So adding statuscode="404" to cflocation won't work? On Feb 25, 2014 12:57 AM, "Brian G" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Because I want to return a 404, not a 301 or 302. A redirect is precisely > what I'm trying to avoid (and what Google is complaining about in the form > of 'soft 404s'). > > It could be done in onRequestStart, but it applies to about a dozen event > handlers. I hadn't considered the eventtypes - I will give that a whirl - > thanks! > > > Brian > > > On Sunday, February 23, 2014 3:43:06 PM UTC-8, todd sharp wrote: >> >> What's wrong with cflocation? That's the point of a status code - moved >> temporarily or permanently (301 or 302). >> On Feb 23, 2014 5:10 PM, "Brian G" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I have an event listings website and from time to time, events are >>> deleted or links to them are broken which generate soft 404 errors in >>> Google webmaster tools. Basically, the page isn't found and I currently >>> result to redirect them back to an event search page. I'd like to clean >>> this up and properly handle it for Google by NOT redirecting but returning >>> a 404 with a helpful event search page. I can see how to create a default >>> exception handler but that causes a cflocation. I thought I could maybe >>> use event.forward() but that too uses cflocation. >>> >>> Is there a way in MG from a controller, when I don't find something in >>> the database, to immediately execute a 404 handler WITHOUT a redirect? >>> E.g., the URL should stay the same with the "/this/url/doesnt/exist" and I >>> could return a 404 header. I don't want this site-wide, it should only >>> handle my event listings. >>> >>> The only thing I can think of right now is to create a proxy >>> eventhandler... like >>> >>> <event-handler name="display-event"> >>> <broadcast> >>> <message name="doCheckEventExists" /> >>> </broadcast> >>> <results> >>> <result name="isFound" do="display-event-found" /> >>> <result name="notFound" do="display-event-404" /> >>> </results> >>> </event-handler> >>> >>> This will work, but I would have to apply this proxy in quite a number >>> of places in my eventhandlers XML. I'd rather consolidate it down to the >>> one place in my event controller where I determine whether the event id >>> passed in the URL can be found, regardless of the kind of output (event >>> info, event requirements, attendee list, results, etc). >>> >>> >>> Brian >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> Model-Glue Sites: >>> Home Page: http://www.model-glue.com >>> Documentation: http://docs.model-glue.com >>> Bug Tracker: http://bugs.model-glue.com >>> Blog: http://www.model-glue.com/blog >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "model-glue" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/model-glue?hl=en >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "model-glue" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> -- > -- > Model-Glue Sites: > Home Page: http://www.model-glue.com > Documentation: http://docs.model-glue.com > Bug Tracker: http://bugs.model-glue.com > Blog: http://www.model-glue.com/blog > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "model-glue" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/model-glue?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "model-glue" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- Model-Glue Sites: Home Page: http://www.model-glue.com Documentation: http://docs.model-glue.com Bug Tracker: http://bugs.model-glue.com Blog: http://www.model-glue.com/blog You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "model-glue" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/model-glue?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "model-glue" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
