<msxsl:script language="cs#" implements-prefix="local-script">
  <msxsl:assembly name="System.Web"/>
  <![CDATA[
    public static void Redirect(url As String) {
      System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Redirect(url)
    }
  ]]>
</msxsl:script>
 <xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:variable name="firstChild" select="$currentPage/*[@isDoc and string(umbracoNaviHide) != '1' and position() = 1]"
  <xsl:choose>
     <xsl:when test="$firstChild">
        <xsl:value-of select="
local-script:Redirect(umbraco.library:NiceUrl($firstChild/@id))"
     </xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>
        <xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:Redirect($currentPage/ancestor::*[@isDoc and @level = 1]/@id)"/>
    </xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template> 

You will also have to add a namespace to the <xsl:stylesheet> element: xmlns:local-script="urn:local-script" so that this inline extension works.

I'd recommend moving the redirect function to redirect into an xslt extension rather than having it inline in the XSLT macro. Having code inline like that causes the app to need higher privelidges (so no Medium Trust) and can also causes issue with Macro performance.

Thanks Tim

Could you possibly give me a bit more info (Sorry I'm new to this!)

Actually I'd better implement it with Razor macro since it would be much short in it.

@Lee, as Rodion says, you can use a Razor Macro, which you can add the redirect function to without any issues, or for creating an XSLT Extension for Umbraco, see the tutorial here: http://blog.percipientstudios.com/2010/11/12/make-an-app_code-xslt-extension-for-umbraco.aspx it shows how Doug switched functions from inline to App_Code for his awesome XSLT Search project. There's another example of writing a compiled extension here: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Umbraco/Create_xslt_exstension_like_umbraco.Library_in_C

Hope that helps!

:)

No... I'm still lost on this one. Any more advice would be greatly received!

Hi Lee,

We are doing something similar in one of our sections. We have a tiny block of code in our master page which I adapted here for you to get started with:

<%@ Master Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/masterpages/Master.master" AutoEventWireup="true" %>

<%@ Import Namespace="umbraco.BusinessLogic" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="umbraco.NodeFactory" %>
<script runat="server">
  void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
  {
    // Based on http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/how-tos/telling-a-page-to-redirect-to-an-external-url
    var currentNode =  umbraco.NodeFactory.Node.GetCurrent();
    if (currentNode.Children.Count > 0)
    {
      Response.Redirect(currentNode.Children[0].Url);
    }
  }
</script>

... Rest of your template here...

Best of luck!

Can anyone spot anything here:

@{
 
  var parent = @Model.AncestorOrSelf(2);
  var nodes = parent.Children.Where(parent.NodeTypeAlias == "VacancyRedirect");
   
  int totalNodes = nodes.Count();
  Response.Write(parent.NodeTypeAlias);
  Response.Write(totalNodes.ToString());

  if (parent != null) {
    if (totalNodes  > 0)
    {
      Response.Redirect(nodes[0].Url);
    }
  }

I am getting 'problem loading page'. I have a node has a macro container that fires the above code and for some reason it isn't working.

Although interestingly if I change:

if (totalNodes  > 0) to if (totalNodes  == 0)

totalNodes is the number of nodes attached...... it navigates OK!!

Huh!?

I'd tweak the code slightly, you want to move the null check up a bit, otherwise you could get null reference errors:

@{
  
  var parent = @Model.AncestorOrSelf(2);

 if (parent != null) { 
    var nodes = parent.Children.Where(parent.NodeTypeAlias == "VacancyRedirect");
    
    int totalNodes = nodes.Count();
    Response.Write(parent.NodeTypeAlias);
    Response.Write(totalNodes.ToString());

    if (totalNodes  > 0)
    {
      Response.Redirect(nodes[0].Url);
    }
  }

Does that work? If not, does it only throw an error on pages with less that 2 ancestors? 

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