Set index.html as the default page

Question

I have an empty ASP.NET application and I added an index.html file. I want to set the index.html as default page for the site.

I have tried to right click on the ind

Answer 1

Create a new controller DefaultController. In index action, i wrote one line redirect:

return Redirect("~/index.html")

In RouteConfig.cs, change controller="Default" for the route.

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