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This document provides an overview of URL rewrite for developers, including goals for the course, intended audience, and course overview. It discusses URL rewriting in IIS versus ASP.NET and provides examples of different types of rewrite rules.

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URL Rewrite for Developers

Introduction to URL Rewrite

Scott Forsyth
weblogs.asp.net/owscott
@scottforsyth
[email protected]
Goals for this Course

Create
Work with
your own
URL Parts
rules

Edit
Optimize
Regular
your site
Expression
for SEO
Rules
Intended Audience

Developer or Administrator

URL Rewrite URL Rewrite


Beginner Intermediate
Course Overview

 Introduction to URL Rewrite


 Rule Templates
 Understanding URL Parts
 Regular Expressions and Back-References
 Common Rules
 Further Considerations
 Troubleshooting URL Rewrite
URL Rewriting in IIS vs. ASP.NET

URL Rewrite in
IIS

URL Rewriting
in MVC or
WebForms
URL Rewriting in ASP.NET MVC

routes.MapRouteLowercase(
"HomeIndex",
"",
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" }
);
routes.MapRouteLowercase(
"HomeContact",
"contact",
new { controller = "Home", action = "Contact" }
);
URL Rewrite in IIS

<rule name="Reports redirect" enabled="false" stopProcessing="true">


<match url="^city/reports(/|$)" />
<action type="Redirect" url="http://{HTTP_HOST}/city/reports.aspx"
redirectType="Temporary" />
<conditions>
<add input="{URL}" pattern="^/city/reports\.aspx$"
negate="true" />
</conditions>
</rule>
Types of Rules

1. Redirect

2. Rewrite

3. Off-server Rewrite (reverse proxy)

4. Server Variables Rewrite

5. Outbound Rewrites
Types of Rules

1. Redirect

2. Rewrite

3. Off-server Rewrite (reverse proxy)

4. Server Variables Rewrite

5. Outbound Rewrites
Redirect Rule Examples

 Non-www to www redirect

 Enforcing trailing slashes or forcing to lowercase

 Mapping of old to new URLs after site redesign, or for SEO

 Creating a “Down For Maintenance” page


Types of Rules

1. Redirect

2. Rewrite

3. Off-Server Rewrite (reverse proxy)

4. Server Variables Rewrite

5. Outbound Rewrites
Rewrite Rule Examples

 Front a legacy URL with a friendly one

 Remapping 3rd level domain information to the query string


 Running a site from a subfolder
Types of Rules

1. Redirect

2. Rewrite

3. Off-Server Rewrite (reverse proxy)

4. Server Variables Rewrite

5. Outbound Rewrites
Off-Server Rewrite (Reverse Proxy) Example

 Front a legacy URL with a friendly one

 Note: Requires that ARR be installed


Types of Rules

1. Redirect

2. Rewrite

3. Off-Server Rewrite (reverse proxy)

4. Server Variables Rewrite

5. Outbound Rewrites
Server Variable Rules Example

 Locking parts of your site to particular IP addresses

 Changing HTTP host headers on the way through


Types of Rules

1. Redirect

2. Rewrite

3. Off-Server Rewrite (reverse proxy)

4. Server Variables Rewrite

5. Outbound Rewrites
Outbound Rewrite Examples

 Changing URLs in a page to a more friendly URL

 Catching client-side redirects and rerouting them


Installing URL Rewrite
Works on IIS7 and later

Windows 8.5
Windows
Windows 8 Server 2008
(+R2)

Windows
Windows 7 Server 2012
(+R2)

Windows Future
Vista Versions
For IIS6
For IIS6

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