iis 7 - asp.net site default document in subfolder

Question

My default document is in subfolder not in root how can i make it default in asp.net 2.0 website.

Tried iis7 default document setting to '/pages/default.aspx' '~/pages/default.aspx' but it didn't work.

Answer 1

Default document is not the same as start page. Default document means if I requested mysite.com/somefolder and didn't specify a file, which file should IIS display.

If you want to use a specific page as your home page, create a Default.aspx file and write this in it's codebehind class:

public override void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) {
    context.Response.Redirect("pages/default.aspx", true);
}

As the client might have disabled Javascript, a server side approach would be more reliable. However it's best to issue a permanent redirect instead of a simple Response.Redirect. Also doing it using JS will be bad from a SEO point of view.