How to map a route for /News/5 to my news controller

Question

I am trying to identify how to map a route for /News/5 to my news controller.

This is my NewsController:

public class NewsController : BaseController
{
          


        

Answer 1

You need to make sure your new route is before your default route, like so:

    routes.MapRoute(
        "NewsAbbr", // Route name
        "{controller}/{id}", // URL with parameters
        new { controller = "News", action = "Index", id = -1 } // Parameter defaults
    );


    routes.MapRoute(
        "News", // Route name
        "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
        new { controller = "News", action = "Index", id = -1 } // Parameter defaults
    );