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Prevent subdirectory from being a part of the link?

I am currently refactoring my website and I noticed that my nested structure shows up like I'm browsing through File Explorer. I couldn't find anything on the web about preventing that from showing up that way.

I like to ensure my project is nice and organized and this results in pages that are sometimes up to 5 layers deep (basic example):

mywebsitedotcom/gaming/2d/arcade/pong.aspx

I would prefer this to look like:

mywebsitedotcom/gaming/pong.aspx

How do I ensure the web address doesn't display part of my organizational structure?

Solution

  • You could use something called UrlMapping.

    It is an element that goes in your web.config and it will similar to this:

    <system.web>

<urlMappings enabled="true">

    <add url="~/gaming/2d/arcade/pong.aspx"
        mappedUrl="~/gaming/pong.aspx"/>

    <add url="~/anotherurl/another.aspx"
        mappedUrl="~/otherurl/otherpage.aspx"/>

</urlMappings>