I have a very simple MVC site that is returning a 404 not found error when trying to load a page at the very beginning. I'm looking for some direction to troubleshoot this problem since there is really nothing to go on from the error message.
The error I'm getting is:
Description: HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its
dependencies) could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily
unavailable. Please review the following URL and make sure that it is spelled
correctly.
Requested URL: /Views/Other/Index.aspx
Below I have included the code for the various pieces, routing rules are default:
routes.MapRoute(
"Default", // Route name
"{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional} // Parameter defaults
);
The site is using nested MasterPages, not sure if this is involved with the problem but trying to include as much detail as possible.
I have:
Controllers
OtherController
Views:
Shared Folder:
Site.Master
Other Folder:
Other.Master
Index.aspx
Site.Master Code:
<%@ Master Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewMasterPage" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="TitleContent" runat="server" />
</title>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="MainContent" runat="server">
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Other.Master Code:
<%@ Master Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewMasterPage" %>
<asp:Content ID="OtherTitle" ContentPlaceHolderID="TitleContent" runat="server">
OTHER PAGE - MASTER TITLE
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="OtherPageTitle" runat="server">
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="OtherContent" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
Some other content.
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="PageContent" runat="server">
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</asp:Content>
Index.aspx Code:
<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Other/Other.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage" %>
<asp:Content ID="IndexTitle" ContentPlaceHolderID="OtherTitle" runat="server">
Home
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="IndexContent" ContentPlaceHolderID="OtherContent" runat="server">
Index content
</asp:Content>
OtherController Code
namespace MVCProject.Controllers
{
public class OtherController : Controller
{
//
// GET: /Member/
public ActionResult Index()
{
// Have also tried:
// return View("Index", "Other.Master");
return View();
}
}
}
