Remove HTML or ASPX Extension

Question

In a hosted IIS7 environment, I am looking for the simplest way to use extension-less file names. Simply I have the following pages:

index.html (or .aspx) --> domain.com gallery.html --> domain.com/gallery videos.html --> domain.com/videos etc...

I only have a handful of pages, I have no dynamic code, nothing special. All the examples I have found or methods I use in other sites I've developed revolve around dynamic content, pages, etc. I am simply looking for the simplest solution, ideally not requiring any sort of url rewrite module installed. Preferably, I could keep the .html extension instead of converting the site to a ASP.NET project, but that is an option.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I ended up using the following sites:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/carlosag/archive/2008/09/02/iis7urlrewriteseo.aspx

and

http://forums.iis.net/t/1162450.aspx

or basically the following code in my web.config file using the IIS7 URL Rewrite Module that most hosted sites now offer (in this case I am using GoDaddy):

<system.webServer>     <rewrite>         <rules>             <rule name="RewriteASPX">                 <match url="(.*)" />                 <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">                     <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />                     <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />                 </conditions>                 <action type="Rewrite" url="{R:1}.aspx" />             </rule>         </rules>     </rewrite> </system.webServer> 

Answer 2

Another little bit more modern way to do this is using Microsoft.AspNet.FriendlyUrls. In the Global.asax.cs add:

void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) {     // Code that runs on application startup     RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes); 

and in the RouteConfig file

public static class RouteConfig {     public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)     {         var settings = new FriendlyUrlSettings();         settings.AutoRedirectMode = RedirectMode.Permanent;         routes.EnableFriendlyUrls(settings);     }