How to turn that that ugly URL into something memorable... a.k.a Url Remapping in ASP.NET

Have you ever had some horrific URL that you needed to email, tell someone over the phone or just type yourself? Wouldn’t it be nice if instead of

http://www.nddnug.net/Meeting.aspx?ID=fa92013d-9d75-43b5-b611-55ce3ec1ea18

you could just have a little URL http://www.nddnug.net/scottgu.aspx ?

All it takes is a little magic in the Web.Config:

<system.web>

<add url="~/scottgu.aspx"

mappedUrl="~/Meeting.aspx?ID=fa92013d-9d75-43b5-b611-55ce3ec1ea18" />

</urlMappings>

</system.web>

Ps. Thanks to Irena Kennedy for pointing out this little tidbit.

Published Wednesday, November 22, 2006 11:41 AM by wwright

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:56 AM by name

Great site. Keep doing.,

CodeMonkey<wwright>:IConfused