I have a html.actionlink that i wish to display a link to a members profile page like this: http://somesite.com/members/{username}
When use the following markup
<%= Html.ActionLink(r.MemberName, "profile", new { MemberName = r.MemberName } )%>
I get a link that looks like this: http://somesite.com/members?MemberName={username}
What would i need to change in the ActionLink helper to achieve a url like this:
http://somesite.com/members/{username}
Assuming in your routes the username token is {username} like you show, try this:
<%= Html.ActionLink(r.MemberName, "profile", new { username = r.MemberName } )%>
You should add the route that maps "/members/{MemberName}" before other routes in the routing table.
Thanks for both your responses... I did not have my route matching the value name.
Simply ensuring that my route url matched made it work.
Here's my code....
//Global.asax
routes.MapRoute(
"Profile",
"members/{membername}",
new { controller = "Members", action = "Profile", memberName = "" }
);
//In the Controller
public ActionResult Profile(string memberName)
{
return View();
}
//My Action Link
<%= Html.ActionLink(r.MemberName, "profile", new { memberName = r.MemberName })%>
Thanks again