WebMatrix Giving 404 with UrlRouting - webmatrix

Question

I've been trying to follow these two links on how WebMatrix does URL Routing
http://www.mikesdotnetting.com/Article/165/WebMatrix-URLs-UrlData-and-Routing-for-SEO
http://www.asp.net/web-pages/tutorials/working-with-pages/18-customizing-site-wide-behavior
From my understanding, for something like http://localhost:44893/a/xyz
WebMatrix will first for a file name /a/xyz.cshtml and if that isn't found then it will check for /a.cshtml and if that isn't found then it will check for /a/default.cshtml
I created an empty site in WebMatrix 2 Beta ( 3/5 Refresh ). I created a folder name a and created a default.cshtml file inside.
If I go to http://localhost:44893/a, I'll get the default page but if I go to http://localhost:44893/a/xyz, I'll get
HTTP Error 404.0 - Not Found
The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable
Module IIS Web Core
Notification MapRequestHandler
Handler StaticFile
Error Code 0x80070002
Requested URL http://localhost:44893/a/xyz
Physical Path C:\Code\Test\a\xyz
Logon Method Anonymous
Logon User Anonymous
Is there anything that I'm missing to setup this up?

Answer 1

You missed this part of the article:
If no matches are found during the search for files, Web Pages will
attempt to locate a default document instead. The two default
documents which work are default.cshtml and index.cshtml in that
order. However, this search is performed once, and assumes that the
URL is entirely a file path, and contains no UrlData.
The built-in routing system will always assume that the URL represents a file path. The only time a default document comes into play is when the system has already determined that a/xyz.cshtml doesn't exists, so tries to establish if xyz is a folder containing a default document. If a/xyz/default.cshtml (or index.cshtml) doesn't exist, no further attempts are made to locate a default document while trying to match this particular URL to a file path.