Question

I have website that shows user submitted content in 30+ languages in front page,I am currently using paths like:

http://www.example.com?lang=en 

or if it’s not first page

 http://www.example.com?lang=en&page=2

But that really isn’t user or seo friendly.
Is there a way in mvc to route these values to something like

 http://www.example.com/en 

and

 http://www.example.com/en/2

without adding new action in-between like in this case lang:

http://www.example.com/lang/en/2

Update. Here is what I came up from Alexeis answer, in case anybody will need same thing:

In case of just language:

 routes.MapRoute("MyLang", "{lang}", new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" },new { lang = @"\D{2}"});

In case you need language and optionally page:

   routes.MapRoute("MyLang", "{lang}/{page}", new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", page = UrlParameter.Optional }, new { lang = @"\D{2}", page = @"\d+"});

It should not catch any other paths unless you have Actions with only 2 letters.

Answer 1

You don’t need “lang/” for the route to match culture. Simple “{lang}” will do as long as you order routes in a way so other routes are matched correctly. You may also consider constraints on routing parameters to limit number of conflicts.

routes.MapRoute("MyLang", "{lang}",
     new { controller = "Home", action = "Home",  }

class HomeController{
  public ActionResult Home(string lang)
  {
    return View();
  }
}