MVC 2.0 areas and routing

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.

Re: MVC 2.0 areas and routing

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

Re: MVC 2.0 areas and routing

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.

Re: MVC 2.0 areas and routing

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)

Re: MVC 2.0 areas and routing

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'.