[OFBIZ-11018] Redirection of pathAlias to aliasTo does not work properly

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Release Branch 18.12, Release Branch 17.12, Trunk
• Fix Version/s: 16.11.06, 17.12.01, 18.12.01
• Component/s: cmssite, content
• Assignee: Jacques Le Roux
• Reporter: Pawan Verma
• Created: 10/May/19 10:36
• Updated: 20/May/19 10:15
• Resolved: 20/May/19 10:13

Description

Link of discussion: https://markmail.org/message/s37whdteejqdzkha

In CMS, we can redirect the user to different path alias using 'aliasTo' field of WebSitePathAlias entity.

Example - 
 <WebSitePathAlias pathAlias="demoHome" webSiteId="CmsSite"  fromDate="2019-05-01 00:00:00.0"  aliasTo="newDemoHome"  />

Based on the above data, if the user hit the 
https://localhost:8443/cmssite/cms/demoHome, the CMS will internally render the content for 'newDemoHome' pathAlias.

As per my observation, the content for  "newDemoHome" is renderd properly (as expected) but the URL of the page (in browser) doesn't change.

We should also update the URL also, i.e. change browser URL from

https://localhost:8443/cmssite/cms/demoHome to https://localhost:8443/cmssite/cms/newDemoHome

Issue Links

• is blocked by: OFBIZ-11022 Edit WebSite Path Alias is not working