I have a very simple question, rather I am just curious.
I have about 2000 pages of the url format somewebsite.com/ShowProduct.aspx?ID=223 . This particular url has a page title as 'Walking sticks for elders made from durable steel'.
Can I use URL Rewriting to convert this to a url like somewebsite.com/walking-stick-for-elders ? Also will I have do it dynamically for 2000 pages or is there any expression that can be used?
You need to have some thing which uniquely indentifies URLs just like Stackoverflow does it.
ASP.NET Web Forms URL Rewriting capability
See this question URL - Where from URL you get its for question then there is a question id and then description. I suggest you do the same.
If you are using ASP.NET 4.0 or higher version then you can do that type of URL routing very easily.
Like from this URL - http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/url-routing-with-asp-net-4-web-forms-vs-2010-and-net-4-0-series
There is also a asp.net friendly URL package form where you can write URls.
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/IntroducingASPNETFriendlyUrlsCleanerURLsEasierRoutingAndMobileViewsForASPNETWebForms.aspx
RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
If each product name is unique and stored inside the database you can easily route each SEO friendly URL to productID without manually inputing a new route in the Routing table.
