeroen

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David Verberckmoes 46 posts 77 karma points

Mar 30, 2011 @ 15:00

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Jeroen,

set umbracoHideTopLevelNodeFromPath in the web.config to true.

Then put the hostnames in umbraco BO on the test.nl and test.co.uk nodes (with their correct language which you should have defined)

Rgds,

David#

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Jeroen Breuer 4908 posts 12265 karma points MVP 5x admin c-trib

Mar 30, 2011 @ 15:02

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Hi David,

I've already done that. The problem is my languages aren't the top nodes. There is a node above it with some site settings. So my structure is:

-Website
--language1
--language2

On language1 and language2 I've set the host names, but I can still go to the other language.

Jeroen

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Yannick Smits 321 posts 718 karma points

Mar 30, 2011 @ 16:53

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You need to set useDomainPrefixes to true in the /config/umbracoSettings.config.

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Jeroen Breuer 4908 posts 12265 karma points MVP 5x admin c-trib

Mar 30, 2011 @ 17:05

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What does useDomainPrefixes do?

Jeroen

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David Verberckmoes 46 posts 77 karma points

Apr 01, 2011 @ 13:14

Jeroen,

You can use the rewriting like this, add these lines to the UrlRewriting.config in the config folder

                 rewriteUrlParameter="ExcludeFromClientQueryString" 
                 destinationUrl="http://www.test.nl/$1"
                   redirect="Domain"
                    redirectMode="Permanent"
                 ignoreCase="true" />

and the opposite rewriting for the other domain

                  rewriteUrlParameter="ExcludeFromClientQueryString" 
                   destinationUrl="http://www.test.co.uk/$1"
                  redirect="Domain"
                  redirectMode="Permanent"
                   ignoreCase="true" />

I hope this is the solution for your setup.

Rgds,

David#

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Yannick Smits 321 posts 718 karma points

Apr 01, 2011 @ 13:26

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this will ensure that urls are unique when running with multiple root nodes

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