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Asked: 2026-05-16T14:15:32+00:00

I want to structure my ASP.NET MVC 2 web application sensibly using Areas. The

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I want to structure my ASP.NET MVC 2 web application sensibly using Areas. The application consists of the two main parts Website which is the default part and Dashboard which administrates the site using a CMS. (Probably, more Areas will follow later on.)

How do I structure my project best? Should I …

  1. create the Area Dashboard and put the stuff belonging to the Website part into the main application folder or should I
  2. create both Areas Website and Dashboard?

Additionally, where should I place my Entity Data Model and the corresponding Repository classes that have to be accessed by both Areas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I would go with option 1. Then your urls would look like this (if you use the default routing):

    Website: http://mysite/
    Dashboard: http://mysite/dashboard

    If you change your mind later on, it’s not too difficult to move your website into an area.

    As for your “model”, I wouldn’t bother with the Models folders created by default for an MVC project. I would probably put this in its own project, give it a sensible namespace (mysite.domain or mysite.model) and reference it from the mvc app.

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