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  gameover

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  MVC 2.0 areas and routing

  May 15, 2010 06:26 PM|LINK

  Amigos,

  I'm attempting to create an area within my application called 'Admin'. Within this area I have the subfolders 'Blog', 'Dashboard', 'Newsletters'. 'Blog' will have its own subfolders 'Posts', 'Tags' and 'Comments'. I've created an AreaRegistration class for the area 'Admin':

  using System.Web.Mvc;
  
  
  namespace FirstSolution.Web.Controllers.Admin
  {
      public class AdminAreaRegistration : AreaRegistration
      {
          public override string AreaName
          {
              get
              {
                  return "Admin";
              }
          }
  
  
          public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
          {
              context.MapRoute(
                  "Admin_default",
                  "Admin/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                  new { action = "Index", id = "" },
                  new string[] { "FirstSolution.Web.Controllers.Admin" }
                  );
          }
      }
  }

  I'm successfully able to link to 'Admin''s subfolders using Html.ActionLink("Admin/Dashboard", "Index", "Dashboard", new { area = "Admin" }, null). But I'm having difficulty linking to 'Admin/Blog/Posts'. I attempted to define a new area for 'Admin/Blog':

  
  

  using System.Web.Mvc;
  
  namespace FirstSolution.Web.Controllers.Admin.Blog
  {
      public class BlogAreaRegistration : AreaRegistration
      {
          public override string AreaName
          {
              get
              {
                  return "Admin/Blog";
              }
          }
  
          public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
          {
              context.MapRoute(
                  "Admin_Blog_default",
                  "Admin/Blog/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                  new { action = "Index", id = "" },
                  new string[] { "FirstSolution.Web.Controllers.Admin.Blog" }
                  );
          }
      }
  }

  But I can't link to 'Admin/Blog' subfolders. For example when attempting to link to 'Admin/Blog/Posts' via Html.ActionLink("Admin/Blog/Posts", "Index", "Posts", new { area = "Admin/Blog" }, null) I receive a "resource can not be found" error. I'm assuming the method I'm mapping these subfolders is incorrect. Any assistance is appreciated. Also note, that I'm using Sharp Architecture framework 1.5.2 too.

  • Edited by gameover on May 15, 2010 08:30 PM
  • Edited by gameover on May 15, 2010 08:34 PM
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  Nick_Uk

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  Re: MVC 2.0 areas and routing

  May 15, 2010 09:43 PM|LINK

  Any chance you could post up the file hierarchy for your solution (relevant to the admin area)?

  
  

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  Re: MVC 2.0 areas and routing

  May 15, 2010 10:02 PM|LINK

  

  Hey Nick. Thanks for the reply! Below is the file hierarchy. Let me know if you need any more information.

  
  

  Admin

  Admin/Blog

  Admin/Blog/Posts

  Admin/Blog/Posts/Index.aspx
  

  Admin/Dashboard

  Admin/Dashboard/Index.aspx
  

  Admin/Newsletters

  Admin/Newsletters/Index.aspx
  

  Admin/Shared

  
  

  After reading a little more on areas and routing it seems like defining a Blog area underneath Admin is unnecessary. I think I may need to add a new map route to the Admin area. Something similiar to:

  context.MapRoute(
                  null,
                  "Admin/Blog/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                  new { action = "Index", id = "" },
                  new string[] { "FirstSolution.Web.Controllers.Admin.Blog" }
                  );

  
  But I have been unsuccessful in creating the proper route.
  

  • Edited by gameover on May 15, 2010 10:07 PM
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  Re: MVC 2.0 areas and routing

  May 16, 2010 02:47 AM|LINK

  you are thinking in a wrong diection. First of all, In routing there is no one to one relationship between folder name and route.

  I will suggest you to read the core routing to understand what is behind the scene.

  I will recommend the Routing chapter  of following books,

  Professional ASP.NET MVC(Rob Conery,...), Pro ASP.NET MVC(Steve Sanderson), Programming Microsoft ASP.NET MVC (Dino Espatio)

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  • Edited by imran_ku07 on May 16, 2010 02:49 AM
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  gameover

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  Re: MVC 2.0 areas and routing

  May 18, 2010 02:20 AM|LINK

  Thank you for the recommendations.

  I was able to resolve my issue. I removed the "Blog" area and created a custom route within the "Admin" area to manage the 'Blog'.
  

  • Marked as answer by KeFang Chen - MSFT on May 21, 2010 07:40 AM