Question

net mvc 3 and trying to create a blog application. I want to have a url which contains a urlheader such as:

Blog/Details/Third-post

However, I am getting a url which is this:

Blog/Details/3?urlHeader=Third-post

what am I doing wrong?

My blog controller is as follows:

public ViewResult Details(int id, string urlHeader)
{
    var blogs = blogrepository.GetBlog(id);
    var recentblogs = blogrepository.FindRecentBlogs(5);
    var archivelist = blogrepository.ArchiveList();
    BlogDetailsViewModels viewModel = new BlogDetailsViewModels { Blog = blogs, RecentBlogs = recentblogs, ArchiveList = archivelist };
    return View(viewModel);
}

and the route method is as follows:

 routes.MapRoute(
        "BlogDetail", // Route name
        "Blog/Details/{urlHeader}", // URL with parameters
        new { controller = "Blog", action = "Details" }, // Parameter defaults
        new { urlHeader = "" } // Parameter constraints
    );

and the link is as follows:

@Html.ActionLink(Model.Title , "Details", "Blog", new { id = Model.BlogID, urlHeader = Model.UrlHeader }, null)

Answer 1

You could have the following routes:

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
    routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

    routes.MapRoute(
        "Blog",
        "Blog/Details/{id}/{urlHeader}",
        new { controller = "Blog", action = "Details", urlHeader = UrlParameter.Optional },
        new { id = @"\d+" }
    );

    routes.MapRoute(
        "Default",
        "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
        new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
    );
}