Huh, I've not seen this. Thanks for the pointer, I will take a look. I figured out something in the mean time but it's not that clean.
On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 5:15:51 AM UTC-8, todd sharp wrote: > > So adding statuscode="404" to cflocation won't work? > On Feb 25, 2014 12:57 AM, "Brian G" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > 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]<javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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. 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