URL Mapping - Change Default.aspx to virtual page after first page load

Question

i want to have virtual page instead of Default.aspx like :
www.mydomain.com/Default.aspx -> www.mydomain.com/Virual-Page
after opening my url in browser.

How could i change web.config to get that goal?

The codes below in web.config does not work....

<urlMappings enabled="true">
  <add url="~/Virtual-Page" mappedUrl="~/Default.aspx"/>
</urlMappings>

Answer 1

you need this package: ASP.NET Friendly URL's how to implement can be found on Hanselman's Blog

Add this to your global.asax file

void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
        RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
}

Add a reference at the top of the Global.asax file as shown below:

using System.Web.Routing;

this automatically rewrites your URL.

If you want to keep default.aspx, use the URL Mapping:

<urlMappings enabled="true">
    <add url="~/Virtual-Page" mappedUrl="~/default.aspx" />
</urlMappings>

Add a rewrite rule to redirect your base URL, with URL Rewrite

<system.webServer>
  <rewrite>
    <rules>
      <rule name="Rewrite to Virtual-Page">
        <match url="(.*)" />
        <action type="Redirect" url="~/Virtual-Page" redirectType="Permanent" />
      </rule>
    </rules>
    </rewrite>
  </system.webServer>

If you can't use URL rewrite add a response.redirect in the global.asax begin request:

void Application_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
    if (!HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.ToString().ToLower().Contains("http://localhost/Virtual-Page"))
    {
                HttpContext.Current.Response.Redirect(HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.ToString().ToLower().Replace("http://localhost/", "http://localhost/Virtual-Page"));
    }