Card widget Link always defaults to an absolute URL, regardless of what has been set in Site URL Settings

The Card widget Link is always defaulting to an absolute URL, regardless of what has been set in Settings > Advanced > System > Site URL Settings.

Dec 13, 2017
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Title

URL Name

card-widget-link-always-defaults-to-an-absolute-url-regardless-of-what-has-been-set-in-site-url-settings

Article Number

000156754

Environment

Product: Sitefinity Version: 8.x, 9.x, 10.x OS: All supported OS versions Database: All supported Microsoft SQL Server versions

Question/Problem Description

The Card widget Link always shows a full (absolute) URL, regardless of what has been set in Settings > Advanced > System > Site URL Settings.

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Steps to Reproduce

1. Open a page for edit 2. Drop the MVC Card widget 3. Open the Card widget for edit 4. Add a label 5. Check the "Page within the site..." checkbox under "Link to" 6. Click on the Change button and select a Sitefinity page 7. Click Done selecting 8. Click Save 9. View the page on the frontend and check the link generated for the page

Clarifying Information

Error Message

Defect Number

Bug 238968

Enhancement Number

Cause

For more information regarding Bug 238968, see https://feedback.telerik.com/Project/153/Feedback/Details/238968

Resolution

The issue is resolved in Sitefinity Internal Build v.10.2.6626.0.

Refer to Knowledge Base Article How to update Sitefinity to hotfix, internal build or a patch for instructions on how to download and install the fix.

Workaround

In order to generate a relative URL for the page, the model of the MVC Card widget should be extended and modified to return the relative URL.

Perform the below steps to extend the model:

1. Create a custom model, e.g. CardModelCustom.cs which inherits from CardModel
2. Override the GetLinkedUrl() method:

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Frontend.Card.Mvc.Models.Card;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Pages;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Services;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Web;

namespace SitefinityWebApp.Mvc.Models
{
    public class CardModelCustom : CardModel
    {
        protected override string GetLinkedUrl()
        {
            string linkedUrl = null;

            if (this.LinkedPageId != Guid.Empty)
            {
                var pageManager = PageManager.GetManager();
                var node = pageManager.GetPageNode(this.LinkedPageId);
                if (node != null)
                {
                    string relativeUrl;
                    if (SystemManager.CurrentContext.AppSettings.Multilingual)
                    {
                        relativeUrl = node.GetFullUrl(CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture, false);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        relativeUrl = node.GetFullUrl();
                    }

                    linkedUrl = UrlPath.ResolveUrl(relativeUrl, false);
                }
            }
            else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.LinkedUrl) && this.LinkedPageId == Guid.Empty)
            {
                linkedUrl = this.LinkedUrl;
            }

            return linkedUrl;
        }
    }
}

By default, the absolute URL is returned by the GetLinkedUrl() method in this line:

linkedUrl = UrlPath.ResolveUrl(relativeUrl, true);

In this sample the above line is modified to return the relative URL for the page by setting the parameter in the ResolveUrl() method to false:

linkedUrl = UrlPath.ResolveUrl(relativeUrl, false);

Alternatively, to make this dependent on the settings in the backend, pass as an argument the value of the GenerateAbsoluteUrl setting:

linkedUrl = UrlPath.ResolveUrl(relativeUrl, Config.Get<SystemConfig>().SiteUrlSettings.GenerateAbsoluteUrls);

3. Register the custom model in Global. asax file following the sample below:

protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
     Bootstrapper.Initialized += Bootstrapper_Initialized;
}

private void Bootstrapper_Initialized(object sender, ExecutedEventArgs e)
{
      if (e.CommandName == "RegisterRoutes")
      {
            FrontendModule.Current.DependencyResolver.Rebind<ICardModel>().To<CardModelCustom>();
      }
}

Make sure the following references have been included:

using System;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Abstractions;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Data;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Frontend;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Frontend.Card.Mvc.Models.Card;
using SitefinityWebApp.Mvc.Models;

4. Build the solution
5. Restart the application

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Card widget Link always defaults to an absolute URL, regardless of what has been set in Site URL Settings

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