forms authentication asp.net vb

Question

I have a log in page which is the home page so is located at www.domainname.com

when someone goes to this page it adds a returnurl to the string so they are at:

Answer 1

Yes, we can use the above solution. One problem here is when we are using SEO implementation. To achieve your requirement, you can use URLRewrite.

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/04/20/tip-trick-fix-common-seo-problems-using-the-url-rewrite-extension.aspx

Answer 2

Well i seemed to have done it a bit by luck.

I just changed

<authentication mode="Forms">
    <forms protection="All" loginUrl="default.aspx" defaultUrl="~/home/" />
</authentication>

To

<authentication mode="Forms">
    <forms protection="All" loginUrl="/" defaultUrl="~/home/" />
</authentication>

Answer 3

You should send them to the page you want them to default to. What you should do is create the login page on a seperate page (login.aspx) for instance and then make the default.aspx page the home page. Then when they go to default.aspx they will be redirected to login.aspx?ReturnURL=%2f .