ASP.NET :URL masking

Question

I have an ASP.NET web application where i have a page Signup.aspx and a home page.aspx.In my home page i have link to the signup.aspx page.I want to Hide the file extension.aspx from the addressbar when someone clicks on the signup link in home page.I want to show it as http://mysite.com/signup . Is there anyway to do this ? I am using VS 2008

thanks in advance

Answer 1

The simplest way would just be having a folder named "signup" with a default page that redirects to signup.aspx

Answer 2

Hope This Articel From Scott Gu helps

Answer 3

Another option which does not involve rewriting the URL yourself is using the ASP.NET MVC Framework which will handle that kind of stuff pretty easily.

Answer 4

If you are using ASP.NET 3.5 ASP.NET Routing could be a good choise for you.

MSDN page: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc668201.aspx

Using it with ASP.NET MVC at ScottGu blog: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/12/03/asp-net-mvc-framework-part-2-url-routing.aspx

Using it with ASP.NET 3.5: www.techbubbles.com/aspnet/aspnet-35-url-routing/

If your website runs under ASP.NET 2.0 Helicon ISAPI Rewrite could be a good choise for you. This is an IIS filter that redirects requests to your pages according to regex-based configuration file. They have a free version for one website.

Have a look at Helicon: www.isapirewrite.com

P.S. Sorry for not making links hyperlinks - "sorry, new users aren't allowed to add hyperlinks" :)