How to add new html page in project ASP.NET?

Question

I try to add new static HTML page in project, for this I added link from one page to new page:

<a class="contact__item-link" href="~/Views/Home/Faq.cshtml" target="_blank">FAQ</a>

Also created file in Views/Home/Faq.cshtml. It does not work

cshtml is not a static HTML page and it won't be treated as such. — Brian Mains, Mar 14 '17 at 22:47
`html`. and you may have to allow static pages in your route config — ps2goat, Mar 14 '17 at 22:52
How? Please explain me. And how to set path in HTML template on another page — Darama, Mar 14 '17 at 22:52

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

By default, you cannot directly browse View in ASP.Net MVC. You will need Controller, Action Method and View.

For example,

public class HomeController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult Faq()
    {
        return View();
    }
}

Then you can use either

@Html.ActionLink("FAQ", "Faq", "Home", new { target = "_blank" })

OR

<a href="@Url.Action("Faq", "Home")" target="_blank">FAQ</a>

FYI: Although you can modify to serve cshtml file; it is not a recommended approach in regular ASP.Net MVC. You can read more here.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 14 '17 at 22:58

If you really mean html then it is html e.g. foo.html (or .htm if you want)
cshtml is not "static" as stated in the comments. Unless your site is an ASP.Net WebPages web site, then cshtml (and vbhtml) "files" are restricted by default.
- If you have an ASP.Net Application (e.g. MVC), then you can override this behavior (but likely not what you would want)

Hth.

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