sitecore 301 redirect iis 7

Question

We are using IIS 7.5(windows 7 and integrated mode) and SiteCore 6.4. I have installed IIS Url Rewrite Feature to rediect permenetly moved url. I have setup a Test folder inside website root for which we do not have any items on sitecore content tree. I have setup url redirect for this folder using URL Rewrite feature of iis 7. But for some reason when i browse the Test folder, it is taking me to sitecore 404 page. Ideally it should redirect the page.

Rewrite rule:

<rewrite>
    <rules>
        <rule name="Sitecore_local" stopProcessing="true">
            <match url="/TestUrlRedirect/" />
            <action type="Redirect" url="http://www.google.com" />
        </rule>
    </rules>
</rewrite>

I am trying to access http://localhost/TestUrlRedirect/

- Why create the physical folder? Are there any files in it? You can setup a redirect rule without a folder. — Sean Kearney
I have created physical folder just for testing purpose. Even i delete it, it still give sitecore item not found page. I have added my redirect script in my quesion — Neil
Check that it's not another state that is using the 404 page. For example, 'no presentation'. Check web.config for the 404 path to see references. — Paul George

Sean Kearney Sean Kearney · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-07T20:41:37

(updated for actual testing url)

A working regex pattern, for the url you specified, would be configured via this rule.

Try this:

<rule name="Sitecore_local" stopProcessing="true">
    <match url="^TestUrlRedirect/(.*)" />
    <action type="Redirect" url="http://www.ascap.com" />
</rule>

Take a look at this for some starters. http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/461/creating-rewrite-rules-for-the-url-rewrite-module/

You need to set the url to a regex pattern that matches what you want.

sitecore 301 redirect iis 7

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