DXA Custom controller for PageModel

Question

I want to handle PageModel using custom Controller/Action in DXA module.

I added controller:

public class CustomPageController : PageController
{
    public override ActionResult Page(string pageUrl)
    {
        return base.Page(pageUrl);
    }
}

and registered page model view:

RegisterViewModel("AssetPage", typeof(PageModel), "CustomPage");

but when I'm triyng to reach the page I get the error: No View Model registered for View 'MyWeb:Page:AssetPage'. Check that you have registered this View in the 'MyWeb' area registration.

Answer 1

The Page Controller is resolved through MVC Routing rather than through DXA View Model Registration.

In order to use a custom Page Controller, you should change the "Tridion Page Route" in RegisterRoutes in Global.asax.cs. https://github.com/sdl/dxa-web-application-dotnet/blob/master/Site/Global.asax.cs

Don't specify the third parameter in RegisterViewModel (that is intended for custom Entity Controllers).