try for your controller:

public class HomeController : RenderMvcController  
   public   ActionResult Index(RenderModel model)
                {
                    var homeModel = new HomeModel(model.Content, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);

                    return CurrentTemplate(homeModel);
                }
 }

and for your Model

  public class HomeModel : RenderModel
    {
        public HomeModel(IPublishedContent content, CultureInfo culture) : base(content,culture) { }
        public string bodytext { get; set; }
        public string headline { get; set; }

}

Your custom model contructure can then take in the relevant IPublishedContent and cultureInfo and pass this to the Base RenderModel, so the underlying Umbraco stuff is available via Model.Content but you can then add to your custom properties in the controller

Hi Esmeraldi

What is the alias of your document type ?

home ?

If you set a breakpoint on the controller, does it get hit ? when you make a request to the url for the homepage ?

Isn't Index a virtual method in RenderMvcController?

e.g.

public class HomeController : RenderMvcController  {

    public override ActionResult Index(RenderModel model)
    {
       // Marc's code.
    }
}

Hi,

add this line to your Controller before returning the View:

        RouteData.DataTokens["umbraco"] = model;

Also Esmeraldi

What has the home doctype setup in Umbraco to use as a template ?

In your code you return View(model) which View is it returning ? and does the home doctype setup for this template ?

When you set a break point on the controller, has your HomeModel got any properties before you step over and return the view ?

Hi guys, I have the same issue. I have been following the instructions from this docu: https://our.umbraco.org/documentation/reference/routing/custom-controllers as well as from this source: https://gist.github.com/nul800sebastiaan/8641249

My umbraco version is 7.3.0. I make sure I have created a document type and it has corresponding templates but still I cant get it to work.

what else could I have missed? any help would be appreciated. thanks!

Here is my code:

Controller:

using prc.web.Models;
using Umbraco.Web.Mvc;
using Umbraco.Web.Models;

namespace myproject.Controller
{
    public class CatalogController: RenderMvcController
    {
        // GET: Books
        public override ActionResult Index(RenderModel model)
        {
            //return View();
            return base.Index(model);
        }
    }
}

Model :

  using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
    using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Runtime.Serialization;
    using Umbraco.Web;
    using Umbraco.Web.Models;
    using Umbraco.Core.Models;

    namespace myproject.web.Models
    {
        public class Catalog : RenderModel
        {
            public Catalog(IPublishedContent content)
                : base(content)
            { }

            public int BookId { get; set; }
        }
    }

View:

@using myproject.web.Models;
@inherits UmbracoViewPage<Catalog>

@{
    Layout = "Master.cshtml";
}

<h2>Catalog</h2>
<p>@Model.BookId</p>
Custom View Content

Hi Francisco

It looks like your view is expecting a custom model called Catalog that should inherit from RenderModel.

Which you have created.

With the custom BookId Property.

However when you hijack the route here:

public override ActionResult Index(RenderModel model)
        {
            //return View();
            return base.Index(model);
        }

You are only passing RenderModel to the view not your custom class.

Try:

public override ActionResult Index(RenderModel model)
        {
            //return View();
var viewModel = new Catalog(model.Content);
viewModel.BookId = 1234;

            return base.Index(viewModel);
        }

to pass your custom model to the view that is expecting it.

regards

marc

Hi Francisco

Your view will need to inherit UmbracoViewPage

so

@inherits UmbracoViewPage<Catalog>

regards

Marc

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