Hi Folks,

I'm new to the provider stuff, so need your advise to kick off. My need is to create a module (provider) that converts the URL string from ugly format to nicer one, e.g.

from: example.com/default.aspx?tabid=55&ModuleId=422&EntryId=1326&Title=NiceArticle or
example.com/Home/tabid/55/ModuleId/422/EntryId/1326/Title/NiceArticle.aspx

to: example.com/55_422_1326_NiceArticle.aspx or example.com/NiceArticle1326.aspx

Any ideas on where do I start?

Thanks in advance!

I've read a lot of stuff like wiki, ifinity blog and some others, but still can't get to a starting point. They talk about creating friendly URLs, but not how to implement translation mechanism - the one that makes DNN understand how TabId, and other stuff I want works...

Anybody having a good link on how to start Rewriting?

Thanks!

OK, I've got the idea.

As I'm new to regex, I've opened the Config\SiteUrls.config and added the following rule:

<RewriterRule>
        <LookFor>.*(\d+)_(\d+)_(\d+)\.aspx</LookFor>
        <SendTo>~/?TabId=$1&amp;ModuleId=$2&amp;EntryId=$3</SendTo>
</RewriterRule>

which should convert 
    http://localhost/dnn/55_430_5.aspx
into
    http://localhost/dnn/?tabid=55&moduleid=430&entryid=5

but it doesn't... All it says is

The resource cannot be found.

Any help appreciated!