An exciting day for me - the latest version of the Url Master module has been released.  This is a major upgrade of the module and introduces even more functionality.

What’s new in Url Master 2.0

The main areas where the 1.x versions could be improved was in these key areas:

- Portal specific settings : most of the settings were specific to an entire DotNetNuke installation and all settings were applied to all portals.

- Multi-Language Urls : On a Multi-Language (ML) site, the Urls for the secondary languages all used the same domain name, and all used the same page names.  They also carried the /language/en-US style path parameters as the way of specifying which language to use both in core features (like logon/logoff links) and in content modules (using the myriad of third-party content localization modules).

- 404 Error Handling : A large shortcoming of the ASP.NET platform is the use of a 302 redirect to handle the 404 Error page.  I understand the reasons for doing it this way, but in the modern web, working with search engines is very important, and search engines want to know which links are dead and which to index.

- User Interface : There was no hiding the fact the old interface was more focused on getting as many options into a page as possible and less focused on making those options understandable by the majority of DNN site owners and administrators.  The old interface made little effort to separate out the basic, understandable settings from the complicated (and frightening to the uninitiated) advanced settings.

- Performance and Memory Management : The Url Master module runs a cached index of DotNetNuke pages.  This new version has improvements to reduce the size of the cache and to reduce the number of lookups used.   Other code refactoring has resulted in detecting much earlier in the logic when to redirect, preventing rewriting from occurring on Urls which are to be redirected anyway.

What is Url Master?

Url Master is a Url Rewriting/ Friendly Url solution for DotNetNuke.  The Url Master module gives you total control over your DotNetNuke urls.  Much more than just a Friendly Url provider, the module allows creation of custom Urls, custom redirects and is full of features to improve the way the Urls on your site look and work.  The module is one of the most important enhancements you can make to your DotNetNuke site when performing SEO tasks and has all the tools to make your site rank higher.

Read more and download a free trial from the Url Master Product Page

Upgrading from Url Master 1.x Versions

Version 2.0 is a paid upgrade from Url Master 1.x versions.  If you'd like to upgrade, please visit the Url Master Version Upgrade page.  The upgrade is done by simply installing the new version in the Module Installer, but you first need to obtain a new licence keyfile for the new version.

If you have purchased a copy of Url Master since 22nd June 2010, then you've already got an updated licence keyfile and can install the new version.

More Information

Read more about the new features and in-depth discussion of what these can do at the Url Master Version 2.0 Release Announcement