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quest4denali
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09/17/2007 3:57 PM
Hello, I'm running into something kind of interesting. If click on the top nav of my site (www.bahrenburgs.com) and select Software \| GoldFish.Net it takes me to http://www.bahrenburgs.com/Software/GoldFishNet.aspx Which is the Url that I'm using PB to rewrite to. If I click on the links module on this page http://www.bahrenburgs.com/Software.aspx and select "GoldFish.Net Information" it opens the following Url http://www.bahrenburgs.com/Software/GoldFishNet/tabid/57/Default.aspx Does PB re-write values from the links module?

John Mitchell
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09/17/2007 4:05 PM
Hi Ben, Rewriting a Url is a two step procedure. You can create a virtual path to a page which maps the Url to a page from a request coming into the site. To change the value of links that are sent back out in a response you need to create a replacement rule. In the case you described above, you probably want a Portal Rule like this: SearchFor: GoldFishNet/tabid/57/Default\.aspx ReplaceWith: GoldFishNet.aspx

quest4denali
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09/17/2007 4:32 PM
Hi John, I have a site rule setup like the following. It seems to work on all of the pages, just seems to be an issue with the link module. Search for : Software/GoldFishNet/tabid/57/Default.aspx Replace with: Software/GoldFishNet.aspx I have a virtual path setup for the page as /Software/GoldFishNet.aspx

John Mitchell
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09/17/2007 4:39 PM
Your links are pointing to LinkClick.aspx so DNN can track the links, which in turn redirects internally to the original Url. If you want to track your links then you can just leave it like that.

quest4denali
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09/17/2007 4:44 PM
Thanks John, Do you know if I could use Friendly Url ( not really friendly... ) to put them into a better format?

John Mitchell
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09/17/2007 4:51 PM
I'm not sure what you mean. Those are in DNN's Friendly Url format. Are you talking about the Human Friendly Urls that Scott has on Ventrian.com? I wouldn't worry about those links. They are only used from a redirect and a search engine is not going to index it that way. If you really want to optimize it, then the best way is to use a regular html module and put your friendly links in directly. I never use the links module myself, as it causes way too much overhead in my opinion.

quest4denali
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09/17/2007 4:57 PM
Good point. Had to give up Scott's friendly links. They don't seem to be working with 4.6. Figured that I'd give PB a go, so still learning.

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