Make MVC URL same as old ASP.Net website - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have a website developed in dot net 2.0 I need to update that in to MVC framework. How to keep my old URLs same in MVC? For eg. WWW.something.com/Home.aspx and WWW.something.com/About.aspx. I need to keep this URL structure. Please help.

Answer 1

Use MVC routing to make your URLs the same as your old site.
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Home",
url: "Home.aspx",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "About",
url: "About.aspx",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "About" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
Note that in MVC 5 you could use attribute routing as an alternative to putting every route in the shared RegisterRoutes method.
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
// Important: Put this before your default route
// or attribute routing won't work.
routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutes();
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
public class HomeController : Controller
{
[Route("Home.aspx", Name = "Home")]
public ActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
[Route("About.aspx", Name = "About")]
public ActionResult About()
{
ViewBag.Message = "Your application description page.";
return View();
}
}
Another alternative would be just to use the new URL scheme and use the IIS rewrite module to configure 301 redirects from your old URL locations to your new ones so you don't lose any traffic and all of your old hyperlinks will still work.