ASP.NET MVC Turn "Keywords/Tokens" in View to Html Helper Code

Question

In ASP.NET we have an editor that allows editors to type in content. We will like the functionality to enter some custom pre-built widgets/modules by simply typing in as an example:

[Facebook-Comments]

Then store that in the database.

When we are rendering the Page, we would like to parse any occurrences of [Facebook-Comments] or any widgets we have and turn them into either:

<% Html.RenderPartial("Facebook"); %>

or hopefully a subroutine of some sort where I can parse or run the code through another action (kinda like the RenderAction, but that is not included in this release)

Once this is done, feed it through to the normal life cycle of how a Page gets rendered.

[EDIT] Question is: What is the best approach of accomplishing this?

Answer 1

Cool. Sounds like a useful feature. Have fun coding it, and do let us know if you have any questions.