MVC site using relative paths for links instead of view syntax

Question

EDIT!! I should add that this site runs perfectly locally. It's only when deployed that there's this issue

ORIGINAL POST:

I have a site I just put up http://splattonet0.web704.discountasp.net/

Which loads the Index view of the Home controller just fine. However, when one clicks the links to the left, the webserver is looking for the relative paths (ie E:\web\splattonet0\htdocs\Home\AboutMe) which is incorrect, since Home folder is of course under a folder called "Views"

I've made MVC sites before and have never had this problem. I can't see any difference between this or any other site I've done.

My code in my master template for the link section is as follows:

<div id="navContainer">
            <ul id="mainNav">
                <li><a href="/Home/Index" title="Home">Home</a></li>
                <li><a href="/Home/AboutMe" title="About Us">About Me</a></li>
                <li><a href="/Skills/Index" title="Skills">Skills</a></li>
                <li><a href="/Home/Resume" title="Resume">Resume</a></li>
                <li><a href="/Home/Experience" title="Experience">Experience</a></li>
                <li><a href="/Home/SitesIveDesigned" title="Websites I've developed">My Websites</a></li>
                <li><a href="/Home/References" title="References">References</a></li>
                <li><a href="/Home/Projects" title="Projects">Projects</a></li>
                <li><a href="/Home/Hobbies" title="Hobbies">Hobbies</a></li>
                ....etc
            </ul>
        </div>

I have the same problem with and without the preceeding foreslash in the href property. I've decided to keep it there since that is how my other sites (that work!) are styled.

Can anyone shed some light on this for me? Thanks!

FURTHER EDIT:

I have been asked to provide code from an MVC site on this server I have written and that works fine. The link code in the other site (YorkCentre) is the same style: <li><a href="/Controller/Action">text</a></li>

The code:

<li><a href="/News/Index">Archived News</a></li>
<li><a href="/Home/BoardOfDirectors">Board Of Directors</a></li>
<li><a href="/Media/Index">In The Media</a>
...
</ul>

Answer 1

/Home/Index should be calling the "Index" action of the "Home" controller, assuming you're using default routes. The fact that "Home" is under the "Views" folder is irrelevant for MVC.

Answer 2

If the code is the same in both locations, and the issue only happens in one, perhaps the answer lies not within the code. The following are some troubleshooting tips which may help, as I don't know exactly what the issue is without more information about the two environments.

What are the web server platforms for your local environment and the server environment? Are you using Visual Studio and Cassini locally, and IIS remotely? If so, which version of IIS? If not, what is the platform? In any event, is the target server configured correctly?

Check to make sure your routes are set up correctly on the target server. This is especially true if your target server runs IIS6 -- IIRC, IIS 6 needs some special configuration help to deal with the standard routing in ASP.NET MVC.

If all of the above don't help you trace this out, try to replicate it locally by creating a new MVC site and merely dropping your existing files into it. See if that succeeds or fails.

Do you have other successfully-executing ASP.NET MVC apps on that server? Check their configurations against your new site's.

Answer 3

I have resolved the problem! In DiscountASP I have changed the Application Pool Pipeline Mode from Classic to Integrated and that results in my views being properly rendered.