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• 07-27-2008, 7:48 PM

  msa2000 Joined on 07-27-2008, 7:21 PM Posts 3

  URL rewrite module on shared hosting Reply Contact I'm using GoDaddy's shared hosting with IIS7 and it supports the URL rewrite module, but I'm not sure how to use it.  I also don't have access to the IIS manager. Does anyone have step-by-step instructions on how to use the rewrite module with shared hosting?  Do I implement it through the web.config file? I'm using classic ASP (not sure if that matters). Thanks.

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• 07-27-2008, 10:08 PM

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  ksingla Joined on 06-14-2006, 3:02 AM Redmond, WA Posts 562	Re: URL rewrite module on shared hosting Reply Contact Yes, you should put rewrite rules in web.config. See creating distributed rules section in this walkthrough. All URL rewrite walkthroughs are here. -Kj

• 07-27-2008, 11:14 PM

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  msa2000 Joined on 07-27-2008, 7:21 PM Posts 3

  Re: URL rewrite module on shared hosting Reply Contact I've tried using the examples in this article, http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/468/using-global-and-distributed-rewrite-rules/, but they don't seem to work for me. I'm unable to use the "global rewrite rule" example because I don't have access to the IIS manager. I've tried using the "distributed rules" example (ie, made a "blog" folder, added a web.config file and article.aspx file), but I get a "500 - Internal server error." I've also noticed that anytime I put a <rewrite> element in the <system.webServer> element of my web.config file, I get a 500 error. Any advice?  Has anyone been able to get this to work with GoDaddy? Thanks.

• 07-28-2008, 11:23 AM

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  ksingla Joined on 06-14-2006, 3:02 AM Redmond, WA Posts 562	Re: URL rewrite module on shared hosting Reply Contact If you are getting 500 error when you put <rewrite> in web.config, that means either URLRewriter module for IIS 7.0 is not installed on the server or rewrite sections are not delegated. You probably need to follow up with GoDaddy to find if URLRewriting is available to you and how you should use it. -Kj

• 07-28-2008, 6:27 PM

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  msa2000 Joined on 07-27-2008, 7:21 PM Posts 3	Re: URL rewrite module on shared hosting Reply Contact Thanks for the information.  I sent an email message to GoDaddy's support team (and included your comments), and here was their reply: "While we do support this function on our Windows Hosting Account using IIS 7.0 we are unable to assist customers with creating custom coding to utilize this feature." Any other suggestions?

• 07-28-2008, 11:45 PM

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  ksingla Joined on 06-14-2006, 3:02 AM Redmond, WA Posts 562	Re: URL rewrite module on shared hosting Reply Contact I don't think trying to configure a module in web.config should be considered as "custom coding". You should check with them how they recommend people to configure rewrite rules. Thanks. Kj

• 07-29-2008, 12:42 AM

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  ruslany Joined on 07-01-2007, 3:38 PM Redmond, WA Posts 207	Re: URL rewrite module on shared hosting Reply Contact I do not think that the URL rewriting offered by GoDaddy.com right now is what IIS team has released. I think this is most likely some custom solution. http://ruslany.net
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• 11-26-2008, 1:40 PM

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  sskurnick Joined on 11-26-2008, 1:39 PM Posts 1	Re: URL rewrite module on shared hosting Reply Contact  Were you ever able to get this working?  I'm having the same issue.