Admin plugin route

Yes, I can change my admin url.  (in the future I may also add a public part)
I'll try it out.  Thanks

Geralt,
I finally got back to this.  Your 5-part url works!   Thanks.

Hi All

As per above discussions, I rewrite my route to
routes.MapRoute("Plugin.Orders.LineItems.List","Admin/Plugins/LineItems/Admin/List",
                 new { controller = "LineItems", action = "List" },
                 new[] { "Nop.Plugin.Orders.LineItems.Controllers" }
            ).DataTokens.Add("Area", "Admin");
            

But now its hiving me an error ;
[HttpException (0x80004005): A public action method 'RssHeaderLink' was not found on controller 'Nop.Admin.Controllers.NewsController'.]
   System.Web.Mvc.Controller.HandleUnknownAction(String actionName) +146
   System.Web.Mvc.Controller.ExecuteCore() +133
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerBase.Execute(RequestContext requestContext) +97
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerBase.System.Web.Mvc.IController.Execute(RequestContext requestContext) +10
   System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClassb.<BeginProcessRequest>b__5() +37
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass1.<MakeVoidDelegate>b__0() +21
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass8`1.<BeginSynchronous>b__7(IAsyncResult _) +12
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +62
   System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClasse.<EndProcessRequest>b__d() +50
   System.Web.Mvc.SecurityUtil.<GetCallInAppTrustThunk>b__0(Action f) +7
   System.Web.Mvc.SecurityUtil.ProcessInApplicationTrust(Action action) +22
   System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +60
   System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.System.Web.IHttpAsyncHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult result) +9
   System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClassa.<EndProcessRequest>b__9() +23
   System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClass4.<Wrap>b__3() +12
   System.Web.Mvc.ServerExecuteHttpHandlerWrapper.Wrap(Func`1 func) +38

[HttpException (0x80004005): Execution of the child request failed. Please examine the InnerException for more information.]
   System.Web.Mvc.ServerExecuteHttpHandlerWrapper.Wrap(Func`1 func) +110
   System.Web.Mvc.ServerExecuteHttpHandlerWrapper.Wrap(Action action) +65
   System.Web.Mvc.ServerExecuteHttpHandlerAsyncWrapper.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult result) +71
   System.Web.HttpServerUtility.ExecuteInternal(IHttpHandler handler, TextWriter writer, Boolean preserveForm, Boolean setPreviousPage, VirtualPath path, VirtualPath filePath, String physPath, Exception error, String queryStringOverride) +1072

[HttpException (0x80004005): Error executing child request for handler 'System.Web.Mvc.HttpHandlerUtil+ServerExecuteHttpHandlerAsyncWrapper'.]
   System.Web.HttpServerUtility.ExecuteInternal(IHttpHandler handler, TextWriter writer, Boolean preserveForm, Boolean setPreviousPage, VirtualPath path, VirtualPath filePath, String physPath, Exception error, String queryStringOverride) +3058371
   System.Web.HttpServerUtility.Execute(IHttpHandler handler, TextWriter writer, Boolean preserveForm, Boolean setPreviousPage) +77
   System.Web.HttpServerUtility.Execute(IHttpHandler handler, TextWriter writer, Boolean preserveForm) +28
   System.Web.HttpServerUtilityWrapper.Execute(IHttpHandler handler, TextWriter writer, Boolean preserveForm) +22
   System.Web.Mvc.Html.ChildActionExtensions.ActionHelper(HtmlHelper htmlHelper, String actionName, String controllerName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, TextWriter textWriter) +497
   System.Web.Mvc.Html.ChildActionExtensions.Action(HtmlHelper htmlHelper, String actionName, String controllerName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues) +88
   System.Web.Mvc.Html.ChildActionExtensions.Action(HtmlHelper htmlHelper, String actionName, String controllerName) +10
   ASP._Page_Views_Shared__Root_cshtml.Execute() in c:\Work\Anju\Projects\nopCommerce_2.20_Source\Presentation\Nop.Web\Views\Shared\_Root.cshtml:39
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy() +272
   System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage.ExecutePageHierarchy() +81
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage) +187
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer) +52
   System.Web.WebPages.<>c__DisplayClass7.<RenderPageCore>b__6(TextWriter writer) +203
   System.Web.WebPages.HelperResult.WriteTo(TextWriter writer) +42
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageExecutingBase.WriteTo(TextWriter writer, HelperResult content) +45
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.Write(HelperResult result) +48
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.RenderSurrounding(String partialViewName, Action`1 body) +178
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.PopContext() +338
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage) +196
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer) +52
   System.Web.WebPages.<>c__DisplayClass7.<RenderPageCore>b__6(TextWriter writer) +203
   System.Web.WebPages.HelperResult.WriteTo(TextWriter writer) +42
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageExecutingBase.WriteTo(TextWriter writer, HelperResult content) +45
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.Write(HelperResult result) +48
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.RenderSurrounding(String partialViewName, Action`1 body) +178
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.PopContext() +338
   System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage) +196
   System.Web.Mvc.RazorView.RenderView(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer, Object instance) +220
   System.Web.Mvc.BuildManagerCompiledView.Render(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer) +115
   System.Web.Mvc.ViewResultBase.ExecuteResult(ControllerContext context) +303
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResult(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionResult actionResult) +13
   System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClass1c.<InvokeActionResultWithFilters>b__19() +23
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilter(IResultFilter filter, ResultExecutingContext preContext, Func`1 continuation) +260
   System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClass1e.<InvokeActionResultWithFilters>b__1b() +19
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultWithFilters(ControllerContext controllerContext, IList`1 filters, ActionResult actionResult) +177
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeAction(ControllerContext controllerContext, String actionName) +343
   System.Web.Mvc.Controller.ExecuteCore() +116
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerBase.Execute(RequestContext requestContext) +97
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerBase.System.Web.Mvc.IController.Execute(RequestContext requestContext) +10
   System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClassb.<BeginProcessRequest>b__5() +37
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass1.<MakeVoidDelegate>b__0() +21
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass8`1.<BeginSynchronous>b__7(IAsyncResult _) +12
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +62
   System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClasse.<EndProcessRequest>b__d() +50
   System.Web.Mvc.SecurityUtil.<GetCallInAppTrustThunk>b__0(Action f) +7
   System.Web.Mvc.SecurityUtil.ProcessInApplicationTrust(Action action) +22
   System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +60
   System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.System.Web.IHttpAsyncHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult result) +9
   System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +8963149
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +184

Someone please help me ...

Try adding the admin layout to the top of your view if it's not already there...

@{
    Layout = "~/Administration/Views/Shared/_AdminLayout.cshtml";
}

Thanks alot for the quick response.. I was able to fix that issue the same way you suggested :) .

Now I am using Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.MenuItemBuilder to build menu Item for My admin plugin. But I actually want to add my menu Item under 'Sales' menu which is coded in sitemap.xml. Is it possible to do it within my plugin?

Thanks in advance

Although I bet just editing the sitemap.xml file would work, I'm sure you want to do everything from within your plugin. Saying that, I have never tried to add a new menu item to an existing admin section, so I'm unsure how you would do that within your plugin. I have only used the menuItemBuilder to add it to the plugin dropdown.

Maybe someone else that has done this before could jump in.

Thought I'd try my luck here with another routing question before making another thread.

So far no issues since I started using the 5 part url discussed in this thread... having said that... In trying to add a standard delete button to my plugin in the edit view, it seems I can't figure out a way to get the Html.DeleteConfirmation helper extension to use the url format my plugin can understand.

The url I am trying to generate is "Admin/Plugin/Dealer/Admin/Delete/#"

Example 1:

@Html.DeleteConfirmation("dealer-delete")

creates the url of "/Admin/DealerAdmin/Delete/#"

Example 2:

@Html.DeleteConfirmation("Plugin/Dealer/Admin/Delete", "dealer-delete")

creates the url of "/Admin/DealerAdmin/Plugin/Dealer/Admin/Delete/#"

Which is close, but not exact. The DealerAdmin is the name of the controller in this case, and I can't seem to find a way to get it from being used. My temporary fix was just to add a new maproute to match with the extended delete url that included the controller name, but it seems very wrong to make a new route just for this one delete action.

Looking at one of the SevenSpikes plugins, it seems to use the format in Example 1, yet the plugin itself uses a 5 part url (viewing the page source I see "/admin/Plugins/SevenSpikes/HomePageSlidersAdmin/Edit?id=#" vs "/Admin/HomePageSlidersAdmin/Delete/#"), so I have no idea what wizard like magic they are using to do what I am trying to also accomplish. :)

So I found another way to use the Html.DeleteConfirmation extension without adding a new map route just for a single delete call (as noted in the post right above this one)

From within my plugin, I just made a new 3 parameter DeleteConfirmation as noted:

public static MvcHtmlString DeleteConfirmation<T>(this HtmlHelper<T> helper, string actionName, string controllerName, string buttonsSelector = null) where T : BaseNopEntityModel

This way I can use a 5 part admin url.

@Html.DeleteConfirmation("Delete", "Plugin/Dealer/Admin", "dealer-delete")

And it will resolve as:

/Admin/Plugin/Dealer/Admin/Delete/#

Still I'm thinking, there has to be easier way to do this, and I'm just missing something.

Anyone any suggestions on adding new menu item from 'Sales' dropdown menu.
As I want to do everything within my plugin , i dont want to edit sitemap.xml.

Thanks in advance

For those interested in extending the admin menu without editing the sitemap.xml, I just found an example of how to do so. Have your plugin class implement the IAdminMenuPlugin interface, and add the following method for starters.

public class MyPlugin : BasePlugin, IMiscPlugin, IAdminMenuPlugin
{
...
       public virtual void BuildMenuItem(Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.MenuItemBuilder menuItemBuilder)
       {
              menuItemBuilder.Text("Plugin 1 (With image)").Url("/Link-to").ImageUrl("http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-mvc/Content/Common/Icons/Suites/rep.png");
       }
}