How to hide the real file name in the URL?

[gnewsgroup]

I see u guys talking about url rewriting, and then I came across
www.actioncarting.com, where no page seem to have an extension
like .aspx, .html, .shtml, .asp, .jsp, .php. Is this trick so-called
URL rewriting? I would like to learn this little trick. Thank you.

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"gnewsgroup" <gnews...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I see you guys talking about URL rewriting, and then I came across

> www.actioncarting.com, where no page seem to have an extension
> like .aspx, .html, .shtml, .asp, .jsp, .php. Is this trick so-called
> URL rewriting?

No.

> I would like to learn this little trick.

No trick. All they're doing is specifying a folder rather than a file. This
way, ASP.NET / IIS will search for a "default" document and use one if it
exists:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GZEZ_en-GBGB252GB252&q=IIS+default+document

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

[gnewsgroup]

Thank you. I also thought that they are simply letting the web server
retrieve the pre-defined default file. But, then only one file per
folder will be retrieved. Isn't that too troublesome?

BTW, how do u tell it is not URL rewriting? Thanks again.

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

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> Thank you. I also thought that they are simply letting the web server
> retrieve the pre-defined default file. But, then only one file per
> folder will be retrieved. Isn't that too troublesome?

Depends on your requirements, I suppose...

> BTW, how do u tell it is not URL rewriting?

Experience.

[Michael Nemtsev [MVP]]

Hello gnewsgroup,

if you look on their site stucture, u will see that they have the different
url for each page, which could means that all pages are just index.aspx or
default.aspx . Actually I checked into Fiddler and it's php pages.

so, if u type /index.php in the end of url in will open you the same page,
but not the index2.php

---
WBR,
Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP] :: blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo

g> Mark Rae [MVP] wrote:
g>

>> "gnewsgroup" <gnews...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:35f2929e-927d-4477...@24g2000hsh.googlegroups.com
>> ...
>>
>>> I see you guys talking about URL rewriting, and then I came across
>>> www.actioncarting.com, where no page seem to have an extension
>>> like .aspx, .html, .shtml, .asp, .jsp, .php. Is this trick
>>> so-called
>>> URL rewriting?
>> No.
>>
>>> I would like to learn this little trick.
>>>
>> No trick. All they're doing is specifying a folder rather than a
>> file. This
>>
>> way, ASP.NET / IIS will search for a "default" document and use one
>> if it
>>
>> exists:
>>
>> http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&r
>> lz=1T4GZEZ_en-GBGB252GB252&q=IIS+default+document
>>
>> --
>> Mark Rae
>> ASP.NET MVP
>> http://www.markrae.net

g> Thank you. I also thought that they are simply letting the web server
g> retrieve the pre-defined default file. But, then only one file per
g> folder will be retrieved. Isn't that too troublesome?
g>
g> BTW, how do u tell it is not URL rewriting? Thanks again.
g>

[gnewsgroup]

OK. thank you. In any case, I can get the same effect thru url
rewriting, right?

[gnewsgroup]

That's what I thought, but dismissed it bec'z I think it is too
troublesome to have to create one folder per file.

[Michael Nemtsev [MVP]]

Hello gnewsgroup,

Why not?! they dont have a big structure.
it's about 10-15 pages

---
WBR,
Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP] :: blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo

g> That's what I thought, but dismissed it bec'z I think it is too

g> troublesome to have to create one folder per file.
g>