ISAPI_Rewrite or IIS Rewrite

URLs w/o extensions and redirecting w/o meta tags

[rmplmn]

We have one primary web site and a couple of lesser sites that don't require a lot of attention. We have an IIS6 web server and all we really want to do is 1) eliminate the use of file extensions and 2) use short URLs in promotional materials that redirect to more complicated URLs.

Does anyone have experience with the afore mentioned software titles and what are your recommendations? There is a free version of ISAPI, does anyone have experience with it and does it have sufficient capabilities to fulfill our requirements?

[ryan26]

ISAPI can do whatever you've explained. It's the best of its kind for IIS. I personally use it and find it to be extremely capable.

I would worry less about the software than the syntax of the regular expressions you'll need to learn. ISAPI is a module that can be installed quite easily but will require a fair bit of regex (regular expressions) familiarity to execute.

[bsterz]

I just deployed ISAPI_Rewrite in a really big migration and had no problems. The syntax is seriously different than "the real thing" though

[GaryK]

There is a free version of ISAPI, does anyone have experience with it and does it have sufficient capabilities to fulfill our requirements?

In your case the only restriction that will affect you is the free version will only work with one website. Other than that it will handle the URL rewriting the same as the regular version. I've been using the regular version for about two years now and have been very happy with it.

[rmplmn]

Thanks for the help. Much appreciated!