Set "Homepage" in Asp.Net MVC

Question

In asp.net MVC the "homepage" (ie the route that displays when hitting www.foo.com) is set to Home/Index .

• Where is this value stored?
• How can I change the "homepage"?
• Is there anything more elegant than using RedirectToRoute() in the Index action of the home controller?

I tried grepping for Home/Index in my project and couldn't find a reference, nor could I see anything in IIS (6). I looked at the default.aspx page in the root, but that didn't seem to do anything relevent.

Thanks

Answer 1

Look at the Default.aspx/Default.aspx.cs and the Global.asax.cs

You can set up a default route:

        routes.MapRoute(             "Default", // Route name             "",        // URL with parameters             new { controller = "Home", action = "Index"}  // Parameter defaults         ); 

Just change the Controller/Action names to your desired default. That should be the last route in the Routing Table.

Answer 2

ASP.NET Core

Routing is configured in the Configure method of the Startup class. To set the "homepage" simply add the following. This will cause users to be routed to the controller and action defined in the MapRoute method when/if they navigate to your site’s base URL, i.e., yoursite.com will route users to yoursite.com/foo/index:

app.UseMvc(routes => {    routes.MapRoute(    name: "default",    template: "{controller=FooController}/{action=Index}/{id?}"); }); 

Pre-ASP.NET Core

Use the RegisterRoutes method located in either App_Start/RouteConfig.cs (MVC 3 and 4) or Global.asax.cs (MVC 1 and 2) as shown below. This will cause users to be routed to the controller and action defined in the MapRoute method if they navigate to your site’s base URL, i.e., yoursite.com will route the user to yoursite.com/foo/index:

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) {     routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");      // Here I have created a custom "Default" route that will route users to the "YourAction" method within the "FooController" controller.     routes.MapRoute(         name: "Default",         url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",         defaults: new { controller = "FooController", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }     ); }