Install Instructions.
After you complete the installation of the URL Search module on your DotNetNuke
site you will need to do the following.
Add URL Search module to a page in your site (Administrators should be the only
one that can administrate this page module.).
Point your 404 error page to the Module, this requires 2 of the
following to be completed.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
When working with a DotNetNuke website, there are two types of
error pages that exist.
IIS Error Pages These error pages handle IIS-level errors such
as when goes to an HTML file that does not exist.
ASP.NET Error Pages ASP.NET Error pages handle ASP.NET errors and
are managed separately from IIS error pages.
- Add the following line in the web.config
- Configuring Custom Error Messages (IIS)
- Follow the instructions on
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/80cb8d8d-8fd8-4af5-bb3b-4d11fff3ab9c.mspx?mfr=true
When you enter the URL put in /DesktopModules/Optx_URLSearch/Custom404Error.aspx
as the URL
- Test by going to the page running the URL Search module and click
"Run Debugging"
- Now in the browser address bar add your site address and part
of a page name, www.mysite.com/hom or www.mysite.com/custom
- The page you should see now is the Custom404Error Debugging page.
- Configuring Custom Error Messages
Hosting provider
- Follow the instructions on your hosting provider documentation on
how to configure Custom Error pages
- For PowerDNN install Instructions "How To?"
PowerDNN install Instructions and
screen shots
- When you enter the URL put in /DesktopModules/Optx_URLSearch/Custom404Error.aspx
as the URL
- Test by going to the page running the URL Search module and click
"Run Debugging"
- Now in the browser address bar add your site address and part
of a page name, www.mysite.com/hom or www.mysite.com/custom
- The page you should see now is the Custom404Error Debugging page.
All other web servers you will need to follow the server instructions
on how to add a custom error page for 404 errors
When you enter the URL put in /DesktopModules/Optx_URLSearch/Custom404Error.aspx
as the URL