plugin with public store custom view getting page not found

I'm trying to add a custom page to the menu items using the mega menu from nop-templates's custom links.
this is my mapping for the route


            

routes.MapRoute("Plugin.interactions.Journal.PondCalculator",
                "Plugins/PondCalculator",
                new { controller = "JournalController", action = "PondCalculator" },
                new[] { "Nop.Plugin.Interactions.Journal.Controllers" }
            );

this is the method in the controller that does not get hit
        

public ActionResult PondCalculator()
        {
            return View("pond-calculator");
        }

in the mega menu item i have the Url set to Plugins/PondCalculator.

is there something else i need to do to make this view viable to the public store side of nop?

Hello Daniel,

You need to extend view engine context in your plugin.

Or another way is pass full path of your view in return View.
like

return View("~/Plugins/interactions.Journal.PondCalculator/Views/Journal/pond-calculator.cshtml");

It'll work.