How to rewrite URL (remove Controller name) in MVC4 website?

Question

Hello I am working on MVC4 website. I want to apply following functionality for URL. 1- When user type mywebsite.com/Home or  http://mywebsite.com/Home  in addressbar and press enter website should show www.mywebsite.com in addressbar Can anybody suggest me how to set this?

Midhun T P · Answer

Hi So you are telling that you need to redirect  websitename.com  to www. websitename.com . Right? Then just check below threads - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3197319/asp-net-mvc-how-to-redirect-a-non-www-to-www-and-vice-versa http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2175975/asp-net-mvc-301-redirect-from-www-domain-com-to-domain-com

Nanji Mange · Answer

@Midhun It doesn't work. Let me tell you again. When user Type websitename.com/Home or websitename.com/Home/Index in addressbar and press enter it should redirect to Home which is currently working but it should be written www.mywebsite.com in address bar. Currently when user typewebsitename.com/Home/Index it shows the same URL websitename.com/Home/Index Please suggest

Ahmed Abdi · Answer

The best option and for your SEO is to use canonical tag. link rel = canonical href = http://mywebsite.com/ /> https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/139066?hl=en

Midhun T P · Answer

Hi Please go through below thread- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12495577/mvc-rewrite-url-to-display-domain-only