IIS url rewrite regex pattern not working

Question

I am using IIS 8.0 and Umbraco 7. I am trying to make a url like this: testdomain.com/somecategory?page=2 look like testdomain.com/somecategory/page/2. I created a rewrite rule but it doesn't work I always get a HTTP Error 500.52 - URL Rewrite Module Error.

<rule name="pageNationRule" stopProcessing="true">
   <match url="(.+)/(page)/(\d+)(|/)$"/>
      <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAny">
        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
      </conditions>
   <action type="Rewrite" url="{R:1}?{R:2}={R:3}"/>
</rule>

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Answer 1

You will have to setup these rules in UrlRewrite.config in /config folder in your umbraco websites root. To add new rule:

<add name="produktidrewrite" 
    virtualUrl="^~/product/(.*).aspx" 
    rewriteUrlParameter="ExcludeFromClientQueryString" 
    destinationUrl="~/product.aspx?productid=$1" 
    ignoreCase="true" />

Or you can add a custom route in your code. Create a new class which inherit from from Umbraco.Core.ApplicationEventHandler Overwrite ApplicationStarted to add your rules. Like this:

protected override void ApplicationStarted(UmbracoApplicationBase umbracoApplication, ApplicationContext applicationContext)
{
    //Custom route
    RouteTable.Routes.MapRoute(
    "SomeName",
    "Something/{action}/{id}",
    new
    {
        controller = "ControllerName",
        action = "Index",
        id = UrlParameter.Optional
    });
}

Answer 2

The error was probably because you had an extra / in the opening match tag. D'oh.

However, to simplify the rule you should be able to use:

<rule name="pageNationRule" stopProcessing="true">
   <match url="(.+)/page/(\d+)/?$" ignoreCase="true">
   <action type="Rewrite" url="{R:1}?page={R:2}"/>
</rule>