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Configuration

In order to handle the redirects, this package comes with a HTTP module - which for now must be added manuelly to Web.config. In your Web.config, search for the <system.webServer> element. Then add the following to the <modules> child element.

<remove name="RedirectsHttpModule" />
<add name="RedirectsHttpModule" type="Skybrud.Umbraco.Redirects.Routing.RedirectsHttpModule, Skybrud.Umbraco.Redirects" />

The order shouldn't matter that much, but we typically add it right after:

<remove name="UmbracoModule" />
<add name="UmbracoModule" type="Umbraco.Web.UmbracoModule,umbraco" />

In a standard Umbraco 7.5, the entire <modules> element would then look like:

<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">
	<remove name="WebDAVModule" />

	<remove name="UrlRewriteModule" />
	<add name="UrlRewriteModule" type="UrlRewritingNet.Web.UrlRewriteModule, UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewriter" />

	<remove name="UmbracoModule" />
	<add name="UmbracoModule" type="Umbraco.Web.UmbracoModule,umbraco" />

	<remove name="RedirectsHttpModule" />
	<add name="RedirectsHttpModule" type="Skybrud.Umbraco.Redirects.Routing.RedirectsHttpModule, Skybrud.Umbraco.Redirects" />

	<remove name="ScriptModule" />
	<add name="ScriptModule" preCondition="managedHandler" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptModule, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />

	<remove name="ClientDependencyModule" />
	<add name="ClientDependencyModule" type="ClientDependency.Core.Module.ClientDependencyModule, ClientDependency.Core" />

	<!-- Needed for login/membership to work on homepage (as per http://stackoverflow.com/questions/218057/httpcontext-current-session-is-null-when-routing-requests) -->
	<remove name="FormsAuthentication" />
	<add name="FormsAuthentication" type="System.Web.Security.FormsAuthenticationModule" />
	<add name="ImageProcessorModule" type="ImageProcessor.Web.HttpModules.ImageProcessingModule, ImageProcessor.Web" />
</modules>

This step is optional, but if you wish to show redirects at a global level, you can add a Redirects tab to the dashboard of the Content section. To do this, open up ~/Config/Dashboard.config, and search for the line with <section alias="StartupDashboardSection">. This particular <section> element describes the tabs of the Content section. THe Redirects tab can be added by adding the following XML as a child element:

<tab caption="Redirects">
	<access>
		<grant>admin</grant>
	</access>
	<control showOnce="true" addPanel="true" panelCaption="">/App_Plugins/Skybrud.Umbraco.Redirects/Views/Dashboard.html</control>
</tab>

With the example above, the tab will only be visible to admins. If you remove the <access> element, all your users will be able to see the tab.

The dashboard will list all redirects - for content, media and custom URLs.

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