Dnn.platform: Homepage Register Login User Controls not visible on some portals on few DNN instances

Created on 12 Apr 2019 · 4Comments · Source: dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform

Description of bug

This has been a long time issue I am now convinced might be a bug.

On the homepage of most of my portals but not all I do not see the Register Login Account UI at the top of the webpage. I can use any theme same result. I go to another page on the website the user controls appear on all other pages except the homepage. I think it has something to do with pages with the name "Home". I can change the homepage in settings and still when I visit a page named Home user account controls do not appear in the header.

I have more than one portal and it seems sometimes it comes back for a while then dissaapears. However most all the time it is missing from the header of most sites on more than one DNN instance.

Has anyone else experienced this issue or know of a way to resolve?

[x] 9.3.0
[x] 9.2.2
[x] 9.2.1
[x] 9.2
[x] 9.1.1
[ ] 9.1
[ ] 9.0

Affected browser

[ ] Chrome
[ ] Firefox
[ ] Safari
[ ] Internet Explorer
[ ] Edge

Source

thabaum

Most helpful comment

Under SEO > Url Management > General Settings I also see setting for 404 error page url redirect with homepage as an option which is a bit confusing as to which to set and what results you get by setting them.

Maybe this should display the 404/500 error dropdowns instead like what is showing up when you visit SITE SETTINGS > SITE BEHAVIOR > DEFAULT PAGES or not even be an option here or there? two places to edit the same option is two places you now have to maintain if any changes are made.

thabaum on 12 Apr 2019

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Is your 404 page configured as your homepage?

ohine on 12 Apr 2019

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Why yes it is... In this settings page same area the cookie consent settings feel like a good fit, although it does fit under privacy, it does control site behavior default pages and relates to the same type of settings set in this location.

I set the error pages to 404 and 500 pages and it seems to work again. Thanks for the help!

thabaum on 12 Apr 2019

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Themes can have a special 404 layout and the default theme 404 layout does not have the login and register controls, there was some reason for that and I cannot remember now, but it was a wanted behaviour for some reason. A workaround if you do need this would be to edit the 404 layout and add those in.