Question

Is there any section or code which allows us to set default page in web.config?

For example, when people first visit my website, I want them to see CreateThing.aspx rather than Default.aspx.

The solutions I already know:

1. Put this line of code => Response.Redirect("CreateThings.aspx") in Default.aspx Page_Load event but this method is really naive.

2. We can use IIS (default page configuration,) but I wanna do the same thing over on my ASP.NET application.

3. This could be another solution for now:

   <defaultDocument>
       <files>
           <clear />
           <add value="Default.aspx" />
           <add value="Default.htm" />
           <add value="Default.asp" />
           <add value="index.htm" />
           <add value="index.html" />
           <add value="iisstart.htm" />
       </files>
   </defaultDocument>
   

Answer 1

If using IIS 7 or IIS 7.5 you can use

<system.webServer>
    <defaultDocument>
        <files>
            <clear />
            <add value="CreateThing.aspx" />
        </files>
    </defaultDocument>
</system.webServer>

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/configuration/system.webServer/defaultDocument/