ASP.NET MVC Areas with shared layout
Simply specify a blank area for them if they are to be served from root controllers: <li>@Html.ActionLink(“About Us”, “About”, “Home”, new { area = “” }, null)</li>
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ASP.NET MVC `Html.ActionLink` between “Areas”
Strange indeed. Steps that worked perfectly fine for me: Create a new ASP.NET MVC 3 application using the default Visual Studio template Add an area called Admin using Visual Studio designer by right clicking on the project Add new Controller in ~/Areas/Admin/Controllers/MeetsController: public class MeetsController : Controller { public ActionResult Index() { return View(); } … Read more
The view ‘Index’ or its master was not found.
What you need to do is set a token to your area name: for instance: context.MapRoute( “SomeArea_default”, “SomeArea/{controller}/{action}/{id}”, new { controller = “SomeController”, action = “Index”, id = UrlParameter.Optional } ).DataTokens.Add(“area”, “YOURAREANAME”);
How can we set authorization for a whole area in ASP.NET MVC?
Web.config-based security should almost never be used in an MVC application. The reason for this is that multiple URLs can potentially hit a controller, and putting these checks in Web.config invariably misses something. Remember – controllers are not associated with areas, routes are associated with areas. The MVC controller factory will happily serve controllers from … Read more
How to use an Area in ASP.NET Core
In order to include an Area in an ASP.NET Core app, first we need to include a conventional route in the Startup.cs file (It’s best to place it before any non-area route): In Startup.cs/Configure method: app.UseMvc(routes => { routes.MapRoute(“areaRoute”, “{area:exists}/{controller=Admin}/{action=Index}/{id?}”); routes.MapRoute( name: “default”, template: “{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}”); }); Then make a folder named Areas in the app … Read more
The controller for path was not found or does not implement IController
I’ve found it. When a page, that is located inside an area, wants to access a controller that is located outside of this area (such as a shared layout page or a certain page inside a different area), the area of this controller needs to be added. Since the common controller is not in a … Read more
Force all Areas to use same Layout
You just have to add a file named: _ViewStart.cshtml Under each area views folder: /Areas/Area1/Views/_ViewStart.cshtml And edit the file to point to the root layout like this: @{ Layout = “~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml”; } In order for this to work, you do not have to specify a value in the view’s layout property, if you do, you … Read more
Having issue with multiple controllers of the same name in my project
The error message contains the recommended solution: “If this is the case, register this route by calling an overload of the ‘MapRoute’ method that takes a ‘namespaces’ parameter.” routes.MapRoute( “Default”, // Route name “{controller}/{action}/{id}”, // URL with parameters new { controller = “Home”, action = “Index”, id = UrlParameter.Optional }, // Parameter defaults new string[] … Read more
How to specify an area name in an action link?
Figured it out.. Html.ActionLink(“Link Text”, “ActionName”, “ControllerName”, new { Area = “AreaName” }, new{})
RedirectToAction between areas?
Did you try this?: return RedirectToAction(“action”, “controller”, new { area = “area” });