Is it possible to set the default web site to redirect to a virtual directory in IIS

Question

Can you set up a website to make a default redirect to a virtual directory?

I tried to do this but it overrode every single website in my setup to that redirect.

I want to be able to open http://mywebsite/ and have that redirect somewhere.

Answer 1

For IIS 6, set the content source to "Another directory".

IIS 7 introduces URL rewriting which lets you easily build a rule to do this redirect.

Answer 2

Have you tried editing/creating the Default.html in your wwwroot folder?

The following Javascript will redirect to where you want:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
    window.location = "http://mywebsite/virtualfolder"
//-->
</script>

Answer 3

I would do the redirection from /default.asp. You can use something like:

<%
' code to check the request here
...
' Redirect to directory of your choice
response.redirect "http://myserver/somedir/"
%>

Though note that this won't be transparent to the user. They will see the URL they typed in change.

JR