How do I succesfully host a asp.net mvc app on shared hosting without resorting to ugly URLs?

Question

Let's assume we're talking about the recently released Beta version. Specifically I'm interested in a step-by-step tutorial or similar, and I'd be thrilled with information addressing how to do so on CrystalTech.

Answer 1

Ultimately you want a hosting environment that uses Windows Server 2008 / IIS7, which allows you configure things like mappings through the web.config rather than through IIS itself.

Failing that, your only choice is to either ask CrystalTech to enable ASP.NET wildcard mapping to your website or just stick with using .mvc extensions in your URLs.