Extra information in URL redirecting from nolayout.aspx to 404 error page in sitecore website - indexing

Question

I just moved my nolayout.aspx to 404 error page inside config file, everything is working fine except the URL. After getting redirect to 404 URL has these extra information :
404?item=%2fservices-and-solutions%2fbusiness-vision%2fit-without-boundaries&layout={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}&device=Default
I dont want URL having this : &layout={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}&device=Default
Config settings is :
Rest is fine for me, kindly suggest.

Answer 1

That URL is generated from sitecore. It's not IIS. This one you are getting is when the item doesn't have a layout set. You might also want to look at the not found url. You can set these urls to point to sitecore items in web.config:
Unfortunately, sitecore does not return a Not found status code, so it is better to create your own handler to read the Item and set the status code. See an example here from RUUD VAN FALIER: http://www.partechit.nl/en/blog/2012/11/return-404-status-code-when-itemnotfound-page-is-loaded
Basically, you append a processor after Sitecore.Pipelines.HttpRequest.ExecuteRequest and override RedirectOnItemNotFound and the RedirectOnLayoutNotFound as necessary.

Answer 2

I think you just need to add an additional section to <system.webServer> in your web.config.
<httpErrors errorMode="Custom">
<remove statusCode="404" subStatusCode="-1" />
<error statusCode="404" path="/404" responseMode="ExecuteURL" />
</httpErrors>
As well as setting RequestErrors.UseServerSideRedirect to true.
Reference: http://herskind.co.uk/blog/2012/03/sitecore-404-without-302

Answer 3

Also you can add existingResponse="PassThrough" along with erroMode
Check detailed explanantion at: IIS httpErrors

Answer 4

Thanks guys, Surely I am going to try all the suggestion given above and will see which one is working finest with this case.
Right now I just implemented a code in my redirect module with every time of querystring appending on sitecore URL's
`Defined a baseURL using Sitecore.Links.LinkManager.GetItemUrl(Sitecore.Context.Item);
if (baseUrl.ToLower().Contains("?"))
{
ReqUrl = baseUrl;
baseUrl = ReqUrl.Substring(0, ReqUrl.IndexOf("?"));
AppendedUrl = ReqUrl.Substring(baseUrl.Length);
}
string Qurl = Request.RawUrl;
if (Qurl.ToLower().Contains("?"))
{
Qurl = Request.RawUrl.Substring(0, Request.RawUrl.IndexOf("?"));
AppendedUrl = Request.RawUrl.Substring(Qurl.Length);
}
if (Qurl.ToLower().EndsWith("/"))
{
baseUrl = baseUrl + "/";
}
//Code for URLEncoding
string fullPath = baseUrl + AppendedUrl;
fullPath = System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlDecode(fullPath);
if (fullPath.ToLower().Contains("&layout"))
{
fullPath = Request.RawUrl.Substring(0, Request.RawUrl.IndexOf("&layout"));
}
if (baseUrl.ToLower() != Qurl.ToLower())
{
Response.RedirectPermanent(fullPath);
}
}
}`
so URL encoding and putting condition with types of querystring exist in website resolved my problem.
Thanks again for ideas, I am going to see alternate ways too from them.