HTML.ActionLink method

public class ItemController:Controller
{
        public ActionResult Login(int id)
        {
            return View("Hi", id);
        }
}

Html.ActionLink(article.Title, new { controller = "Articles", action = "Details", id = article.ArticleID })

Html.ActionLink(article.Title,
                "Login",  // <-- Controller Name.
                "Item",   // <-- ActionMethod
                new { id = article.ArticleID }, // <-- Route arguments.
                null  // <-- htmlArguments .. which are none. You need this value
                      //     otherwise you call the WRONG method ...
                      //     (refer to comments, below).
                )

public static string ActionLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper,
                                string linkText,
                                string controllerName,
                                string actionName,
                                object values,
                                object htmlAttributes)

Html.ActionLink(article.Title,
                "Item",   // <-- ActionMethod
                "Login",  // <-- Controller Name.
                new { id = article.ArticleID }, // <-- Route arguments.
                null  // <-- htmlArguments .. which are none. You need this value
                      //     otherwise you call the WRONG method ...
                      //     (refer to comments, below).
                )

public static string ActionLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper,
                                string linkText,
                                string actionName,
                                string controllerName,
                                object values,
                                object htmlAttributes)

Html.ActionLink(article.Title,
                "Item",   // <-- ActionMethod
                "Login",  // <-- Controller Name.
                new { article.ArticleID }, // <-- Route arguments.
                null  // <-- htmlArguments .. which are none. You need this value
                      //     otherwise you call the WRONG method ...
                      //     (refer to comments, below).
                )

<a href="/Item/Login/5">Title</a>

routes.MapRoute(
    "Default",     // Route name
    "{controller}/{action}/{id}",                           // URL with parameters
    new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" }  // Parameter defaults
);

Html.ActionLink(article.Title,
            "Login",  // <-- ActionMethod
            "Item",   // <-- Controller Name
            new { id = article.ArticleID }, // <-- Route arguments.
            null  // <-- htmlArguments .. which are none
            )

<%=Html.ActionLink("Get Involved",
                   "Show",
                   "Home",
                   new
                       {
                           id = "GetInvolved"
                       },
                   new {
                           @class = "menuitem",
                           id = "menu_getinvolved"
                       }
                   )%>

Html.ActionLink(article.Title, "Login/" + article.ArticleID, 'Item")