Asp.NET Mvc 4 Routing

Question

I'm making a blog in mvc 4 and trying make a route .

Here is how it looks now:

/About/Index

But I'd like it to look like:

/About/Firstname-Lastname

The firstname and lastname is always the same; it's not supposed to be dynamic. Here is what I have so far. I know it is because it needs to know what view show. So is there a way to say if /About/Firstname-Lastname then show Index?

routes.MapRoute(
            name: "About",
            url: "{controller}/{name}/",
            defaults:
                new
                    {
                        controler = "About",
                        action =  UrlParameter.Optional,
                        name = "firstname-Lastname"

                    }
            );

I don't believe the action can be optional. The route has to know which method on the controller to invoke. — Jay
– Jay, Commented Jul 31, 2013 at 19:34

Josh Crozier · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-14 00:08:05Z

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This should do the trick

routes.MapRoute(
    name: "About",
    url: "About/Anne-Refsgaard/",
    defaults:
        new
            {
                controler = "About",
                action =  "Index",
            }
    );

This route needs to be added before the standard route

edited Jan 14, 2016 at 0:08

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answered Jul 31, 2013 at 19:34

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4 Comments

Andre Calil Over a year ago

Looks like you were faster =)

Mikkel Refsgaard Over a year ago

Have allready tried that but just tried it again to be 100% sure i still get 404 on /About/First-Name but i hit when i request /About/Index

Claudio Redi Over a year ago

@MikkelRefsgaard: this route need to be added BEFORE default route. Have you done that?

Claudio Redi Over a year ago

@Andre Calil: It happens to all of us ;)

Andre Calil · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-31 19:47:28Z

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routes.MapRoute(
                name: "FirstnameLastname",
                url: "about/Andre-Calil",
                defaults: new { controller = "About", action = "Index" }
            );

Remember that the order of the routes matter. The first route that accepts the request will be used.

edited Jul 31, 2013 at 19:47

answered Jul 31, 2013 at 19:35

Andre Calil

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Andre Calil Over a year ago

@ChadRuppert There is no parameter, OP stated that Firstname-Lastname are fixed values. OP simply wants to modify the URL, after all. This is no joke answer.

Chad Ruppert Over a year ago

yeah, i removed my comment after I noticed that. and upvoted instead of down

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