How to customize a URL to use a name different than my Controller?

Question

Hello! I'm using ASP.NET MVC to develop a website and I need to customize my URL to use a name that is not the name of my Controller.

I want to use this Class/Method names:

public class CompanyController:Controller {
    public ActionResult About() {
        return View();
    }
}

But I want to use the URL http://www.mysite.com/the-company/about-us to access my Controller/Method.

How should I proceed?

Thank you.

Answer 1

You will use URL Routing:

http://www.asp.net/learn/mvc/tutorial-05-cs.aspx

routes.MapRoute(
                "AboutUs",                                           // Route name
                "the-company/about-us",                            // URL with parameters
                new { controller = "CompanyController", action = "About" }  // Parameter defaults
            );

Answer 2

Since your question is mainly about controller naming I would (contrary to @Nissan Fan's answer) do at least this generalization, to make routing a bit more flexible and minimize the amount of routes, you'd have to define:

routes.MapRoute(
    "CompanyRoute",
    "the-company/{action}",
    new { controller = "Company", action = "About" }
);

Your controller should of course be written this way:

public class CompanyController : Controller
{
    [ActionName("about-us")]
    public ActionResult About()
    {
        return View("About");
    }
}