I'm using Intelligencia url rewriting currently but have just leased an IIS 7.5 server to put my asp.net 3.5 site on. I installed the IIS URL rewriting module and was amazed at how easy it was to create rules. Creating rules with the Intelligencia url rewriter is complicated (at least for me). Are there any downsides to switching? Is there a reason for me not to move on to the Microsoft solution? This site isn't live yet, so I have time to switch
I have not used either of them. If it simplify your work, you should go with it. IIS7 url rewriter is here to stay. Before migrating also check asp.net 4.0 's inbuilt url rewriting.
You may also have a look at Helicon Ape software which was designed by Helicon Tech specifically for IIS7 and higher. It has human-friendly syntax and easy-to-use manager and possesses 30+ other modules to tune up your server.
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I've been told by people that Microsoft's IIS Rewrite 2.0 for use on my II7 is okay, but that ISAPI Rewrite "is way better and it's what good developers use". As I went to the website, I noticed things about .htaccess and such, and it struck me as more of a thing for php websites, since I'm on a Windows server and .htaccess doesn't apply to me.
My company's website is Visual Studio / vb / asp.net 4.0 / windows server
Can I use this ISAPI Rewrite, and would you recommend it for making the most friendly URLs? Thanks for any guidance you can offer!
I believe both are really the same thing, IIS Rewrite module being written by Microsoft and free. Both will allow you to rewrite your URLs and it depends on you to come up with most friendly ones ;-)
Is there simply a way I can update the web.config file to rewrite or redirect URLs without making code changes to the project?
Before IIS7 came out, I used a URL Rewrite Module from Helicon to do similar things. It's based on regex for the rules, but it's pretty good and it always worked well for me.
It's an ISAPI module, so it's configuration is outside of web.config.
I used the ISAPI_Rewrite_Lite product, which is free. I never used the full-blown version.
I hope this helps.
Does anyone know how to write your own specifications for the built-in URL Rewrite Module in IIS 7.0?
We are using a shared host that does not allow use of IIS 7.0 Remote Manager on shared accounts, but we'd like to employ URL rewriting for SEO purposes. All of the literature I can find relates to the URL Rewrite Module setup requiring IIS Manager.
I'm sure it's just a few settings in a web.config, but I've been testing blindly without much instruction to follow and nothing is working, thus far.
If the URL Rewriting module is not installed on the server you won't be able to enable it without admin's assistance. But you may have a look at an alternative solution.
I've been using ISAPI_Rewrite from Helicon (http://www.helicontech.com/isapi_rewrite/) on a Server 2003 box for years and have always had good luck with it.
I'm migrating all the sites on the 2003 box to a new shiny Server 2008 box. I would prefer to not purchase a new license and I have heard that IIS 7 will have capability built in.
All the rewrites are setup in a .htaccess configuration file just like mod_rewrite for Apache.
Does anyone know if this capability ever got baked into IIS 7 and if so do you know of any good articles that explain how to get it all enabled?
Thanks.
IIS7 does have the functionality built in, as you mentioned. You can either use a custom HttpModule, as described in Tip/Trick: Url Rewriting with ASP.NET.
Alternatively, you could install the the IIS7 Rewrite Module as described here.
Yes, check out the IIS 7 URL Rewrite Module.
It isn't built-in until you install the Application Request Router (ARR) IIS Extension, and all of its dependencies, which you have to do in a specific order:
Web Farm Framework module.
External cache module.
URL Rewrite module.
Then the ARR module.
Each requires a separate download from download.microsoft.com, but all are free.
Reference: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/erezs_iis_blog/2013/11/27/installing-arr-manually-without-webpi/
I have to have my website stored in a subfolder of my domain root. Is there a way to rewrite the URLs so that it doesn't appear to be stored in a subfolder? It doesn't matter to me if this is done at the IIS level or in the web.config.
Have you looked at the routing engine that came out of the MVC project but is now a stand-alone feature of the .NET Framework?
With IIS7, the way to go is probably the module that Microsoft themselves put out:
http://blogs.iis.net/ruslany/archive/2008/11/10/url-rewrite-module-release-to-web.aspx
In previous releases, there were various workarounds with different downsides/costs:
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/02/26/tip-trick-url-rewriting-with-asp-net.aspx
If you decide to go with an ISAPI filter, we've had good experiences with Ionic's Isapi Rewrite. And it's free (beer and speech).
I'm using the ManagedFusion Url Rewriter on my blog. I like it because it doesn't need to be installed at the server level.
You can presumably get the behavior you want by using an ISAPI filter.
Google for: rewrite ISAPI filter and you will find some prebuilt examples to try and see what works best for you.