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How can I manipulate the vanity element in a url node? This is more of a general question, because I know I can get by with vanity={2}, but a lack of proper understanding is holding me back from truly mastering my community server site.

I've seen examples like this in the SiteUrls.config:

<url name="post_InPage_Old"  path = "{0}/ShowThread.aspx#{1}" pattern = "(\d+)/ShowThread.aspx" vanity="{2}?PostID=$1^PermaPost=$2^UrlName=permalink" page="ForumUrlHandler.ashx" />

but the format confuses me. What are the $1 and $2? Where are they set?

flag	asked Oct 15 at 19:41 Greg 161●6

Muto · Answer 1 · 2009-11-04 20:57:46Z UTC

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$1 and $2 represent that matched set (anything with '()' ) found in the regular expression (pattern). More info about matched sets found here http://www.webreference.com/js/column5/backreferences.html

answered Nov 4 at 20:57

Muto
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