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Font Awesome and MVC 5

Hi All,

I'm trying to install the font awesome package to an mvc project.

I've ran the following
Install-Package Mvc.RazorTools.FontAwesome

which has installed fine and i now have the .css added to content and the app_start -> razor tools -> fontawesome.cs added

I have added the following to the top of my layout;

@Styles.Render("~/Content/fontawesome")

and then tried the following inside the page

@Html.FontAwesome(FontAwesomeIconSet.Star)

however this throws an error when i try to run this?

can anyone tell me what i am doing wrong here?

I have also tried as an example too and this doesnt appear either.

flynny

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Error I get when trying to use the html helper is

CS1061: 'System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper<dynamic>' does not contain a definition for 'FontAwesome' and no extension method 'FontAwesome' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper<dynamic>' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

flynny

ASKER

Ok I have progressed

I added to the view web.config and now have

  <system.web.webPages.razor>
    <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
    <pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage">
      <namespaces>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Optimization"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
        <add namespace="WebApplication1" />
        <add namespace="WebApplication1.Helpers" />
        <add namespace="Mvc.RazorTools.FontAwesome"/>
      </namespaces>
    </pages>
  </system.web.webPages.razor>

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and i get the following error;

Assembly 'Mvc.RazorTools.FontAwesome, Version=4.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' uses 'System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' which has a higher version than referenced assembly 'System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'

now do i have to update the MVC version i am using and if so is it possible to do ove nuget?

kaufmed

You most likely just need a using at the top of your Razor.

e.g.

@using Mvc.RazorTools.FontAwesome

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flynny

ASKER

HI Kauf,

thanks for the reply.

I added

<add namespace="Mvc.RazorTools.FontAwesome"/>

to my web.config in the views folder which now gives the above error? Can i Upgrade 5.0.0.0 to 5.2.2.0?

If so is it possible through nuget?

flynny

ASKER

Ok,

Sorry for being a wally (i.m new to MVC).

I've upgraded the MVC library and now it is running

@Html.FontAwesome(FontAwesomeIconSet.Star)

and rendering as a but the icons ar enot appearing?

I've checked under firebug and i'm getting a 404 on the.css file. Now the font-awesome.css is held under ~/Content/font-awesome.css (and .min.css is there too).

In the font-awesome.cs file it has Mvc.RazorTools.BundleManager.Styles.Include("~/Content/font-awesome.css"); (this is running too as I tested a break point on it.

I reference in the view as follows;

@Styles.Render("~/Content/fontawesome")

an ideas?

kaufmed

Yes, and yes.

kaufmed

and rendering as a but the icons ar enot appearing?

Is is just , or does the include a class attribute? If so, is the class attribute's value correct? You may want to view the source of your page and ensure that you see that bundle being spit out.

flynny

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sorry yes the class element is being applied e.g.

@Html.FontAwesome(FontAwesomeIconSet.Star)[/code[]

is rendered as

[code]<i class="fa fa-star"></i>

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sorry about that.

however when i look at the source and in the head

<link href="/Content/fontawesome" rel="stylesheet">

is added but if i look under the network i get a 404 on /content/fontawesome?

Now (forgive me as im new to mvc) I have not added any reference under bundleconfig.cs for font-awesome. But under the App_Start -> Razor Tools -> font-awesome.cs file it has

Mvc.RazorTools.BundleManager.Styles.Include("~/Content/font-awesome.css");

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which i assume add to the bundle, i assume i am referencing it wrongly in the layout?

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flynny

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Perfect.

How did you work this out please kaufmed? is there any way I can customise this virtual path?

kaufmed

I set a breakpoint in FontAwesome.cs. Then I looked inside the Styles property:

The Path property is documented as "Gets ...", which would imply read-only (by Micrsoft's convention); however, the property is writeable, so you can overwrite it:

Mvc.RazorTools.BundleManager.Styles.Path = "~/Content/fontawesome";

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You may do so at your own risk, though. If the maintainers decide to change this, then your code will break. It may be worth asking a question on the project website to ensure that they don't plan on changing it. (But if you never upgrade that package, then you won't have to worry about it. This is sketchy, though.)