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I’m trying to get .htm/.html redirection working and having problems.

I’m using IIS6, DNN 5.1.4 and URLmaster 1.15.

In web.config I added...

    <httpHandlers>
        ...
        <add verb="*" path="*.htm" type="System.Web.UI.PageHandlerFactory" />
        <add verb="*" path="*.html" type="System.Web.UI.PageHandlerFactory" />
        ...
    </httpHandlers>

In IIS6 I added .htm and .html pointing to ... C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\FRAMEWORK\V2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll ... and ensured “Verify that file exists” is not clicked.

In IIS6 does it matter what the “Custom Errors” 404 entry is ... mine points so “/Default.aspx”?

In “Advanced Regex Filters” I removed .htm and .html.

I tested the redirection in “Test Url Rewriting and Redirecting Functions” and it works and gets a 301.

However, I still get a 404 error – it’s as if URLmaster is not getting a look in and it’s being rejected by IIS.

I know I’ve missed something! Any ideas?
 

After some trial and error (mostly error) I found the offending line in web.config...

     <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="/Default.aspx" />

... I set this ages ago – well before installing URLmaster. Removing the line means that URLmaster is now seeing the requests and does 301 the specific URLs that I enter.

However, I’m still getting 404s for URLs that I haven’t added to URLmaster. I have the “Action for Pages which have been deleted, disabled or have expired” = “301 redirect to site Home Page” ... but it’s not doing that - I just get 404 in the browser.

Any ideas?