ASP.NET MVC Folder Controller Html.ActionLink

Question

I have the following code in my Site.Master page of an almost empty ASP.NET MVC Project.

<li>
    <%= Html.ActionLink("Home", "Index", "Home")%>
</li>
<li>
    <%= Html.ActionLink("Feed List", "FeedList", "Home")%>
</li>
<li>
    <%= Html.ActionLink("Monitored Feeds", "MonitoredFeeds", "Home")%>
</li>
<li>
    <%= Html.ActionLink("About", "About", "Home")%>
</li>

I haven't added anything more than a Folder to the Views Folder called Feeds. In the Feeds folder I have two Views; FeedList.aspx and MonitoredFeeds.aspx. I also added the following code to the HomeController as below.

    [HandleError]
public class HomeController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        ViewData["Title"] = "The Reporter";
        ViewData["Message"] = "Welcome to The Reporter.";
        return View();
    }

    public ActionResult About()
    {
        ViewData["Title"] = "About Page";
        return View();
    }

    public ActionResult FeedList()
    {
        ViewData["Title"] = "Feed List";
        return View();
    }

    public ActionResult MonitoredFeeds()
    {
        ViewData["Title"] = "Monitored Feeds";
        return View();
    }
}

No matter what I do though, whenever I click on the links to the pages, the following error is displayed.

Server Error in '/' Application.
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The view 'FeedList' or its master could not be found. The following locations were searched:
~/Views/Home/FeedList.aspx
~/Views/Home/FeedList.ascx
~/Views/Shared/FeedList.aspx
~/Views/Shared/FeedList.ascx 
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 

Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: The view 'FeedList' or its master could not be found. The following locations were searched:
~/Views/Home/FeedList.aspx
~/Views/Home/FeedList.ascx
~/Views/Shared/FeedList.aspx
~/Views/Shared/FeedList.ascx

Source Error: 

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.  

Stack Trace: 


[InvalidOperationException: The view 'FeedList' or its master could not be found. The following locations were searched:
~/Views/Home/FeedList.aspx
~/Views/Home/FeedList.ascx
~/Views/Shared/FeedList.aspx
~/Views/Shared/FeedList.ascx]
   System.Web.Mvc.ViewResult.FindView(ControllerContext context) +493
   System.Web.Mvc.ViewResultBase.ExecuteResult(ControllerContext context) +199
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResult(ActionResult actionResult) +105
   System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClass13.<InvokeActionResultWithFilters>b__10() +39
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilter(IResultFilter filter, ResultExecutingContext preContext, Func`1 continuation) +385
   System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClass15.<InvokeActionResultWithFilters>b__12() +61
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultWithFilters(ActionResult actionResult, IList`1 filters) +386
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeAction(ControllerContext controllerContext, String actionName) +736
   System.Web.Mvc.Controller.ExecuteCore() +180
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerBase.Execute(RequestContext requestContext) +96
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerBase.System.Web.Mvc.IController.Execute(RequestContext requestContext) +36
   System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.ProcessRequest(HttpContextBase httpContext) +377
   System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.ProcessRequest(HttpContext httpContext) +71
   System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.System.Web.IHttpHandler.ProcessRequest(HttpContext httpContext) +36
   System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +181
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +75




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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.3053; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.3053 

Have I missed something? Do I need to add the Feeds folder somewhere? Does Feeds need to go where I have "Home" listed in the links? I've even tried that and still got the error.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Your controller is called "Home", therefore your views should be in the Views/Home folder, not in Views/Feeds.

The error message clearly states that it is searching for ~/Views/Home/FeedList.aspx and ~/Views/Home/FeedList.ascx

Answer 2

Create a FeedsController.cs and move these to that controller

public ActionResult FeedList()
{
    ViewData["Title"] = "Feed List";
    return View();
}

public ActionResult MonitoredFeeds()
{
    ViewData["Title"] = "Monitored Feeds";
    return View();
}

Then fix these to use the Feeds controller

<li>
    <%= Html.ActionLink("Feed List", "FeedList", "Feeds")%>
</li>
<li>
    <%= Html.ActionLink("Monitored Feeds", "MonitoredFeeds", "Feeds")%>
</li>