How to set the Default Page in ASP NET

Question

Is there any section or code which allows us to set default page in web config   For example  when people first visit my website  I want them to see CreateThing aspx rather than Default aspx   The solutions I already know    Put this line of code    Response Redirect  CreateThings aspx   in Default aspx Page Load event but this method is really naive  We can use IIS  default page configuration   but I wanna do the same thing over on my ASP NET application  This could be another solution for now    lt defaultDocument gt       lt files gt           lt clear   gt           lt add value  Default aspx    gt           lt add value  Default htm    gt           lt add value  Default asp    gt           lt add value  index htm    gt           lt add value  index html    gt           lt add value  iisstart htm    gt       lt  files gt   lt  defaultDocument gt

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Tip  84  Did you know    How to set a Start page for your Web Site in Visual Web Developer   Simply right click on the page you want to be the start page and say  set as start page    As noted in the comment below by Adam Tuliper - MSFT  this only works for debugging  not deployment

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I prefer using the following method   system webServer gt     lt defaultDocument gt       lt files gt         lt clear   gt         lt add value  CreateThing aspx    gt       lt  files gt     lt  defaultDocument gt   lt  system webServer gt

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if you are using login page in your website go to web config file   lt authentication mode  Forms  gt     lt forms loginUrl  login aspx  defaultUrl  index aspx    gt       lt  forms gt   lt  authentication gt    replace your authentication tag to above  where index aspx will be your startup page   and one more thing write this in your web config file inside    lt configuration gt      lt system webServer gt      lt defaultDocument gt       lt files gt        lt clear   gt        lt add value  index aspx    gt       lt  files gt     lt  defaultDocument gt     lt  system webServer gt      lt location path  index aspx  gt       lt system web gt         lt authorization gt           lt allow users       gt         lt  authorization gt      lt  system web gt     lt  location gt   lt  configuration gt

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If using IIS 7 or IIS 7 5 you can use   lt system webServer gt       lt defaultDocument gt           lt files gt               lt clear   gt               lt add value  CreateThing aspx    gt           lt  files gt       lt  defaultDocument gt   lt  system webServer gt    https   docs microsoft com en-us iis configuration system webServer defaultDocument

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If you are using forms authentication you could try the code below    lt authentication mode  Forms  gt   lt forms name   FORM  loginUrl  Login aspx  defaultUrl  CreateThings aspx  protection  All  timeout  30  path     gt    lt  forms gt   lt  authentication gt

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Map default aspx as HttpHandler route and redirect to CreateThings aspx from within the HttpHandler    lt add verb  GET  path  default aspx  type  RedirectHandler   gt       Make sure Default aspx does not exists   physically at your application root    If it exists physically the   HttpHandler will not be given any   chance to execute  Physical file   overrides HttpHandler mapping    Moreover you can re-use this for pages other than default aspx    lt add verb  GET  path  index aspx  type  RedirectHandler   gt      RedirectHandler cs in your App Code  using System  using System Collections Generic  using System Linq  using System Web        lt summary gt      Summary description for RedirectHandler      lt  summary gt  public class RedirectHandler   IHttpHandler       public RedirectHandler                               TODO  Add constructor logic here                        region IHttpHandler Members      public bool IsReusable               get   return true               public void ProcessRequest HttpContext context                context Response Redirect  CreateThings aspx            context Response End                endregion

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You can override the IIS default document setting using the web config   lt system webServer gt       lt defaultDocument gt         lt files gt           lt clear   gt           lt add value  DefaultPageToBeSet aspx    gt         lt  files gt       lt  defaultDocument gt     lt  system webServer gt    Or using the IIS  refer the link for reference http   www iis net configreference system webserver defaultdocument

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I had done all the above solutions but it did not work   My default page wasn t an aspx page  it was an html page   This article solved the problem   https   weblog west-wind com posts 2013 aug 15 iis-default-documents-vs-aspnet-mvc-routes  Basically  in my  App Start RouteConfig cs file  I had to add a line   public static void RegisterRoutes RouteCollection routes        routes IgnoreRoute   resource  axd   pathInfo         routes IgnoreRoute           This was the line I had to add here       routes MapRoute          name   Default           url    controller   action   id            defaults  new   controller    Home   action    Index   id   UrlParameter Optional              Hope this helps someone  it took me a goodly while to find the answer

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