Tip #31: Did you know... How to have user friendly URL using IIS 7.0 URL Rewrite module?

re: Tip #31: Did you know... How to have user friendly URL using IIS 7.0 URL Rewrite module?

Imar Spaanjaars — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:53:12 GMT

I think it's a good idea to explain that URL Rewrite is not a standard module that ships with IIS but one you need to download from this location: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/460/using-url-rewrite-module/

May save some people from searching the "features list" or the IIS setup... ;-)

Imar

re: Tip #31: Did you know... How to have user friendly URL using IIS 7.0 URL Rewrite module?

John — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:56:44 GMT

Is there are way to access the rewrite functionality to generate the friendly URLs for links you are throwing down on the page?

re: Tip #31: Did you know... How to have user friendly URL using IIS 7.0 URL Rewrite module?

WebDevTools — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:01:59 GMT

@Imar: Thanks for the point. I mentioned that in my Tips. Yes it doesn't come by default in IIS7.0.

@John: The process is same irrespective of the fact if the link is physically typed by the user in the address bar of the browser or user is clicking the same as a link inside the page. But in my view, I don't see any advantage of doing what you are asking for. The actual URL to which the link points will be hidden iside the page code and this can as well point to the non-trivial link. If you are thinking in terms of making your link SEO (Search Engine Optimized), you can as well use URL Redirect to make it happen. Look at Tip #25 for how to do this.

Thanks,

Don.