How to set a default page on an MVC app?

I would like to have my base URL go to a specific category of an online store (a NopCommerce online store if that makes a difference). The URL of the category is: http://myUrl.com/c/6

After reading a few posts including Scott Gutherie’s post about MVC routing I thought I could just add the following code to my Global.ascx.cs file:

    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

        //register custom routes (plugins, etc)
        var routePublisher = EngineContext.Current.Resolve<IRoutePublisher>();
        routePublisher.RegisterRoutes(routes);

        routes.MapRoute(
                "Default", // Route name
                "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
                new { controller = "Catalog", action = "Category", id = 6 },
                new[] { "Nop.Web.Controllers" }
        );
    }

But this didn’t seem to work. How can I accomplish what I am trying to do?

I have little experience with MVC so I apologize if any of this does not make sense.

Answers:

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Method 1

looks like the most interesting bits are in the nopcommerce source code. the default route is registered as

    routes.MapLocalizedRoute("HomePage",
                    "",
                    new { controller = "Home", action = "Index"},
                    new[] { "Nop.Web.Controllers" });

you’ll basically want to register your default route first, before the //register custom routes comment. should end up looking like this:

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
    routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

    routes.MapRoute(
            "Default", // Route name
            "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
            new { controller = "Catalog", action = "Category", id = 6 },
            new[] { "Nop.Web.Controllers" }
    );

    routes.MapRoute(
        "CustomHome", // Route name
        "", // URL with parameters
        new { controller = "Catalog", action = "Category", id = 6 },
        new[] { "Nop.Web.Controllers" }
    );

    //register custom routes (plugins, etc)
    var routePublisher = EngineContext.Current.Resolve<IRoutePublisher>();
    routePublisher.RegisterRoutes(routes);


}

the first route may not even be necessary. i’m not sure. never worked with nopcommerce.

Method 2

Try just write this in RegisterRoutes method

    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

        routes.MapRoute(
            "Default", // Route name
            "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
            new { controller = "Catalog", action = "Category", id = 6 } // Parameter defaults
        );

    }

it is must set your default page from /Catalog/Category/6

I don’t understand why you write this line new[] { "Nop.Web.Controllers" }

Method 3

In order to avoid any future conflicts with updates in NopCommerce, what I would do is to create a new RouteProvider.cs inside my theme folder as this:

~/Themes/MyTheme/Infrastructure/RouteProvider.cs

Then put this code inside:

namespace Nop.Web.Themes.MyTheme.Infrastructure
{
public class RouteProvider : IRouteProvider
{
    public void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        routes.MapLocalizedRoute("CustomHome",
                        "",
                        new { controller = "Catalog", action = "Category", Id = 6 },
                        new[] { "Nop.Web.Controllers" });

    }

    public int Priority
    {
        get
        {
            return 10;
        }
    }
}

Method 4

have you tried:

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
    routes.MapRoute(
            "Default", // Route name
            "Catalog/Category/6"
    );
}

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