Routing & Controllers

All about Umbraco's routing pipeline & the types of Controllers used in Umbraco

All about Umbraco's routing pipeline & the types of Controllers used in Umbraco, how they work, and what they are used for.

Request Pipeline

Explains how Umbraco builds its URLs and how the URLs are mapped back to content items.

Routing Properties

Describes the Umbraco special/reserved Property Type aliases that can be used to directly manipulate Umbraco's default routing pipeline. These special Property Type aliases can be useful when creating an Umbraco website.

Surface Controllers

What is a Surface Controller and how to use them?

Umbraco API Controllers

What is an API Controller and how to use them?

Custom Controllers (hijacking routes)

Creating custom controllers to have 100% full control over how your pages are rendered. Also known as: Hijacking Umbraco Routes

Custom Routes

How to specify your own custom MVC routes in your Umbraco application?

Routes & Authentication

Routing requirements for authenticated controllers for both front-end and the backoffice.

URL Tracking

Moving and renaming Umbraco documents will lead to URL redirects to be created.