In majority of the cases the rewrite rules are stored in web.config file in section <rewrite>. You can just copy this file (or just <rewrite> section) to another server and those rule will apply there as long as URL rewrite module is installed there.

The rewriting within sub-directory should not be much different than rewriting within the root of the web site. You can use two approaches: 1. Define rewrite rules within the web.config file located in the root folder of the web site. If you do that then your pattern and substitution URL should start...

Hello. First off, I applause to you on your engine for rewriting - it was long overdue :) So now I got into it, I read most of the articles but still - I have a question on some rewrite settings. My specific question is this: I have a directory "gallery/" within the root of the page. In that...

I think the reason you do not get the ASP.NET error about invalid characters in request is because your rewrite rule looses the "%3Cinput%20type=text%3EJoe%3Cb%3Ehello%3C/b%3E975ed9d6-8359-4866-95a2-fdf1134e26f2" after rewriting. You may want to modify your pattern and substitution URL to capture...

Check out this blog post: http://blogs.iis.net/carlosag/archive/2008/09/02/iis-7-0-and-url-rewrite-make-your-web-site-seo.aspx . It explains why and how to do it.

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Change the rule action to CustomResponse: <rule name="Block by referer" patternSyntax="Wildcard" stopProcessing="true"> <match url="*.zip" /> <conditions> <add input="{HTTP_REFERER}" negate="true" pattern="*default...

Are you using the latest Go Live release? Could your run this with the Failed Request Tracing enabled (see instructions here: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/467/using-failed-request-tracing-to-trace-rewrite-rules/ ) and then check the trace log to see how the condition input is expanded by URL rewrite...

When you tested {HTTP_REFERER}, what was the complete string inside of it?

Correct. negate=true negates the result of patter match.