Understanding Hierarchy and Basic Concepts of Navigation in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007/Windows SharePoint Services

re: Understanding Hierarchy and Basic Concepts of Navigation in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007/Windows SharePoint Services

Andrei — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:50:49 GMT

Hi William, Thank you for your post here. I would like to ask your help if you don't mind for one of my problem related to the “Define Managed Paths”. So the story is:

1. I have a test SharePoint server MOSS 2007 installed as single stand alone installation on the server ”nac-sptest01”

2. It was a Web Application created with a URL http://nac-sptest01:25417/

3. I created a site collection on this Web Application and URL for access to my Portal site collection was http://nac-sptest01:25417/Pages/Default.aspx

4. Then I was looking to way to change this URL path (or add another path) to something more friendly instead of nac-sptest01:25417

5. I went to the “Central Administration” > “Application Management” > Define Managed Paths , … I checked the check box for the first row in the right side of the page titled “Delete selected paths” and suddenly deleted that first row:

“(root) -- Explicit inclusion”

After that I can not access my Portal site collection through the browser any more by using the URL http://nac-sptest01:25417/Pages/Default.aspx , it says “http 404 error”.

6. I tried to recreate this deleted path back (…(root) -- Explicit inclusion ) by adding this URL as new path on the same page “Central Administration” > “Application Management” > Define Managed Paths . But it did not bring my site back.

I still can see all managers options for this web application:http://nac-sptest01:25417/ on the Central Administration page, but don’t know how to solve my problem and open my Portal site collection on the browser. Maybe you can give an advise or any other type of help with this ? Or I need to create my portal sites collection from scratch again ? Thank you very much in advance. Andrei. My e-mail:andreich01@yahoo.com

re: Understanding Hierarchy and Basic Concepts of Navigation in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007/Windows SharePoint Services

Bill Baer — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:41:06 GMT

Managed paths are used to define the SharePoint namespace in other words which paths SharePoint will or will not process, you will want to use Alernate Access Mappings to establish a friendlier URL. I would recommend restoring the deleted Managed Path, detaching (SharePoint) and reattaching your content databases, then run stsadm -o execadmsvcjobs and IISRESET each Web front-end.

re: Understanding Hierarchy and Basic Concepts of Navigation in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007/Windows SharePoint Services

Andrei — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:39:32 GMT

William, thank you very much for your help with my problem, but I am a new for SharePoint and don't know the detailed steps how to do this "detaching (SharePoint) and reattaching your content databases". Maybe, if you have time, you can give me some more details and steps how to do this. I am very much appreciate your help ! Thank you.

Andrei (my e-mail:andreich01@yahoo.com)

re: Understanding Hierarchy and Basic Concepts of Navigation in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007/Windows SharePoint Services

Bill Baer — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:47:49 GMT

To detach a Windows SharePoint Services content database - open SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration and select Application Management. From the Application Management page, click Content databases under the SharePoint Web Application Management section - select the content database to be detached from the list of available content databases noting the database server, warning and maximum site collection values and any assigned index server and then select the Remove content database checkbox and click OK. To reattach the content database you will select Add a content database from the Manage Content Databases page and provide the values of the removed content database captured in the steps above.