Question

When you create a ASP.NET MVC 2 web application in Visual Studio, it gives you a default MVC site. It shows 2 menus [Home] and [About]. When you hover these menus it gives you this URL:

• [Home] localhost:1234/
• [About] localhost:1234/Home/About

Why is About under Home?

I want menu links like

• [Home] localhost:1234/
• [About] localhost:1234/About

How can I do this?

Answer 1

About is under Home because it’s an action under the HomeController.

If you want to access about using /About, set up a new route in your Global.asax. Example:

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