Removing Controller from url in a specific scenario

Question

I want to remove Controller named Home from url when user clicks on About and Contact pages in ASP.NET MVC sample application. I tried this but it is giving me a 404 error.

routes.MapRoute("Home", "{action}/{id}",
    new { controller = "Home" });

When i remove this all works perfectly.
Note I want to remove Controller name only when Controller is Home. Other Controller should remain same. Further I kept the code in Route.Config file above

 routes.MapRoute("Home", "{action}/{id}",
     new { controller = "Home" });

 routes.MapRoute(
     name: "Default",
     url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
     defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
        );

Required Result

abc.com/Home/About should shown as abc.com/About
abc.com/Home/Contact should shown as abc.com/Contact

did you study at Seneca? – Arif YILMAZ Nov 10 '16 at 20:21 — Arif YILMAZ, Nov 10 '16 at 20:21
nope. never there @ayilmaz – syed mohsin Nov 11 '16 at 07:36 — syed mohsin, Nov 11 '16 at 07:36

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 05 '13 at 04:35

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You should map new route in the global.asax (add it before the default one), for example:

routes.MapRoute("SpecificRouteforHomeController", "{action}/{id}", new {controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional});

// default route  any defalt you want
routes.MapRoute("Default", "{controller}/{action}/{id}", new {controller = "Account", action = "Login", id = UrlParameter.Optional} );

answered Sep 05 '13 at 04:35

Vinay Pratap Singh Bhadauria

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this is specific for Home/Index. I want it for Home/About and Home/Contact – syed mohsin Sep 05 '13 at 04:40
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Rex it is not working with any other controller except home and Account. What i want is it remove controller when controller name is website and pass all remaining controller and actions – syed mohsin Sep 06 '13 at 11:56

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 05 '13 at 04:33

 routes.MapRoute(
 name: "Default",
 url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
 defaults: new { controller = "DefaultControllerName", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
    );

If u will specify the controller name then this will work with that controller name. Bu if not the by default it will take controller name as DefaultControllerName.

Removing Controller from url in a specific scenario

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