is it possible (URLs related question)

[nabeelisnabeel]

Hi

Lets say I have my website setup at www.abc.com. When some user browses the site, he comes accross some webforms having such URL www.abc.com/dir1/pages/page.aspx?id=4. Now what I want is that the URL visible in browser, for the above page, should be something like
www.abc.com/dir1/page.aspx?id=4.

How to accomplish this.

[Alsvha]

It is possible with "URL Rewriting" or "Friendly Urls" (name varries depending on who you talk to / read)
It is a diffuclt topic to explain easily in a post like this - although essentially the technique is quite simple - so I'd suggest you try and Google url rewrite http module.

But basically - what often is done is you develop a "http module" (basically a class library) which you attach to the website. That module will be hit on incoming requests and read the (external) url and map it and rewrite it to a another (internal) url.
So your users will see one url, but the system internally will see another.

[nabeelisnabeel]

Thank you for your time. by they way I implemented the technique just after posting this question.