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URLMappings work on localhost but not server IIS

Hi -

I'm using URL mapping to try and give a bunch of franchisees unique URL's, like this:

<add url="~/Oahu" mappedUrl="~/Default.aspx?FranchiseID=91" />

This works fine locally (Vista, IIS 7) but not the server (Win 2003, IIS 6). If I change the above statement to:

<add url="~/Oahu/Default.aspx" mappedUrl="~/Default.aspx?FranchiseID=91" />

...it will work fine on the server as well. Only when I specify the page name will it work - just naming the directory gives me the 404.

Any Ideas?

Thanks,

Rod

CMYScott

did you setup the default documents in IIS 6 to recognize default.aspx? I think the defaults out of the box are default.asp (no x).

okanagan

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Yes, in fact Default.aspx is the only default document it is set to recognize.

cj_1969

First question ... what is the problem with specifying the file name? You would probably only want to redirect a single page under normal circumstances.

take a look at this page ... http://improve.dk/blog/2006/12/11/making-url-rewriting-on-iis7-work-like-iis6
Apparently they changed the URL Mapping from IIS 6 to 7 ...
The good news is that IIS 6 supports wild cards ... try this ...
<add url="~/Oahu/*" mappedUrl="~/Default.aspx?FranchiseID=91" />

okanagan

ASKER

Tried it, with no luck - it still works fine on my localhost (IIS 7), but not the IIS 6 host on my server. The reason I wanted this rather than specifying a page name was just for simplicity - it is easier for franchisees and their clients to remember a directory name based on their city or area than to have to remember the "Default.aspx" page name as well.

I'm using a virtual dedicated host for this project. Would there be any mappings in IIS that I could change or add to make this work?

Thanks for the help...

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