URL Rewriting in ASP.NET with No Code

http://urlrewriter.net/ provides a great little tool for URL rewriting in ASP.NET. I used this on a site where SEO was of particular concern. The best part was that it required no code.

Instead of mydomain.com/reader/Default.aspx?id=12345&type=book I could enable links like mydomain.com/reader/Default.aspx/12345/book.

Here's how I enabled this using Web.config:

<configuration>
  <!--...-->
  <configSections>
    <!--...-->
    <!-- For URLRewriter -->
    <section
        name="rewriter"
        requirePermission="false"
        type="Intelligencia.UrlRewriter.Configuration.
              RewriterConfigurationSectionHandler,
              Intelligencia.UrlRewriter" />
  </configSections>
 
  <system.web>
    <!--...-->
    <httpModules>     
      <add 
          name="UrlRewriter" 
          type="Intelligencia.UrlRewriter.RewriterHttpModule, 
                Intelligencia.UrlRewriter"/>
    </httpModules>
  </system.web>
 
  <rewriter>
    <rewrite 
        url="~/reader/Default.aspx/(.*)/(.*)/$"
        to="~/reader/Default.aspx?id=$1&type=$2" />
    <rewrite 
        url="~/reader/Default.aspx/(.*)/(.*)$" 
        to="~/reader/Default.aspx?id=$1&type=$2" />
  </rewriter>
 
</configuration>