Here is the script for the database table- this was from before you all had separate fields for SEO meta stuff, but this site still uses a couple of the fields and I'm upgrading it to AC9.
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[W2MSEOContent](
[Id] [INT] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[CatalogNodeId] [INT] NOT NULL,
[CatalogNodeTypeId] [INT] NOT NULL,
[SEOTitle] [NVARCHAR](200) NULL,
[SEOKeywords] [NVARCHAR](500) NULL,
[ContentOne] [NVARCHAR](1000) NULL,
[ContentTwo] [NVARCHAR](1000) NULL,
[ContentThree] [NVARCHAR](1000) NULL,
[ContentFour] [NVARCHAR](1000) NULL,
[ContentFive] [NVARCHAR](1000) NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_W2MSEOContent] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[CatalogNodeId] ASC,
[CatalogNodeTypeId] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]

GO

I don't know, Joe. On my 9.0.2 site, I used AbleCommerce.Code and on the class that works in my 9.0.3, I used AbleCommerce.Code. I thought that in the past I had tested and I had to use AbleCommerce.Code to get AC to pick it up. I didn't think AC would pick it up if I used a different namespace and didn't create a plugin. The code on both sites is in subfolders in the Code folder for each entity.

I must have uploaded the file before I fixed that error. In this case, the no persister error comes when I try to save some content. When I try to load the content, the object is null.
To test, you need to make sure to add to the product controller:
private readonly IW2MSEOContentRepository _seoContentRepo;

public ProductController(....,IW2MSEOContentRepository seoContentRepo)

Add to EditProduct at the end
//TODO doesn't load
W2MSEOContent seoContent = _seoContentRepo.LoadForCatalogNode(editProductModel.Id, 1);

if (seoContent != null)
{
//editProductModel.SEOContentModel.SEOContentOne = seoContent.ContentOne;
//editProductModel.SEOContentModel.SEOContentTwo = seoContent.ContentTwo;
}

Add to ProductDetails
// TODO
/* W2MSEOContent seoContent = _seoContentRepo.LoadForCatalogNode(product.Id, 1);
if (seoContent == null && editProductModel.SEOContentModel.SEOContentOne != null && editProductModel.SEOContentModel.SEOContentTwo != null)
{
seoContent = new W2MSEOContent();
seoContent.CatalogNodeId = product.Id;
seoContent.CatalogNodeTypeId = 1;
_seoContentRepo.Save(seoContent);
}
if (seoContent != null)
{
seoContent.ContentOne = editProductModel.SEOContentModel.SEOContentOne.Trim();
seoContent.ContentTwo = editProductModel.SEOContentModel.SEOContentTwo.Trim();
_seoContentRepo.Save(seoContent);
}*/

In the ProductModel

Add to EditProductModel:
public EditProductSEOContentModel SEOContentModel { get; set; }

public class EditProductSEOContentModel
{
public string SEOContentOne { get; set; }
public string SEOContentTwo { get; set; }
public string SEOContentThree { get; set; }
public string SEOContentFour { get; set; }
public string SEOContentFive { get; set; }
public int CatalogNodeId { get; set; }
public int CatalogNodeTypeId { get; set; }

}

EditProduct view- I added in the Product Description area

<div class="form-group">
<label>SEO Content One</label>
@Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.SEOContentModel.SEOContentOne, new { @class = "form-control" })
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>SEO Content Two</label>
@Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.SEOContentModel.SEOContentTwo, new { @class = "form-control" })
</div>

Thanks for looking into this.

Ok, first off, thank you for the detailed set up instructions. These MVC changes are a huge pain to document online and you did a great job of it.

First, you know about the syntax bug mentioned previously.

What you're missing are the decorators on your repository class. You need to have these two RegisterFor() decorators added at the top of any class being connected to Windsor/nHibernate. These decorators tell the IOC engine "I'm officially declaring this class to represent this IRepository any time you see it referenced".



You also have a bug in your code changes for the EditProductModel. You're basically adding a child class as a property on the model, which is fine. But you never initialize the child class when the model is instantiated. The first time you try to reference editModel.SEOContentModel.SomeProperty you get a null exception. So at the bottom of the EditProductModel, you have to do this:



Also, make sure your .hbm.xml file is set as Embedded Resource in the project. Even though it's in the /Code/ folder, it'll still only be treated as content until you specifically mark it as embedded resource.

Finally, it helps a lot to splice your customizations into sub-folders away from all the Able code. Their class files are massive. It's just stupid to have every single model or action method in one massive, single class file. They should all be split into separate files to make it easier on devs. So what I do is make a /Controllers/Custom/ folder, edit the original controller to be 'partial' and put my custom actions in a separate file. Same thing for models too. Works both in Admin and retail side. Huge help having customizations in separate files. Obviously won't work in every instance, but anything helps.

Thanks again for your help. I've made the changes you had posted and am still getting the no persister error. I get a null error when I try to load in the EditProduct section of the ProductController, even after I added all the code and made sure I had the hbm.xml set as embedded resource.
Here's where I try to load:
W2MSEOContent seoContent = _seoContentRepo.LoadForCatalogNode(editProductModel.Id, 1);

if (seoContent != null)
{
editProductModel.SEOContentModel.SEOContentOne = seoContent.ContentOne;
editProductModel.SEOContentModel.SEOContentTwo = seoContent.ContentTwo;
}

I get null for seoContent. If I hard code in W2MSEOContent seoContent = _seoContentRepo.Load(139), where 139 is the Id of an entry in the database, I get the persister error.
If I try to save the content, I get the persister error.(SEOContentOne has a value)
in ProductDetails:
W2MSEOContent seoContent = _seoContentRepo.LoadForCatalogNode(product.Id, 1);
if (seoContent == null && (editProductModel.SEOContentModel.SEOContentOne != null || editProductModel.SEOContentModel.SEOContentTwo != null))
{
seoContent = new W2MSEOContent();
seoContent.CatalogNodeId = product.Id;
seoContent.CatalogNodeTypeId = 1;
_seoContentRepo.Save(seoContent);
}
if (seoContent != null)
{
seoContent.ContentOne = editProductModel.SEOContentModel.SEOContentOne.Trim();
seoContent.ContentTwo = editProductModel.SEOContentModel.SEOContentTwo.Trim();
_seoContentRepo.Save(seoContent);
}

if (clearChangeset)
product.Changesets.Clear();

Did you make an entry in windsor.config as well as the RegisterFor? I have.


namespace AbleCommerce.Code.W2M_SEOManager
{
[RegisterFor(typeof(IW2MSEOContentRepository))]
[RegisterFor(typeof(IRepository<W2MSEOContent>))]
public class W2MSEOContentRepository : Repository<W2MSEOContent>, IW2MSEOContentRepository

Thanks again.

Judy did you ever get this working?

No problem. Just let me know if you want to do a quick screen share - happy to help you through it.

Hey I'm so good at this MVC stuff now I don't even have to touch it and it starts working! :)