Description

In a multisite solution, the Link Provider might generate cross-site links incorrectly. For example, there are two custom site definitions:

<site name="site1" rootPath="/sitecore/content/site1" startItem="/Home" database="web" domain="extranet" enablePreview="true" hostName="site1" targetHostName="site1" />
<site name="site2" rootPath="/sitecore/content/site2" startItem="/Home" database="web" domain="extranet" enablePreview="false" hostName="site2" targetHostName="site2" />

The URL for a cross-site link incorrectly refers to:

http://site1/sitecore/content/site2/Home

It correctly ought to be resolved as:

http://site2/

The issue occurs if the enablePreview attribute of the site to be resolved is set to "false."

Solution

To resolve the issue, consider one of the following options:

• For Sitecore XP 8.1.1–9.2, Sitecore XP 10.0.0 or later, set the enablePreview attribute of each custom <site> definition to "true."
• For Sitecore XP 9.3, do the following:
  
  1. Download and install the corresponding cumulative hotfix available in KB1001332.
  2. Set the enablePreview attribute of each custom <site> definition to "true."

  Note: You must patch attributes on every content delivery (CD) server by creating a configuration patch file in the \App_Config\Include\zzz folder.