URL rewriting in iMIS

When someone visits your website, iMIS uses a URL Rewriter to determine which page to display as they navigate your site. The Rewriter parses the URL and then looks for a matching definition for the following elements, which are resolved in this order:

1.  Virtual directory name

2.  Website URL (Site designer > Manage websites, URL Name of this Website field)

3.  Links to a content folder that contains a content record with a Publish File Name of Default.

4.  URL shortcuts for a particular website (Site designer > Manage shortcuts, Shortcut field)

5.  URL shortcuts set up for All sites (Site designer > Manage shortcuts, Shortcut field)

6.  Navigation path (Site designer > Manage sitemaps, URL field)

7.  Navigation codes (Site designer > Manage sitemaps, Navigation Code field)

For example, consider the URL http://mysite.com/mbr/events. If you have a URL shortcut named events and a navigation code named events, the page associated with the URL shortcut is rendered, instead of the page associated with the navigation code.