Logged in user doesn't go to the home page

Question

As a currently logged in user, when I go to the website, I'm redirected to a page that's doesn't currently exist (it sends me to the view article page, but doesn't display anything as it doesn't have any query parameters). I've searched around and found https://stackoverflow.com/a/27054856/397186 but its from a couple years ago, so I don't know if a better approach exists using Identity 2.0.

The question is: How can I redirect currently logged in users to the home page when they go to the website?

UPDATE 2016-10-08

Here are some screen shots showing the error: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B5GjmejMcNuCM3RHNXBlbGNKYWs?usp=sharing

I really don't want to go with the Session_Start method. Let's say I've bookmarked a page on the site, and when they click on that bookmark it takes them to the home page. Not very friendly.

This web app uses MVC 5.

Thank you!

Answer 1

So, this is an MVC application.

Go to App_Start\RouteConfig.cs or try to find another place where RegisterRoutes() is implemented.

Show us what this function looks like.

It should look something like:

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

Important is the part after "defaults". This should contain "Home", "Index" and not some other information

Also check that RegisterRoutes() is actually executed. It should be called from Application_Start() in your Global.asax.cs file.