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Tim Gerhard 6 posts 86 karma points

Jun 25, 2018 @ 11:17
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Umbraco Custom Section Controller not found
Umbraco v.7.11.0 assembly: 1.0.6743.18592

Hi, I am currently trying to extend my Umbraco Website with a custom section which should have a custom controller and a custom .cshtml view. I successfully managed to add the section by adding the following line in applications.config:
```
<add alias="gamesection" name="Spielverwaltung" icon="icon-game" sortOrder="8" />
```
I also added the following lines of codes inside Dashboard.config
```
  <section alias="StartupSpielverwaltungDashboardSection">
    <areas>
      <area>gamesection</area>
    </areas>
    <tab caption="Spielverwaltung übersicht">
      <control>/Spielverwaltung/Index</control>
    </tab>
  </section>
```
and created a Controller (and obviously some views) in the following location:

~/Controllers/BackendController/SpielverwaltungController.cs

Now the section does appear, but apparently Umbraco fails to find my controller. I get the following Error Message: "Request error: The URL returned a 404 (not Found) /Spielverwaltung/Index

Does anyone know why my controller isn't found? Where did I go wrong?

Any help appreciated!

Kind regards, Tim
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Alex Brown 129 posts 620 karma points

Jun 25, 2018 @ 14:12

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Have you got the code for your controller?

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Tim Gerhard 6 posts 86 karma points

Jun 26, 2018 @ 05:55

This is my code:

using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace ludozh7.Controllers.BackendController
{
    public class SpielverwaltungController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View("~/Views/BackendViews/Index.cshtml");
        }

        public ActionResult Add()
        {
            return View("~/Views/BackendViews/Add.cshtml");
        }
    }
}

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Alex Brown 129 posts 620 karma points

Jun 26, 2018 @ 07:00

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Now I don't want to lead you down the wrong path but I normally see people use Angular controllers which call TreeControllers in the backend.

Here's a good guide: https://skrift.io/articles/archive/sections-and-trees-in-umbraco-7/

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Tim Gerhard 6 posts 86 karma points

Jun 26, 2018 @ 07:03

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I know this one would probably work, but I am more looking for a simple mvc view and a mvc controller. Obviously I will use angular inside the mvc view but I don't need a tree or anything like that.

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Dave Woestenborghs 3504 posts 12135 karma points MVP 9x admin c-trib

Jun 26, 2018 @ 07:37

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Hi Tim,

I guess you are trying to create a custom dashboard instead of a custom section ?

There is a tutorial for that : https://our.umbraco.com/documentation/Tutorials/Creating-a-Custom-Dashboard/

There is one issue in the tutorial : https://our.umbraco.com/forum/extending-umbraco-and-using-the-api/92396-custom-dashboard-and-sqlce

But combining that with some bits from the skrift article mentioned here should get you started using angular.

I would recommend you to use angular/webapi to extend the backend. It's the recommended way and it's much easier to get help from the community.

Dave

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Tim Gerhard 6 posts 86 karma points

Jun 26, 2018 @ 07:48

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Hi, I've decided to go with a html page and a angular controller which will then call my web api controller to retrieve some data from the database.

I'll mark your answer as a solution though.

Have a nice one and thanks for your help!

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