ASP.Net MVC Routing: How to catch the root of a website? - asp.net-mvc-3

Question

In my global.asax I have three routes:
//MemberHome is supposed to handle urls like http://localhost/johndoe
routes.MapRoute(
"MemberHome", // Route name
"{username}",
new { controller = "PublicMember", action = "Index", username = "username" }
);
//Home is supposed to catch http://localhost/
routes.MapRoute(
"Home",
""
);
// the default way of doing things..
routes.MapRoute(
"Default",
"{controller}/{action}/{id}",
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
The problem is, I can get them to work separtely (just home or just MemberHome)
But when they are both activated its either Home or MemberHome which gives me a 404 resource not found..
Any idea how I can get this work?

Answer 1

You need to set the first part of the route to something distinct. Eg:
routes.MapRoute(
"MemberHome", // Route name
"MemberHome/{username}",
new { controller = "PublicMember", action = "Index", username = "username" }
);
or:
routes.MapRoute(
"Default",
"Home/{action}/{id}",
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
That way they will be distinct. Whichever one is given the fixed part of the route should come first, as otherwise the route handler will match the wildcard one first...