Troubleshooting: Issue with AngularJS HTML5 mode routing not functioning as expected

I am facing a challenge in removing Hashbangs from my website. I have been trying to fix it, but it doesn't seem to work properly. For instance, when I visit my homepage and click on the "CSS" menu followed by selecting the "Origami Element" option, I briefly see the page load before being taken to a GitHub 404 page.

If I directly enter the URL (), I am immediately redirected to the GitHub 404 page.

Is there something I am missing, or is this not feasible for an AngularJS site hosted on GitHub Pages?

Here is a snippet of my app.js file:

var app = angular.module('eatsleepcode', ['ngRoute', 'ngSanitize']); 

/* Routing */
app.config(['$routeProvider', '$locationProvider',
    function($routeProvider, $locationProvider) {    
        $routeProvider.      
            when('/', {templateUrl: 'views/blog.html', controller: 'BlogController'}).
            when('/blog', {templateUrl: 'views/blog.html', controller: 'BlogController'}).
            when('/blog/:postID', {templateUrl: 'views/blog.html', controller: 'BlogController'}).
            when('/contact', {templateUrl: 'views/contact.html', controller: 'DefaultController'}).
            when('/privacy', {templateUrl: 'views/privacy.html', controller: 'DefaultController'}).
            when('/resources', {templateUrl: 'views/resources.html', controller: 'DefaultController'}).
            when('/terms', {templateUrl: 'views/terms.html', controller: 'DefaultController'}).
            when('/css/origami', {templateUrl: 'views/css/origami.html', controller: 'DefaultController'}).
            otherwise({
                redirectTo: '/404'
            });
            $locationProvider.html5Mode(true);
}]);  


/* Controllers */
app.controller('DefaultController', function($scope) {});

Answer №1

@zeroflagL helped me overcome my initial obstacle. I had a piece of code that was only triggering on hashbang URLs, and I neglected to update that IF condition.

After fixing the issue, all links were functioning properly. However, typing in a URL directly led to a 404 error. If I were using IIS or Apache, I could have used URL rewriting to resolve this (which would have been the preferred method).

Unfortunately, since I am hosting this on GitHub pages, as of 11/25/2014, they do not support custom URL rewrite configurations.

Nevertheless, they do allow for a custom 404 page setup. I created a simple 404.html page at the root of my GitHub site. This page automatically inserts the necessary hash AngularJS requires into the URL and then redirects to it using window.location.replace, ensuring the 404 page does not appear in the browser's history.

<html lang="en" data-ng-app="eatsleepcode">
<head>
    <title><eat-sleep-code /></title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
</head>
<body>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        var url = window.location.protocol + '//' + window.location.host + '/#' + window.location.pathname;
        window.location.replace(url);
    </script>
</body>  
</html>

If the requested page truly doesn't exist, such as , Angular routing handles it and displays my customized 404 view. While not the most elegant solution, it proved effective in a scenario where traditional URL rewriting was not an option.

Answer №2

The issue lies within the render.min.js file. Once a link is clicked, the current window's URL is altered:

window.top.location.href=e

If this line of code is removed, everything functions correctly.

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