Searching MCMS with SharePoint - Disabling Channel Names to Host Header Names Mapping
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One of the examples we'll run through in this chapter involves using the MCMS Connector for SharePoint Technologies. The search controls shipped with MCMS Connector do not support the host header mapping feature and therefore, we cannot enable mapping the channel names to the host header names. If your site employs this option, you'll need to disable it. In addition, we should rename the top level channel www.tropicalgreen.net to TropicalGreen which is much more convenient as this will now become part of the path in the URL.
The MCMS Connector for SharePoint Technologies requires the .NET Framework 1.1. It will not function properly on a site running version 1.0 of the .NET Framework.
This change may cause some User Controls in our site to throw errors as they reference a channel path that no longer exists. Check the following files to make sure any references to /Channels/www.tropicalgreen.net/ are changed to /Channels/TropicalGreen/:
- /Login.aspx
- /UserControls/RightMenu.aspx
- /UserControls/SiteMapTree.aspx
- /UserControls/TopMenu.aspx
You'll probably want to add an additional file in the root of our website that automatically redirects users to our site's channel. Call the file default.aspx, and it should contain the following line:
<% Response.Redirect("/TropicalGreen/") %>
Any requests for http://www.tropicalgreen.net will now be redirected to http://www.tropicalgreen.net/TropicalGreen/.
If your solution requires the Map Channel Names to Host Header Names feature, the MCMS Connector search solution will not be appropriate for your needs. You can, however, build your own custom search solution as described in detail later in this chapter.
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