title: Steps to redirect url of website to wordpress site in sub folder keep same url with IIS server
body: <p>I have searched this thoroughly, but can not fine the solution for IIS 7.</p>
  
  <p>My client has an active website hosted on an IIS 7 server. I have created an WordPress website in a sub-folder of that directory.</p>
  
  <p>Example: clientSite.com   ~   clientSite.com/_dev/</p>
  
  <p>I am looking for the steps to point the entire site to _dev folder, and be fully functional but not have it show the redirect. In other words, the _dev/ never shows in the site path, even though all pages and posts of the site are in the clientSite.com/_dev/ path. Essentially, I need to strip the _dev from ever being seen. </p>
  
  <p>I have seen this done with Apache servers, but have not found anything on IIS server redirect cloaking.</p>
  
  <p>The purpose for doing this is to have the site switched to the dev site until I can change the files and database to the original site url, then turn off the redirect.</p>
  
  <p>You help is greatly appreciated!</p>