nopCommerce is based on ASP.NET (MVC) and it follows the IRouteProvider interface for registering the routes during the application start event. All the routes are registered in the “Route Provider” class in the Nop.Web project.

In order to view the “Route Provider” class, go to: Nop.Web/Infrastructure/RouteProvider.cs.

You will see the route registration of the pages like homepage, login & shopping cart etc:

using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;
using Nop.Web.Framework.Localization;
using Nop.Web.Framework.Mvc.Routes;

namespace Nop.Web.Infrastructure
{
    public partial class RouteProvider : IRouteProvider
    {
        public void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
        {
            //We reordered our routes so the most used ones are on top. It can improve performance.

            //home page
            routes.MapLocalizedRoute("HomePage",
                            "",
                            new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" },
                            new[] { "Nop.Web.Controllers" });

            //widgets
            //we have this route for performance optimization because named routes are MUCH faster than usual Html.Action(...)
            //and this route is highly used
            routes.MapRoute("WidgetsByZone",
                            "widgetsbyzone/",
                            new { controller = "Widget", action = "WidgetsByZone" },
                            new[] { "Nop.Web.Controllers" });


            //MyNewPage
            routes.MapLocalizedRoute("ThisIsMyNewCustomPage",
                            "MyNewPage/",
                            new { controller = "MyNewPage", action = "Index" },
                            new[] { "Nop.Web.Controllers" });


            //login
            routes.MapLocalizedRoute("Login",
                            "login/",
                            new { controller = "Customer", action = "Login" },
                            new[] { "Nop.Web.Controllers" });
            //register
            routes.MapLocalizedRoute("Register",
                            "register/",
                            new { controller = "Customer", action = "Register" },
                            new[] { "Nop.Web.Controllers" });
            //logout
            routes.MapLocalizedRoute("Logout",
                            "logout/",
                            new { controller = "Customer", action = "Logout" },
                            new[] { "Nop.Web.Controllers" });

            //shopping cart
            routes.MapLocalizedRoute("ShoppingCart",
                            "cart/",
                            new { controller = "ShoppingCart", action = "Cart" },
                            new[] { "Nop.Web.Controllers" });
            //wishlist
            routes.MapLocalizedRoute("Wishlist",
                            "wishlist/{customerGuid}",
                            new { controller = "ShoppingCart", action = "Wishlist", customerGuid = UrlParameter.Optional },
                            new[] { "Nop.Web.Controllers" });

You can use this “Route Provider” class for the following:

• Plugins custom routes
• New custom pages

Example of registering route for Contact us page in nopCommerce:

 //contact us
            routes.MapLocalizedRoute("ContactUs",
                            "contactus",
                            new { controller = "Common", action = "ContactUs" },
                            new[] { "Nop.Web.Controllers" });

Hope it helps!

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