Moved an internal website, now need to un-break URL bookmarks

Question

Got a client who has a website accessed over the local area network (emphasis, not over the internet). The previous version of the website was installed incorrectly as a virtual directory under the default website. So, everyone was used to going to the following address:

http://example/MyWebApp

After installing a major update, the server was configured correctly and the web application was set up as the default on the server.

http://example/

Of course, everybody is now complaining that their URLs don't work anymore. How can I configure IIS6 to un-break their bookmarks?

Answer 1

Reinoud's solution is probably the quickest fix (a bit "low-tech" but it works).

http://www.highposition.net/301-redirect-tutorial-iis/ (or any of a number of other sites Google returns for "IIS 301 redirect") has information on setting up 301/302 redirects for the "HTTP-clean" implementation, complete with screenshots.

Answer 2

The quickest way would be to create a directory called MyWebApp on the new location containing an index.html file with the following:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://example/" />