asp.net mvc 3 - How to get element of List<string> in foreach -

this action

[childactiononly]         public partialviewresult archivesidebar()         {             var currentdate = datetime.now;             var list = new list<string>();             (var startdate = new datetime(2013, 5, 1); startdate.month <= currentdate.month; startdate = startdate.addmonths(1))             {                 list.add(startdate.tostring("mmmm, yyyy"));                 if (startdate.month == currentdate.month)                     break;             }             return partialview("_archivesidebar", list);         } 

and _archivesidebar

@model list<string> <div class="sidebar">     <h3>archive</h3>     @foreach (string archive in model)     {         <ul>             <li>                 <h3>{                     @html.actionlink(archive, "archive", "blog",new{month=archive?,year=archive ?},null)                     }                 </h3>             </li>         </ul>        } </div> 

in above view want element of list call archive action year , month parameters ,how can year , month ???(where have have put ? )

this archive action

 public actionresult archive(int month, int year)         {             var posts = _blogrepository.getpostbydate(year, month);             return view(posts);         } 

create viewmodel contain month , year

public class blogperiod {     public int month {get;set;}     public int year {get;set;}     // if want pass formatted date view     // add     public string formatteddate {get;set;} } 

then use build list , return view

var list = new list<blogperiod>(); (...) {     // rest of code goes here     list.add(mew blogperiod {          month = startdate.month,          year = startdate.year,         // want formatted date, add         formatteddate = startdate.tostring("mmmm, yyyy")          });   } return partialview("_archivesidebar", list); 

then change view to

@model ienumerable<blogperiod> @foreach (string archive in model) {     // markup goes here     @html.actionlink(archive, "archive", "blog",          new{month=archive.month, year=archive.year},null) }