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An organizational concept present in ASP.NET MVC, that allows the developer to partition a large web application into smaller units.

An organizational concept present in ASP.NET MVC, that allows the developer to partition a large web application into smaller, distinct units. Areas might be used to, for instance, divide an application into inventory, review, storefront, and administration modules.

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RedirectToAction between areas?

Is there a way to redirect to a specific action/controller on a different Area?
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How to specify an area name in an action link?

I have a shared master page which I am using from 2 different areas in my mvc 2 app. The master page has an action link which currently specifies the controller and action, but of course the link doesn't work if I'm in the wrong area. I see no…
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Having issue with multiple controllers of the same name in my project

I am running into the following error with my ASP.NET MVC 3 project: Multiple types were found that match the controller named 'Home'. This can happen if the route that services this request ('Home/{action}/{id}') does not specify…
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Force all Areas to use same Layout

I have the following project structure: /Views/Shared/_Layout; /Areas/Area1/Views/ControllerName/Index; ... /Areas/AreaN/Views/ControllerName/Index. Is there any way to force all areas to use the _Layout as a base layout? Is there any way to do…
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The controller for path was not found or does not implement IController

I have an MVC4 project with language selection: en nl fr de 1 main part with: About Common (for the menu) Contact Faq Home And 3 areas: Admin Customers Shop In each area I have at least one controller, for example in Admin I have the…
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How to use an Area in ASP.NET Core

How do I use an Area in ASP.NET Core? I have an app that needs an Admin section. This section requires its Views to be placed in that area. All requests that start with Admin/ will need to be redirected to that area.
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How can we set authorization for a whole area in ASP.NET MVC?

I've an Admin area and I want only Admins to enter the area. I considered adding the Authorized attribute to every controller in the Admin area. Isn't there an elegant solution or is this feature not there in the framework itself? EDIT: I'm sorry, I…
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The view 'Index' or its master was not found.

The view 'Index' or its master was not found. The following locations were searched: ~/Views/ControllerName/Index.aspx ~/Views/ControllerName/Index.ascx ~/Views/Shared/Index.aspx ~/Views/Shared/Index.ascx I got this error when using ASP.Net mvc…
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ASP.NET MVC `Html.ActionLink` between "Areas"

I have added a new Area to my MVC3 project and I am trying to link from the _Layout page to the new Area. I have added an Area called 'Admin' that has a controller 'Meets'. I used the visual studio designer to add the area so it has the correct area…
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ASP.NET MVC Areas with shared layout

I have defined an area (Admin) in my ASP.NET MVC 3 application, created _ViewStart.cshtml in that area and addedLayout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml"; to it to have a unified site layout. I also added the following code to _Layout.cshtml: if…
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How to Configure Areas in ASP.NET MVC3

Is anyone knows how to Configure Areas in ASP.NET MVC3. I read an article about Areas in here. But that article is not based on MVC3. In MVC3 there is no function named MapRootArea in RouteCollection routes which is found in…
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How do I manage MVC areas and RenderAction in different controllers?

I have just added a new Admin area to my project as its started to get quite large and I want to keep it structured. I have a _ViewStart.cshtml view which sets a shared layout page to include a menu and a partial with some user information. As this…
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ASP.NET MVC ActionLink outside area

A simple task in MVC, sometimes becomes a hard challenge. Well,i have an Area called Admin. I've a page named "Forbidden" inside the Shared's directory in this area. The goal is simple: I need to create an Html.ActionLink that generates a link to…
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Administration Area in Asp.Net MVC

My question may be obvious but I'd like to build a well-designed web application. As for any administration area, the admin should be able to list/create/delete/modify users, articles, posts, etc... I'd like to know what is the best way to design…
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ASP.NET Help Pages default home page?

I want to go to http://myserver and be able to get Help Pages as the default home page, so the first thing a guest to http://myserver should see is the Help Page. I have a default route set up like this: public static void…
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