ASP.NET MVC 2: Nested folder structure

Question

I have the follow folder strucutre as default when creating a MVC project in Visual Studio:

.
├── content 
├── controllers
│   └── home
├── models 
└── views
    ├── account
    └── home
        └── index.aspx

I want to create a similar structure but WITHIN an admin folder like so:

admin
├── content 
├── controllers
│   └── home
│       └── controller
├── models 
└── views
    ├── account
    └── home
        └── index.aspx

When I try to link to /admin/home it says it can't be find. Is this method of nesting even possible?

Christina Mayers · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-23 05:05:59Z

6

I think what you want is an "Area", just right click your project and select add -> Area and name it admin. That will create following structure:

Areas
->admin
 ->controllers 
 ->models
 ->views

You might also want to checkout these sites:

both should offer a good overview of the areas concept.

answered Dec 23, 2010 at 5:05

Christina Mayers

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2 Comments

the server still can't find the folders in the area?

:) and you have to specify the routes specific to that area in *AreaRegistration.cs, and there should be a default route in there.