url.action not returning an url

Question

my url.action wont return a href..

i have seen this question: Url.Action not outputting URL

but it did not seem to answer my question since i only use an action name and a controller name...

this is my anchor:

<a href="@Url.Action("HomePage", "HomePage")" class="logo"><strong>News page / blog</strong> by Name.</a>

it just returns an empty href=""...

my controller name is HomePageController, and my ActionResult is HomePage().

EDIT: i am also using umbraco on the project.

Answer 1

Custom controllers in Umbraco should inherit from Umbraco.Web.Mvc.SurfaceController.

If you were to set up your controller like this:

using System.Web.Mvc;
using Umbraco.Web.Mvc;

public class HomePageController : SurfaceController
{
    public ActionResult HomePage()
    {
        return View();
    }
}

@Url.Action("HomePage", "HomePage") would then return "/umbraco/surface/homepage/homepage".