private void SetViewLocations() { //these are the originals: //base.AreaViewLocationFormats = new string[] { "~/Areas/{2}/Views/{1}/{0}.cshtml", "~/Areas/{2}/Views/{1}/{0}.vbhtml", "~/Areas/{2}/Views/Shared/{0}.cshtml", "~/Areas/{2}/Views/Shared/{0}.vbhtml" }; //base.AreaMasterLocationFormats = new string[] { "~/Areas/{2}/Views/{1}/{0}.cshtml", "~/Areas/{2}/Views/{1}/{0}.vbhtml", "~/Areas/{2}/Views/Shared/{0}.cshtml", "~/Areas/{2}/Views/Shared/{0}.vbhtml" }; //base.AreaPartialViewLocationFormats = new string[] { "~/Areas/{2}/Views/{1}/{0}.cshtml", "~/Areas/{2}/Views/{1}/{0}.vbhtml", "~/Areas/{2}/Views/Shared/{0}.cshtml", "~/Areas/{2}/Views/Shared/{0}.vbhtml" }; //base.ViewLocationFormats = new string[] { "~/Views/{1}/{0}.cshtml", "~/Views/{1}/{0}.vbhtml", "~/Views/Shared/{0}.cshtml", "~/Views/Shared/{0}.vbhtml" }; //base.MasterLocationFormats = new string[] { "~/Views/{1}/{0}.cshtml", "~/Views/{1}/{0}.vbhtml", "~/Views/Shared/{0}.cshtml", "~/Views/Shared/{0}.vbhtml" }; //base.PartialViewLocationFormats = new string[] { "~/Views/{1}/{0}.cshtml", "~/Views/{1}/{0}.vbhtml", "~/Views/Shared/{0}.cshtml", "~/Views/Shared/{0}.vbhtml" }; //base.FileExtensions = new string[] { "cshtml", "vbhtml" }; var viewLocationsArray = new[] { string.Concat(Constants.PluginsLocation, "/{2}/Views/{1}/{0}.cshtml"), string.Concat(Constants.PluginsLocation, "/{2}/Views/{1}/{0}.vbhtml") }; //set all of the area view locations to the plugin folder AreaViewLocationFormats = viewLocationsArray .Concat(new[] { string.Concat(Constants.PluginsLocation, "/{2}/Views/Shared/{0}.cshtml"), string.Concat(Constants.PluginsLocation, "/{2}/Views/Shared/{0}.vbhtml") }) .ToArray(); AreaMasterLocationFormats = viewLocationsArray; AreaPartialViewLocationFormats = new[] { //will be used when we have partial view and child action macros string.Concat(Constants.PluginsLocation, "/{2}/Views/Partials/{0}.cshtml"), string.Concat(Constants.PluginsLocation, "/{2}/Views/Partials/{0}.vbhtml"), string.Concat(Constants.PluginsLocation, "/{2}/Views/MacroPartials/{0}.cshtml"), string.Concat(Constants.PluginsLocation, "/{2}/Views/MacroPartials/{0}.vbhtml"), //for partials string.Concat(Constants.PluginsLocation, "/{2}/Views/{1}/{0}.cshtml"), string.Concat(Constants.PluginsLocation, "/{2}/Views/{1}/{0}.vbhtml"), string.Concat(Constants.PluginsLocation, "/{2}/Views/Shared/{0}.cshtml"), string.Concat(Constants.PluginsLocation, "/{2}/Views/Shared/{0}.vbhtml") }; }