Question

So in IIS you can set the default document for all site folders to be say “index.aspx”.

In MVC how do I do this across a) all directories or failing that b) one directory at a time.

I have a page in [Views]/[Search]/[index.aspx]

This url works – http://www.[mysite]/search/index
but I can’t get it to work under – http://www.[mysite]/search

I have tried adding this into global.asax > RegisterRoutes

        routes.MapRoute(
                "Search",
                "{action}",
                new { controller = "Search", action = "Index" }
        );

Answer 1

MVC doesn’t use a default document, but a default route.

Your route above shows us that the default page when someone visits your website (http://example.com) will be the Index view contained within the search directory.

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The default route that gets generated with a new MVC project looks like this

    routes.MapRoute( _
        "Default", _
        "{controller}/{action}/{id}", _
        New With {.controller = "Home", .action = "Index", .id = UrlParameter.Optional} _
    )

What this means is that your routing structure would look like

• http://example.com/ (showing the “index” view within the “home” folder)
• http://example.com/about/ (showing the “index” view within the “about” folder)
• http://example.com/about/contact (showing the “contact” view within the “about” folder)