ASP.NET Help Pages default home page?

Question

I want to go to http://myserver and be able to get Help Pages as the default home page, so the first thing a guest to http://myserver should see is the Help Page.

I have a default route set up like this:

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) {     routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");      routes.MapRoute(         name: "Default",         url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",         defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }         ); } 

Then I have my Help Page Area registration set up like this:

public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context) {     context.MapRoute(         "HelpPage_Default",         "doc/{action}/{apiId}",         new { controller = "Help", action = "Index", apiId = UrlParameter.Optional });      HelpPageConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration); } 

When I change RouteConfig's controller to "Help" I get:

The view 'Index' or its master was not found or no view engine supports the searched locations

When I change Help Page route to "{controller}/{action}/{apiId}" my AttributeRoutes stop working.

Is there some easy way to make ASP.NET Help Pages default home page?

Answer 1

I accomplished this with the following RouteConfig. I am also using ASP.Net Help Pages to auto-generate my documentation from the inline XML comments:

public class RouteConfig {     public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)     {         routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");          // By default route the user to the Help area if accessing the base URI.         routes.MapRoute(             "Help Area",             "",             new { controller = "Help", action = "Index" }         ).DataTokens = new RouteValueDictionary(new { area = "HelpPage" });     } } 

I should also mention that I don't have any other routing in this class since I am using Attribute Routing on API methods individually.