Return to previous page with sitemap

Question

I currently have the following nodes in my sitemap file

siteMapNode title="Account" url="~/MyProject\Seller\Sellor_Account.aspx" roles="Seller"

		siteMapNode title="Inbox" url="~/MyProject\Messaging\Inbox_User.aspx " 

I now want to add additional node that also links to Inbox_User.aspx file. But i am unable to because the return link when clicked returns to Seller_Account.aspx page instead of back to records2.aspx file?

siteMapNode title="Account" url="~/Market\records2.aspx"  roles="Services" 

Answer 1

It is the urls that must be unique. The titles do not matter unless under same hierarchy and get confused.
I cannot link to same node address from two different file directories. When i add the new node url records2 and then link to Inbox_User page it still returns to sellor_account page instead of records2 page?

Answer 2

When i link to Inbox_User page from either of the other two pages that reside in different directories when i click the return URL node on the sitemap it always links to the Sellor_Account page even though i visited from records2.
I am working on a solution that involves a handler to replace the URL address that i came across. It proved messy, as i have child pages and had to store location in session state for reference. I do not recommend this approach as it has proven unreliable. sometimes the handler does not fire and jumping into and out of session creates errors. I have come up with a alternative plan that i am trying to implement though. Hopefully it will prove a success.
If you still know of a fix, i would be grateful to know.

Answer 3

Please review your code. The URLs use a forward slash "/" not "\".

The sitemap nodes you shared has an associated role. I have to assume you've setup role based security. It seems logical that if the resulting HTML link points to "Sellor_Account.aspx" then the user is in the seller roll.

Please read the sitemap reference documentation to make sure you understand sitemaps with role security.

ASP.NET Site-Map Security Trimming
Securing ASP.NET Site Navigation

When i link to Inbox_User page from either of the other two pages that reside in different directories when i click the return URL node on the sitemap it always links to the Sellor_Account page even though i visited from records2.

What is a return URL node? Is this custom code that you wrote?

Answer 4

my records2 page resides inside root based Market folder whereas Seller_Account page resides inside sub Myproject/Market folder and Inbox_User resides inside sub MyProject/Membership folder.
Does that clarify

Answer 5

i have added the roles property to the sitemapnodes as referred to in previous comments, though they don't make a difference either?
To solve the issue i was using the url referrer but i had to store in memory when traverse other pages so now i use the roles instead. That finally did the trick!
The return url has you mention is the original source page.
I must add that i did come across a explanation long ago about limitations with dynamic pages! i guess this is the problem as two individual pages try to access the same page.