How to pass variables in a clean seo string for asp pages
I am stuck with ASP for a variety of reasons.
I have a need to use clean urls's for my pages like
www.mysite.com/products/support
www.mysite.com/products/tripods
things of this nature, right now my strings passed look like so:
www.mysite.com/products/support.asp
www.mysite.com/products/products.asp?cat=5&subcat=2&prod=4587
is there a way to clean up the URLs?
How could I still pass the information along?
I know I can set a default document for the first example but I want to be able to get to other pages in that particular directory the same way.
I have a need to use clean urls's for my pages like
www.mysite.com/products/support
www.mysite.com/products/tripods
things of this nature, right now my strings passed look like so:
www.mysite.com/products/support.asp
www.mysite.com/products/products.asp?cat=5&subcat=2&prod=4587
is there a way to clean up the URLs?
How could I still pass the information along?
I know I can set a default document for the first example but I want to be able to get to other pages in that particular directory the same way.
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II6 :(
you'll need a url rewriter that can turn seo-friendly url's into usable url's for your application. Have a look at www.isapirewrite.com, I've used them a lot before and have had no complaints.
There are two ways, "404" and "helicon"
I prefer IIS7, then 404 then Helicon (but that's just me)
OK, you are going to need to setup a custom 404 page, which will make a decision, based on the requested URL.
Setup IIS to "Execute" "/404.asp" when a page is not found.
In your 404.asp file you will need to breakdown the URL that was previously collected. To see what is going on put this in your 404.asp:
You can then analise this string, and show what ever you like...
GH
I prefer IIS7, then 404 then Helicon (but that's just me)
OK, you are going to need to setup a custom 404 page, which will make a decision, based on the requested URL.
Setup IIS to "Execute" "/404.asp" when a page is not found.
In your 404.asp file you will need to breakdown the URL that was previously collected. To see what is going on put this in your 404.asp:
response.write Request.QueryStringYou can then analise this string, and show what ever you like...
GH
@G_H
won't that hurt your seo rankings though? If google goes to your page and gets a 404 upon crawling it, its never going to see the custom page as the server returned the 404 code back to the crawler before the custom error page id displayed....
won't that hurt your seo rankings though? If google goes to your page and gets a 404 upon crawling it, its never going to see the custom page as the server returned the 404 code back to the crawler before the custom error page id displayed....
ASKER
I do not care about SEO rankings, I only care that it conforms to our new designers requests.
I already do that with 404, I totally thin't think of using it for everything..
thanks
I already do that with 404, I totally thin't think of using it for everything..
thanks
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@The Big Daddy:
That depends on what you do next. Providing you follow this up with:
... everything is fine. But I wanted to see how much help the asked needed, before IU went there... :-)
GH
That depends on what you do next. Providing you follow this up with:
Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"
Response.AddHeader "Location", DestinationURL... everything is fine. But I wanted to see how much help the asked needed, before IU went there... :-)
GH
If you are using IIS7 then this is going to be easy, otherwise quite a bit harder...
Can you please let us know.
GH