URL Naming and issues

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2/28/2011 11:13:08 AM
denkide
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URL Naming and issues

We are having the strangest problem with a page.

I have a page that loads 2 different custom modules (a mailing list module and a mailing list navigation module).

When I look at the page internally (ie: behind the firewall) everything look great. But when users try to hit it from outside the firewall, i get a 404 errror. The name of the page is "mailing-list.aspx" (which is a friendly name for like Default.aspx?ID=57 or something). If I change the name to "development.aspx", i can hit it from both internal and external.

I thought that perhaps there was a bug that was slipping through, but the fact that "development.aspx" works seems to remove that possibility. 

Is there some list of Mojo keywords that are unusable? ie: is "Mailing-List.aspx" not a valid name?

I have removed all existing "Friendly URLS" that refer to "mailing-list.aspx". I have also removed all 301 redirects.

One last thing, we are behind a reverse proxy. Could this have anything to do with the URLs getting confused?

 

thanks

david 

2/28/2011 11:32:05 AM
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Re: URL Naming and issues

I forgot to mention another interesting point ...

 

If i go to the unfriendly URL (ie: Default.aspx?pageid=63&id=3), then everything works. There is some wonkiness in the friendly URL stuff that is messing with the communication for external users.

Environment:  We are using Windows 2008 R2 / 64 bit. With IIS 7.5. And a reverse proxy.

2/28/2011 11:46:51 AM
Joe Audette
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Re: URL Naming and issues

I'm not aware of anything in mojoPortal that would have a problem with an url like mailing-list.aspx, if there is something blocking that based on keywords it is happening before it reaches mojoPortal like maybe your proxy server or firewall has some rules about keywords. 

Best,

Joe

2/28/2011 5:18:40 PM
denkide
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Re: URL Naming and issues

joe,

thanks for the response.

the problem is solved. there was a rule which the network folks had on the reverse proxy that was looking for a string which matched my "keyword". it was like finding a needle in a haystack, but all is well with the Mojo side of things! ;)

thanks

david

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