public ActionResult StartIssue(BlogModel model) { BlogModel newModel = new BlogModel(); if (model.Title.StringSafe().Length == 0 || model.BlogContent.StringSafe().Length == 0) { newModel.Message = "You must include an issue and a Main Item"; } else { int iRet = model.AddTopic(model.Title, model.BlogDate, model.UserID, model.BlogContent); if (iRet < 1) { newModel.Message = "The program did not create a new record - a report has been generated"; } else { newModel.Message = ""; } } return(View("Index", newModel)); }