// Called when the user submits the apply filters form to the view listings page
        public ActionResult ApplyListingsFilters(ViewListingsViewModel model)
        {
            CoreysListEntities db = new CoreysListEntities();

            // check filters
            if (model.HasImageFilter == true && model.PostedTodayFilter == true)
            {
                model.Listings = db.Listings.Where(l => l.CreatedDate == DateTime.Now && l.Images.Count() > 0 && l.CityID == model.CityId && l.SubCategoryID == model.SubCatId).ToList();
            }
            else if (model.PostedTodayFilter == true)
            {
                model.Listings = db.Listings.Where(l => l.CreatedDate == DateTime.Now && l.CityID == model.CityId && l.SubCategoryID == model.SubCatId).ToList();
            }
            else if (model.HasImageFilter == true)
            {
                model.Listings = db.Listings.Where(l => l.Images.Count() > 0 && l.CityID == model.CityId && l.SubCategoryID == model.SubCatId).ToList();
            }
            else
            {
                model.Listings = db.Listings.Where(l => l.CityID == model.CityId && l.SubCategoryID == model.SubCatId).ToList();
            }

            // return the filtered listings
            return View("ViewListings", model);
        }
 // called when a user clicks a subcategory id to view listings
 public ActionResult Index(int subcategoryId)
 {
     // check to make sure city id cookie is populated
     if (Request.Cookies["cityId"] != null)
     {
         // return the view listings with the city and subcategory id
         int cityId = Convert.ToInt32(Request.Cookies["cityId"].Value);
         ViewListingsViewModel model = new ViewListingsViewModel(cityId, subcategoryId);
         return View("ViewListings", model);
     }
     else
     {
         // there is no selected city id so send user to locator to chose a city
         LocatorViewModel locatorModel = new LocatorViewModel();
         Response.Redirect("/Home/Locator");
         return View();
     }
 }