Hi Bruno,

I'd use a class inheriting from ApplicationEventHandler for routing - override the ApplicationStarting method and copy your routes in there.

Hi Bruno,

You should be using ApplicationEventHandlers to hook into the application startup.

Then you should also use RouteTable.Routes.MapUmbracoRoute, which allows to add a VirtualNodeHandler. The last one gives you the possibility to map a route to a Node in your umbraco tree.

Kind regards
Damiaan

Hi james and Damiaan

Thanks for your replies :)

First of all I've restored global.asax to it's original state :)

Then I've placed an UrlRoute.cs in the app_code folder and moved the route to it, so right now it looks like this:

using Umbraco.Core;
using Umbraco.Core.Events;
using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
using Umbraco.Core.Models;
using Umbraco.Core.Services;
using System.Web.Routing;

namespace UrlRoute.EventHandlers
{
    public class RegisterEvents : ApplicationEventHandler
    {
        protected override void ApplicationStarting(UmbracoApplicationBase umbracoApplication, ApplicationContext applicationContext)
        {
            RouteTable.Routes.MapPageRoute("Route1_StudentAge", "age/{j}", "~/test");
        }
    }
}

So far so good :) No compiling errors :) Obviously this isn't enough, just for fun I tried domain.dk/age/123/ and of course I got a 404 :)

Kind regards, Bruno

Hmm. I can't seem to get it working. I'm sure I have to do something with global.asax but it won't accept anything I put in it.

Like Damiaan said try the MapUmbracoRoute. Here are the docs: https://our.umbraco.org/documentation/reference/routing/custom-routes

Another blog: https://shazwazza.com/post/custom-mvc-routes-within-the-umbraco-pipeline/

Jeroen

Hi Jeroen

Thanks, I did take a look at it but the docs seemed to be incomplete :) Anyway, did a fast rewrite, but that just leaves me just as stuck as before :)

using Umbraco.Core;
using Umbraco.Core.Events;
using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
using Umbraco.Core.Models;
using Umbraco.Core.Services;
using System.Web.Routing;
using Umbraco.Web.Mvc;

namespace UrlRoute.EventHandlers
{
    public class RegisterEvents : ApplicationEventHandler
    {
        protected override void ApplicationStarting(UmbracoApplicationBase umbracoApplication, ApplicationContext applicationContext)
        {
            RouteTable.Routes.MapUmbracoRoute(
                        "Route1_StudentAge", 
                        "age/{j}",
                        new{
                         controller = "MyTest",
                         j = UrlParameter.Optional
                        },
                        new UmbracoVirtualNodeByIdRouteHandler(1264)
        );
        }
    }
}

I've got the using directives completely wrong...

Kind regards, Bruno

And you do have a "MyTest" controller right? Do you get an exception? Or just a 404 error?

Hi Damiaan

Sorry, I may be a bit of a noob in this area :) But,

First of all I get this error:

Compiler Error Message: CS1061: 'System.Web.Routing.RouteCollection' does not contain a definition for 'MapUmbracoRoute' and no extension method 'MapUmbracoRoute' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Web.Routing.RouteCollection' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

When I change the code to:

using Umbraco.Core.Events;
using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
using Umbraco.Core.Models;
using Umbraco.Core.Services;
using System.Web.Routing;
using Umbraco.Web.Mvc;
using Umbraco.Web.Models;

namespace UrlRoute.EventHandlers
{
    public class RegisterEvents : ApplicationEventHandler
    {
        protected override void ApplicationStarting(UmbracoApplicationBase umbracoApplication, ApplicationContext applicationContext)
        {
            /*RouteTable.Routes.MapUmbracoRoute(
                        "Route1_StudentAge", 
                        "age/{j}",
                        new{
                         controller = "MyTest",
                         j = UrlParameter.Optional
                        },
                        new UmbracoVirtualNodeByIdRouteHandler(1264)
        );*/
        }
    }

    public class MyTestController : RenderMvcController
    {
        public ActionResult Product(RenderModel model, string j)
        {


        }
    }
}

I get this one:

Compiler Error Message: CS0246: The type or namespace name 'ActionResult' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Haha things are getting a bit more complicated than what I started out with :)

Kind regards, Bruno

Hi again

I think I'll drop this approach, as I can't seem to get it to work. I'll try through urlrewriting.config again - which means new thread.

Hi David

Thanks :) I'll have a look and learn :)

Kind regards, Bruno

Wow!

The ImmoUrlSegmentProvider is the EXACT code (including comments) I shared at a codegarden with someone a few years ago.

Love to see it is still served as an example.

Kind regards
Damiaan

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