This sounds like some kind of database inconsistency. Normally pages don't disappear, but when you add and move a lot of pages it could be that duplicate pages name issues arise(?) I guess you already stopped and started the application pool? BTW is it a Multi Lingual site?
Posted By Tycho de Waard - Tjeps on 8/10/2023 8:43 AM I can not explain the chhannge in behaviour but I have fixed the issue in the past by changing the alias settings from canonical to redirect. That way all connected urls to a portal are redirected to the primary. As you can not get to DNN, it would be something to set in the database, using SSMS
Would you please refer me to SSMS docs or some guide on how to do this? :-)
Posted By Timo Breumelhof (40F) on 8/10/2023 9:18 AM This sounds like some kind of database inconsistency. Normally pages don't disappear, but when you add and move a lot of pages it could be that duplicate pages name issues arise(?) I guess you already stopped and started the application pool? BTW is it a Multi Lingual site?
Yes, restarted, stopped, start... Yes, it is a multilngual site...
Ok. There are issues that can arise when you add lots of pages or move them in combination with ML. Unfortunately it's not clear what combination causes this or else it would probably already have been fixed :-(
I have had it too a few times and the issues were caused by database inconsistencies. I have some database scripts I run to check for these issues. Do you have any SQL experience?
Another thing is that you have to have one primary portalAlias per language and no "neutral primary alias" or else endless redirects can occur.. Having that configured in a different way can lead to Home page redirect issues, but as you have it on other pages too...
This sounds like something that may have been caused by conflicting URLs saved to the <code>TabUrls</code> table. With this being something that we can't see, I'm unsure of the exact queries to use to help you. It partially depends on how much configuration has already happened over time. For example, sometimes there isn't a homepage <code>TabID</code> to query for, unless that setting has been saved at some point. Otherwise, it's just the first public page in the site's page hierarchy.
However, if you're able to determine which <code>TabID</code>/URL is correct, you should be able to begin building a query while looking at the <code>TabUrls</code> table. Once you can drill down to a query that only shows the URLs for the homepage, you can begin to make some new decisions.
Thank you everyone for your all your instant responses. I'm a senior full stack web dev with experience on almost every language and database but it's my first DNN experience ever. That being said, we can certainly narrowing it down to the BULK PAGES actions, which I tried many multiple times. Luckly, I have literally just started configuring this brand new install and there's very little work in it thus far so, I'm just going to delete the entire install and start from scratch again. It seems extreme but in reality I think it's much safer, I don't want to deal with any future Pages-related issues or be messing with the DB so early in the process. I've learnt quite a bit so far and the install takes minutes... no big deal. THANK YOU!!
Hmmm... I use bulk pages a lot, actually. I haven't run into any issues using it myself. If you run into it again in the new instance, please share the text you used in the editor.
In the meantime, you should know that when you add bulk pages, they will use the <code>Default Page Template</code> when the pages are created. So, they'll all have the same permissions and a single HTML module in the <code>ContentPane</code>. :)
ok cool, I could share the text I ran:
I started with this block, got errors (obviously)
Payment>Individual Payment>Individual>Proof of Payment 480.9H Payment>Employee / Corporations Payment>Employee / Corporations>Proof of Payment 480.9H Payment>Employee / Corporations>Payment for Special Contribution 1.5% Payment>Fines To Pay DTOP Payment>Payment Plan Payment>Priced Debt Services>Monthly Excise Taxes Return on Gasoline Services>Monthly Excise Taxes Return on Gasoline>History File Form AS 2225A Services>Service Charge Payment Services>Certifications Services>Electronically based extension Services>Copy based return electronically Services>Pay Stub (Central Government) User Options>UserProfile User Options>Dashboard User Options>changepass Help Desk>Reverso Help Desk>W2 and Informatives Help Desk>Pruebas Pagos Payment History Seguros Publicos>Demanda de Clase Seguros Publicos>Resultados de su Reclamación
Then I watched YT tuts and learnt the format is
Payment >Individual
But Payment page was already created... so I tried something like this (or similar, can't remember exactly) while selecting Payment as the parent... this obviously got me other errors, because I have child and grandchild...
Individual >Proof of Payment 480.9H Employee / Corporations Employee / Corporations >Proof of Payment 480.9H >Payment for Special Contribution 1.5%
So I ended up adding only one level at the time while selecting different Parent Pages but then I gave up and found out my Home page was missing... :-( the rest is history... lol
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