How to modify route to use different path to another folder/controller?

Question

My current app structure is as follows:

Controller
    UserAdminController
    GroupsAdminController

I want to modify it the way that for each administration group I have its own folder. For example:

Controller
     UserAdmin
         -UserAdminController
     GroupAdmin 
         -GroupAdminController

And in my view I want to point to particular controller's action:

@Html.ActionLink("User Administration", "Index","/UserAdmin/UserAdmin")
@Html.ActionLink("Group Administration", "Index", "/GroupAdmin/GroupAdmin")

How can I do it?

Answer 1

You can do this in many ways, but I suggest reading up and using Areas.

Areas
     UserAdmin
         Controller
             -UserAdminController
     GroupAdmin
         Controller 
             -GroupAdminController

Also, ActionLink has many overloads one you can use needs ("text", "action", "controller", route values) as following:

@Html.ActionLink("User Administration", "Index","UserAdmin", new { area="UserAdmin" })
@Html.ActionLink("Group Administration", "Index", "GroupAdmin", new { area="GroupAdmin" })

Another option would be to have one area for Admin and just two controllers. Keep in mind that each controller gets its own folder for the views:

Areas
     Admin
         Controllers
             UserController
             GroupController
         Views
             User
                 Index.cshtml
             Group
                 Index.cshtml

Then your ActionLinks would be:

@Html.ActionLink("User Administration", "Index","User", new { area="Admin" })
@Html.ActionLink("Group Administration", "Index", "Group", new { area="Admin" })

Links would also be nicer IMHO:

/Admin/User
/Admin/Group