Hi Dan

I think you can get some inspiration from these blogposts http://mytechworld.azurewebsites.net/2014/06/quick-and-easy-umbraco-7-razor-contact-form/ and http://carlosmartinezt.com/2014/06/umbraco-7-and-mvc-contact-form/

Hope this helps :)

Oh, and by the way please don't do double posts - It's just going to lead to confusion etc. :)

/Jan

Jan - 

Thanks for the reply. I get an error loading the Macro on both articles:

2014-11-18 10:24:20,342 [168] WARN  umbraco.macro - [Thread 130] Error loading Partial View (file: ~/Views/MacroPartials/Footer.cshtml). Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: The model item passed into the dictionary is of type 'Umbraco.Web.Models.PartialViewMacroModel', but this dictionary requires a model item of type 'GCFC.Models.ContactModel'.

   at System.Web.Mvc.ViewDataDictionary`1.SetModel(Object value)

   at System.Web.Mvc.ViewDataDictionary..ctor(ViewDataDictionary dictionary)

   at System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage`1.SetViewData(ViewDataDictionary viewData)

   at Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoViewPage`1.SetViewData(ViewDataDictionary viewData)

   at System.Web.Mvc.RazorView.RenderView(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer, Object instance)

   at System.Web.Mvc.BuildManagerCompiledView.Render(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer)

   at Umbraco.Core.Profiling.ProfilingView.Render(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer)

   at Umbraco.Web.Mvc.ControllerExtensions.RenderViewResultAsString(ControllerBase controller, ViewResultBase viewResult)

   at Umbraco.Web.Macros.PartialViewMacroEngine.Execute(MacroModel macro, IPublishedContent content)

   at Umbraco.Web.Macros.PartialViewMacroEngine.Execute(MacroModel macro, INode node)

   at umbraco.macro.LoadPartialViewMacro(MacroModel macro)

   at umbraco.macro.renderMacro(Hashtable pageElements, Int32 pageId)

2014-11-18 10:24:21,230 [168] INFO  Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoPageResult - [Thread 130] Finished (took 2370ms)

Hi Dan

Ok, so what does your code in the controller and the footer.cshtml look like? Could you please share? Sounds like you're missing a dictionary item somewhere but not sure.

/Jan

public class ContactSurfaceController : Umbraco.Web.Mvc.SurfaceController

    {

        [ChildActionOnly]

        public ActionResult ContactForm()

        {

            var model = new ContactModel();

 

            //Initialize model however you want

            model.Name = "Enter your name";

 

            //In case you need to access the current node

            var currentNode = Umbraco.TypedContent(UmbracoContext.PageId.GetValueOrDefault());

 

            //In case you need to access the home node

            var home = currentNode.AncestorsOrSelf(0).First();

 

            return PartialView("ContactForm", model);

        }

 

 

        [HttpPost]

        public ActionResult ContactForm(ContactModel model)

        {

            // server validation here

            // TempData["ErrorMessage"] = "Error processing field ...";

 

            if (ModelState.IsValid)

            {

                var currentNode = Umbraco.TypedContent(UmbracoContext.PageId.GetValueOrDefault());

 

                var homeNode = currentNode.AncestorsOrSelf(0).First();

 

                var sendEmailsFrom = homeNode.GetPropertyValue<string>("sendEmailsFrom") ?? "[email protected]";

                var sendEmailsTo = homeNode.GetPropertyValue<string>("sendEmailsTo") ?? "[email protected]";

 

                var body = String.Format("From: {0}, Email: {1}, Tel: {2} and Message: {3}", model.Name, model.Email, model.Phone, model.Message);

                var subject = "Travel Concierge - Message Sent";

 

 

                try

                {

                    umbraco.library.SendMail(sendEmailsFrom, sendEmailsTo, subject, body, true);

 

                    TempData["InfoMessage"] = "Your message has been successfully sent and we will be in touch soon...";

 

                    // Clear all the form fields

                    ModelState.Clear();

                    model.Name = string.Empty;

                    model.Phone = string.Empty;

                    model.Email = string.Empty;

                    model.Message = string.Empty;

 

 

                    //redirect to current page to clear the form

                    return RedirectToCurrentUmbracoPage();

                }

                catch (Exception ex)

                {

                    TempData["ErrorMessage"] = ex.Message + ex.StackTrace;

                }

            }            

return CurrentUmbracoPage();

}

    }

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoViewPage<GCFC.Models.ContactModel>

 

 

@using (Html.BeginUmbracoForm<GCFC.Controllers.ContactSurfaceController>("ContactForm", new { RedirectPage = 1064 }))

{

<div class="row">

    <div class="small-10">

        <div class="row">

            <div class="small-3 columns">

                <label for="Name" class="right inline">Name</label>

            </div>

            <div class="small-9 columns">

                <input type="text" placeholder="Your name" id="Name" name="Name" />

            </div>

        </div>

        <div class="row">

            <div class="small-3 columns">

                <label for="Email" class="right inline">Email</label>

            </div>

            <div class="small-9 columns">

                <input type="email" placeholder="Your email address" id="Email" name="Email" />

            </div>

        </div>

        <div class="row">

            <div class="small-3 columns">

                <label for="Subject" class="right inline">Subject</label>

            </div>

            <div class="small-9 columns">

                <input type="text" placeholder="Regarding..." id="Subject" name="Subject" />

            </div>

        </div>

        <div class="row">

            <div class="small-3 columns">

                <label for="Message" class="right inline">Message</label>

            </div>

            <div class="small-9 columns">

                <textarea id="Message" name="Message"></textarea>

            </div>

        </div>

    </div>

    <div class="small-10">

        <div class="row">

            <div class="small-9 small-offset-3 columns">

                <input type="submit" class="button tiny" value="Send" />

            </div>

        </div>

    </div>

</div>

}

http://pixeltocode.uk/blog/umbraco/easy-umbraco-forms/

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