ASP.NET Help Pages default home page?

Question

I want to go to http://myserver and be able to get Help Pages as the default home page, so the first thing a guest to http://myserver should see is the Help Page.

I have a default route set up like this:

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
    routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

    routes.MapRoute(
        name: "Default",
        url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
        defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
        );
}

Then I have my Help Page Area registration set up like this:

public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
{
    context.MapRoute(
        "HelpPage_Default",
        "doc/{action}/{apiId}",
        new { controller = "Help", action = "Index", apiId = UrlParameter.Optional });

    HelpPageConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);
}

When I change RouteConfig's controller to "Help" I get:

The view 'Index' or its master was not found or no view engine supports the searched locations

When I change Help Page route to "{controller}/{action}/{apiId}" my AttributeRoutes stop working.

Is there some easy way to make ASP.NET Help Pages default home page?

Answer 1

I accomplished this with the following RouteConfig. I am also using ASP.Net Help Pages to auto-generate my documentation from the inline XML comments:

public class RouteConfig
{
    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

        // By default route the user to the Help area if accessing the base URI.
        routes.MapRoute(
            "Help Area",
            "",
            new { controller = "Help", action = "Index" }
        ).DataTokens = new RouteValueDictionary(new { area = "HelpPage" });
    }
}

I should also mention that I don't have any other routing in this class since I am using Attribute Routing on API methods individually.