Stop redirect from root to default.aspx

johnny_rambo

Hi,

I have an ASP.NET website and I'm trying to stop the server redirecting the root '/' to the default page '/default.aspx'. I'm on a shared host so I don't have access to IIS. Is there any way of doing this in the code or the web.config file?

Dr.Silly

Hi,

Only if it's IIS 7.

<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<defaultDocument>
<files>
<add value="YOURNEWPAGE.ASPX" />
</files>
</defaultDocument>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>

If you're using II6, don't know of another way other than URL mapping.

Evil Phil

Could you write a HttpModule to handle it for you?

johnny_rambo

Dr.Silly wrote: »

Hi,

Only if it's IIS 7.

<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<defaultDocument>
<files>
<add value="YOURNEWPAGE.ASPX" />
</files>
</defaultDocument>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>

If you're using II6, don't know of another way other than URL mapping.

This doesn't work on GoDaddy (IIS7). Is there something that needs to be configured server side?

Could you write a HttpModule to handle it for you?

I don't know if this will work....I'll look into it before I start coding it.

I thought this would be an easy thing to fix but it's proving to be a bit of a pain in the ass!

paul.mcguinness

Just create the default.aspx with inline code, remove the (Inherits="website.whatever")"

and place this directly in the aspx file so you wont need to compile it to your project dll

<script runat=server language=cs>
protected override void  OnInit(EventArgs e)
{
  string host = this.Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_HOST"];
      if ((host.ToLower().Contains("default.aspx"))
    {
              Response.Clear();
              Response.Buffer = true;
              Response.BufferOutput = true;
              Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently";
              Response.AddHeader("Location", "http://www.Yourwebsite.ie/mynewindex.aspx");
              Response.Flush();
              Response.End();
}

</script>