How to get correct site context in micro-site implementation in Sitecore 8.1

Question

I have implement micro-site solution in Sitecore 8.1 as described in below post Set up microsites in Sitecore 8.1

but we are not getting correct site context for each individual micro-sites. Following code is being used to get site context:

var url = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request.Url;
var siteContext = Sitecore.Sites.SiteContextFactory.GetSiteContext(url.Host, url.PathAndQuery);
string siteSettingsRoot = siteContext.Properties["SiteSettingsNode"].ToString();

and below is sitedefinition for micro-sites

name="micrositemainone" hostName="microsite.mysite.com" virtualFolder="/company1" startItem="/Home"
physicalFolder="/company1" rootPath="/sitecore/content/Site/Microsites/company1" SiteSettingsNode="/sitecore/content/Site/Microsites/company1/Site Settings"

name="micrositemain" hostName="microsite.mysite.com" virtualFolder="/"  startItem="/Home"
physicalFolder="/" rootPath="/sitecore/content/Site/Microsite/Main"  SiteSettingsNode="/sitecore/content/Site/Microsites/Main/Site Settings"

When I browse http://microsite.mysite.com/en/company1 it shows content specific to company1 but it returns SiteSettingsNode of micrositemain site not micrositemainone In this case I should get sitecontext of micrositemainone. Looks like need to change in code where I access Sitecore context.

Note: we have two settings

1. Languages.AlwaysStripLanguage = true

2. languageEmbedding=always in linkprovider element

because we already have running live site, so I can't change these for ex: www.mysite.com/en www.mysiteca.com/en www.mysiteca.com/fr-ca

UPDATE: 05-08-2017

If I have virtualFolder="/company1" & physicalFolder="/company1" in sitedefinition see below

As we can see /en/ is already added in as prefix that's why might be If I update both virtualFolder & physicalFolder value to "/en/company1" I got 404 page

UPDATE: 05-09-2017

Option 1:

Ok so I changed Languages.AlwaysStripLanguage value to false with following settings for micro-sites:

virtualFolder="/en/company1"

physicalFolder="/en/company1"

and now I'm getting correct sitecontext for each microsites but getting problem with other 4 sites i.e. If I browse http://mysite.com & http://mysiteca.com I got following error message:

This page isn’t working
ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS

to load other sites properly I updated virtualFolder="/en" & physicalFolder="/en" in all 4 sites's sitedefinition.config file.

Option 2

I kept virtualFolder="/company1" & physicalFolder="/company1" as it is for micro-sites but to get correct site context I made below change in function:

 public static Sitecore.Sites.SiteContext CurrentSiteNode
        {
            get
            {
                var url = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request.Url;
                var siteContext= Sitecore.Sites.SiteContextFactory.GetSiteContext(url.Host, url.PathAndQuery);
                if (siteContext.StartPath != null && siteContext.StartPath.Contains("Microsites") && url.PathAndQuery.Split('/').Length > 2)
                {
                    var currentsite = "/" + url.PathAndQuery.Split('/')[2];
                    return Sitecore.Sites.SiteContextFactory.GetSiteContext(url.Host,currentsite); // currentsite = company1 & url.Host = microsite.mysite.com
                }

                return siteContext;
            }
        }

So in option 1 I have to

1. update Languages.AlwaysStripLanguage = false (I'm not sure do I really have to make this change because it's value is trued from the beginning of the project)

2. update all 4 site's sitedefinition.config file

And in option 2, the change in only at one place.

Which option would you suggest?

Answer 1

The reason why you are receiving the SiteContext as micrositemain is because url.Host will return microsite.mysite.com.

Please see updated SiteDefinition below:

name="micrositemainone"
hostName="microsite.mysite.com" 
virtualFolder="/{language_here}/company1" //ex: /en/company1
startItem="/en/Home"
physicalFolder="/{language_here}/company1" 
rootPath="/sitecore/content/Site/Microsites/company1" 
SiteSettingsNode="/sitecore/content/Site/Microsites/company1/Site Settings"

name="micrositemain" 
hostName="microsite.mysite.com" 
virtualFolder="/"  
startItem="/Home"
physicalFolder="/" 
rootPath="/sitecore/content/Site/Microsite/Main"  
SiteSettingsNode="/sitecore/content/Site/Microsites/Main/Site Settings"

UPDATE

I have tested the above locally and saw that you need to update the setting Languages.AlwaysStripLanguage to false and add the above changes to the SiteDefinition.config.

Based on your question updates, I would suggest to manage it through the code, which is, option 2. The reason because you will have more control of it.