Where are we use LinkItemNotFoundUrl setting

Question

We have a setting under Sitecore.config file.

<setting name ="LinkItemNotFoundUrl" value ="/sitecore/service/notfound.aspx" />

Could someone assist me real time scenario when this setting will hit the page?

Answer 1

You can follow the below steps to test this scenario :-

• Create two Sitecore items in Content Editor, one is Page 01 and second is Page 02. On Page 01 in the Content Editor add content in rich text field and create an anchor tag on Page 2 text for Page 02 item.

• Now , open this page in Experience Editor. You can see the anchor tag on Page 2.

• Delete Page 02 in Content Editor and it will open dialog box, select Leave links option.

• When, you will open Page 01 in Experience editor and click on the link then LinkItemNotFoundUrl setting will call and will open /sitecore/service/notfound.aspx page.

Answer 2

As per my understanding here is the use of this field.

linkItemNotFoundUrl: The URL to redirect to if an item being linked to is not found.

Default value: if not specified, the value of the LinkItemNotFoundUrl setting in the <settings> section is used.

Initially, You don't need to extend the processor, there are settings in the Sitecore section of config to handle these. Update these values to point to the correct path. This can be a Sitecore item path, e.g. /errors/404 as long as that item exists in Sitecore.

Alternatively, You may need to create a processor that will handle this request. Use this article for more details on how to create a processor.

http://sitecoreblog.navavayas.com/Blog/35/Better-way-of-handling-sitecore-404-pages-

Answer 3

According to Sitecore documentation:

/// <summary>Gets the URL to redirect to, if an item is not found.</summary>
/// <value>Default value: "/sitecore/service/notfound.aspx"</value>
/// <remarks>
/// If a request for a non-existing item comes in on the
/// web site, the request is redirected to the url pointed to
/// by this setting.
/// </remarks>
public static string LinkItemNotFoundUrl => Settings.SettingsInstance.Core().LinkItemNotFoundUrl;

What is interesting though, looks like it's only used in obsolete DynamicLink class methods in Sitecore 10.X, so it looks like it should not be used at all in any new Sitecore implementations.

Answer 4

While generating an Item URL for non-existing culture version, It generates the URL of page specified at LinkItemNotFoundUrl configuration setting. The configuration defines the page, which does not respect the language in Multi-culture websites.

As per, example of Build an Item URL; URL generation respects culture/language based on the LinkBuilder/UrlBuilder configuration. https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/93/sitecore-experience-manager/build-item-and-media-urls.html

Error URL generation may also, need to respect LanguageEmbedding and Language Location configuration. Sitecore registered a feature request for the product so that it can be considered for future implementation. To track the future status of this request, please use the reference number 541614.