Redirect a non-existent url to another url.

Question

User2023521679 posted

I am using Windows 2008 Server with IIS7. Users sometimes enter a specific non-existent link on my web site. I would like all requests to this sepcific link to be redirected to another page, complete with the query string variables being passed.

For instance if user types in http://mywebsite/PageOne.aspx?QVar=x, I want IIS to redirect to http://mywebsite/PageTwo.aspx?QVar=x

Answer 1

User-993404089 posted

there are several ways to do this but the one to use is the following in your global.asax

 

 Sub Application_BeginRequest(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        If HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.ToLower().StartsWith("http://mywebsite/PageOne.aspx?QVar=x") Then
            Dim newUrl As String = HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.ToLower().Replace("http://mywebsite/PageOne.aspx?QVar=x", "http://mywebsite/PageTwo.aspx?QVar=x")
            Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently"
            Response.AddHeader("Location", newUrl)
           
        End If

or a variation there of.  There are other options as well.

 

Answer 2

User2023521679 posted

Thank you, but I was trying to see if this could be done in IIS. Making a change to the actual web site code in my company is a bureaucratic nightmare.

 I was hoping that there was a way to do this just in IIS.

Answer 3

User-993404089 posted

try this site for some options.

 

http://ruslany.net/2008/09/aspnet-routing-request-filtering-url-rewriting/

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732969(v=ws.10).aspx