signalr method could not be resolved

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C#

ASP.NET

SignalR

I'm new to signalr. I've got a chat application working but I'll like to pass in parameters in my methods. When I pass parameters in hub, I get detail error:

at Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Hubs.HubDispatcher.<>c__DisplayClass13.<OnReceived>b__10(IHub emptyHub, Object[] emptyParameters)
at Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Hubs.HubDispatcher.Incoming(IHubIncomingInvokerContext context)

'Connect' method could not be resolved.`

here is my client code:

$("#btnStartChat").click(function () {
        var name = $("#txtNickName").val();
        var userEmail = $("#userEmail").val();
        if (name.length > 0 || userEmail.length > 0) {
            chatHub.server.connect(name, userEmail).fail(function (error) {
                console.log('Connect error: ' + error)
            });
        }
        else {
            alert("Please enter name and email.");
        }

    });

Here is my Hub method:

public void Connect(string userName, string someEmail)
{
    var id = Context.ConnectionId;

    if (ConnectedUsers.Count(x => x.ConnectionId == id) == 0)
    {
        ConnectedUsers.Add(new UserDetail { ConnectionId = id, UserName = userName });

        // send to caller
        Clients.Caller.onConnected(id, userName, ConnectedUsers, CurrentMessage, someEmail);

        // send to all except caller client
        Clients.AllExcept(id).onNewUserConnected(id, userName);
    }

}

Calling all angels and guru dev saints for a healing. I've being suffering from problem for a week now! Thank you for your efforts.