Building a simple site using ASP.Net MVC 3

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I'm using mvc3 to build a simple site with 5 static pages. I'm just wondering what the best practice is in this situation. So far I have only one 'Page' Controller which has 5 functions, each returning the appropriate view.

I've also updated the global.asax file to use:

routes.MapRouteLowercase(
    "Default", // Route name
    "{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
    new { controller = "Page", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
);

I realise that the general rule is use one controller for each logical unit so I figure this works out okay for a small site?

Is this a suitable approach or should I do it differently?

Thanks.

I wouldn't recommend MVC, If you are going for static pages, simply use .html files as Jakub mentioned. — Deepu Madhusoodanan
– Deepu Madhusoodanan, Commented Apr 30, 2012 at 11:52

Jakub Konecki · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-30 11:50:53Z

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Your approach is fine.

However, if you have just static pages, why do you use MVC at all? You can just deploy a bunch of .html files and be done with it.

answered Apr 30, 2012 at 11:50

Jakub Konecki

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Andy Over a year ago

Also, you can use routing as well even without asp.net mvc. routes.MapPageRoute will allow you to create a url which doesn't exactly match the path on disk (although going to the path on disk will work as well).

sterix24 Over a year ago

Thanks Jakub. I was going to build the site just as static html pages but I wanted to have the option to provide friendly urls without having to tamper with IIS :-)

sterix24 Over a year ago

Sorry Andy, how do I use routes.MapPageRoute with static pages?

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