Redirect old .aspx urls to .php in iis?? 1

[dwest100]

Hi,
I've redesigned my blog using WordPress which I'm running on a win2k advanced server. The blog was running as .net with .aspx extensions for all the pages. It is now running under PHP.

I have a bunch of pages indexed in the search engines as

http://www.idleminutes.com/thepagename.aspx

When someone clicks on one of these pages, I want to have them taken to

http://www.idleminutes.com

instead. No particular page, just the home domain.

How can I set this up in iis?

Thanks!

 

[mrdenny]

The easiest way would be to setup a custom 404 page that redirects to the root of the domain. This can be done via the Site Properties in the IIS admin.

Denny
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[dwest100]

Hi,
Tried that but it doesn't work for some reason. The server still displays the "Server Error in '/' Application." message with the 404 error following on the same page.

I assume that implies I would need to put the custom error page on the root website??

But, I run a bunch of different sites on iis. I can't redirect errors from all of them to just one of the domains. Tht wouldn't work.

I need to redirect only a specific site's old .aspx urls to the domain of that site.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[ChrisHirst]

A 404 page is specific to the domain it is set for.

404 page and redirects



Chris.

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[dwest100]

Thanks for the assist but something is askew aside from your solution.
Have a look at this link and you'll see the resulting page from my server:

http://www.idleminutes.com/SpringHasSprung.aspx

The link is as it is listed in google.

I want to redirect to:

http://www.idleminutes.com/index.php/2006/03/21/spring-has-sprung/

I've taken your code from your link and created an asp page for the 404 error and assigned it as type File C:\WebSites\Site_IdleMinutes\404error.asp under the custom errors tab for the site.

I still get the same error page though.

Where am I missing the boat??

Thanks!

 

[ChrisHirst]

it has to be type URL

Chris.

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[dwest100]

Thanks again, but this is a .net server error. I have your page configured correctly now and if I type in the domain and a non-existent page with a .asp extension, I get your 404 error page.

However, if I type in the domain and a non-existent page with a .aspx extension, I get the afore mentioned error page.

How do I make this work for aspx extensions???

Almost there I think...I'm just clueless unfortunately

 

[ChrisHirst]

for .net you need to set custom errors in the web.config

<configuration>

   <system.web>

      <compilation debug="false" />
      <sessionState timeout="30" />
      <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="/404.asp">
         <error statusCode="404" redirect="/404.asp" />
         <error statusCode="500" redirect="/500.asp" />
      </customErrors>

   </system.web>

</configuration>

the 500 error is simply optional.
Hopefully the above code is correct, haven't got around to .net as yet.



Chris.

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Woo Hoo! the cobblers kids get new shoes.
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[dwest100]

Thanks! That set me on the right path.
Ironically, while researching this today, I determined that Google has already reindexed the entire blog and none of my .aspx pages are listed now!
So, turns out I don't even need to worry with this.
But I've learned something just the same
Thanks much!

 

[ChrisHirst]

don't be fooled by the missing pages

Google is still in update flux and you may be looking at a datacentre with a different version of the index.


Chris.

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Woo Hoo! the cobblers kids get new shoes.
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So long, and thanks for all the fish.