Alternative to ViewBag.Title in ASP.NET MVC 3

Question

By default the new project template for ASP.NET MVC 3 adds the following to the default layout (masterpage in razor):

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Answer 1

I also do not use the ViewBag, at all.

At the top of _Layout.shtml ...

@model .Models.Base.EveryPageViewModel

In _Layout.shtml ...

In your Model ...

/// 

/// Index View Model
/// 
public class IndexViewViewModel : EveryPageViewModel {

}

In EveryPageViewModel

/// 

/// Every Page View Model
/// 
public abstract class EveryPageViewModel {
    /// 

    /// Title
    /// 
    public string Title { get; set; }
    /// 

    /// Sub Title
    /// 
    public string SubTitle { get; set; }
}

In your controller action

    /// 

    /// Index
    /// 
    /// 
    public ActionResult Index() {
        var model = new IndexViewViewModel();
        model.Title = "Home";
        return View(model);
    }