Adding the task to the project file to publish to a more sane directory.

src/WebApi.Template/WebApi.Template.csproj

@@ -266,4 +266,28 @@
   </Target>
   <Target Name="AfterBuild">
   </Target> -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <PackagePath Condition=" '$(PackagePath)'=='' ">Website</PackagePath>
+    <EnableAddReplaceToUpdatePacakgePath Condition=" '$(EnableAddReplaceToUpdatePacakgePath)'=='' ">true</EnableAddReplaceToUpdatePacakgePath>
+  <PackageDependsOn>
+    $(PackageDependsOn);
+    AddReplaceRuleForAppPath;
+  </PackageDependsOn>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Target Name="AddReplaceRuleForAppPath" Condition=" '$(EnableAddReplaceToUpdatePacakgePath)'=='true' ">
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <_PkgPathFull>$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath($(WPPAllFilesInSingleFolder)))</_PkgPathFull>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- escape the text into a regex -->
+    <EscapeTextForRegularExpressions Text="$(_PkgPathFull)">
+      <Output TaskParameter="Result" PropertyName="_PkgPathRegex" />
+    </EscapeTextForRegularExpressions>
+    <!-- add the replace rule to update the path -->
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <MsDeployReplaceRules Include="replaceFullPath">
+        <Match>$(_PkgPathRegex)</Match>
+        <Replace>$(PackagePath)</Replace>
+      </MsDeployReplaceRules>
+    </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>  
 </Project>