Orchard Projection Page Default View - orchardcms

Question

I am using Orchard 1.8 and have created a new content type (called PressRelease), query for the results and projection to view the query with a custom template (using URL Alternates in the format List-ProjectionPage-url-PressRelease.cshtml) and all of that is working fine.
The one part that has me stumped is, if I use The Theme Machine as my theme (untouched), this projection view will show up in an unordered list with the corresponding AutoRoute links to the individual ContentItem entities, their metadata and so on. I'm trying to figure out how I access things such as the AutoRoute URL for a specific item, the metadata (create/publish dates) and so on for use with things like a Facebook Share button. Essentially I'm trying to recreate that default view, albeit with customizations.
Here is the code for List-ProjectionPage-url-PressRelease.cshtml:
#using Orchard.Utility.Extensions;
#using System.Linq
#functions
{
public class PressRelease
{
public PressRelease()
{
this.Attachments = new List<Attachment>();
}
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Source { get; set; }
public DateTime PublishDate { get; set; }
public string Body { get; set; }
public List<Attachment> Attachments { get; set; }
}
public class Attachment
{
public string Filename { get; set; }
public string Path { get; set; }
}
}
#{
//add list of dynamic objects to strongly typed class
var releases = new List<PressRelease>();
foreach (var item in #Model.Items)
{
var release = new PressRelease
{
Title = item.ContentItem.TitlePart.Title,
Source = item.ContentItem.PressRelease.Source.Value,
PublishDate = item.ContentItem.PressRelease.Date.DateTime,
Body = item.ContentItem.BodyPart.Text
};
//load attachment(s) to class
var attachments = (Orchard.MediaLibrary.Fields.MediaLibraryPickerField)item.ContentItem.PressRelease.Attachment;
if (attachments.MediaParts.Count() > 0)
{
foreach (var part in attachments.MediaParts)
{
release.Attachments.Add(new Attachment { Filename = part.FileName, Path = part.MediaUrl });
}
}
releases.Add(release);
}
}
#{
foreach (var item in releases)
{
<div class="press-release">
<div class="press-release-title">#item.Title</div>
<div class="press-release-meta">
<span class="press-release-source">Source: #item.Source</span>
#if (item.PublishDate != DateTime.MinValue)
{
<span class="press-release-date">#item.PublishDate.ToShortDateString()</span>
}
</div>
#if (item.Attachments.Count() > 0)
{
<div class="press-release-attachments">
<span class="press-release-attachments-title">Attached: </span>
#foreach (var attachment in item.Attachments)
{
var linkText = attachment.Filename;
var url = attachment.Path;
#Html.Link(linkText, url);
if (attachment != item.Attachments.Last())
{
<span>, </span>
}
}
</div>
}
<div class="press-release-body">
<p>#Html.Raw(item.Body.Replace("\r\n", "<br />"))</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="social">
<!-- ** This is where I need AutoRoute URL so I can do FB share link **-->
<div class="fb-share-button" data-href="" data-type="button_count"></div>
</div>
if (item != releases.Last())
{
<hr />
}
}
}
Thoughts?

Answer 1

Utilizing the Shape Tracer (in conjunction with #Bertrand's assistance in the comments above) helped me get to where I need. Here is the final layout code I went with (which has some super hacky stuff in it):
#using Orchard.Utility.Extensions;
#using System.Linq
#functions
{
public class PressRelease
{
public PressRelease()
{
this.Attachments = new List<Attachment>();
}
private string _NavigateUrl = string.Empty;
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Source { get; set; }
public DateTime PublishDate { get; set; }
public string Body { get; set; }
public List<Attachment> Attachments { get; set; }
public string NavigateUrl
{
get { return string.Format("{0}://{1}/{2}", HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Scheme, HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Authority, _NavigateUrl); }
set { this._NavigateUrl = value; }
}
}
public class Attachment
{
public string Filename { get; set; }
public string Path { get; set; }
}
}
#{
//add list of dynamic objects to strongly typed class
var releases = new List<PressRelease>();
foreach (var item in #Model.Items)
{
var release = new PressRelease
{
Title = item.ContentItem.TitlePart.Title,
Source = item.ContentItem.PressRelease.Source.Value,
PublishDate = item.ContentItem.PressRelease.Date.DateTime,
//this is super hacky to get a chopped version of the HTML submitted for a summary
Body = item.ContentItem.BodyPart.Text,
NavigateUrl = item.ContentItem.AutoroutePart.Path
};
//load attachment(s) to class
var attachments = (Orchard.MediaLibrary.Fields.MediaLibraryPickerField)item.ContentItem.PressRelease.Attachment;
if (attachments.MediaParts.Count() > 0)
{
foreach (var part in attachments.MediaParts)
{
release.Attachments.Add(new Attachment { Filename = part.FileName, Path = part.MediaUrl });
}
}
releases.Add(release);
}
}
#{
foreach (var item in releases)
{
<div class="press-release">
<div class="press-release-title">#item.Title</div>
<div class="press-release-meta">
<span class="press-release-source">Source: #item.Source</span>
#if (item.PublishDate != DateTime.MinValue)
{
<span class="press-release-date">#item.PublishDate.ToShortDateString()</span>
}
</div>
#if (item.Attachments.Count() > 0)
{
<div class="press-release-attachments">
<span class="press-release-attachments-title">Attached: </span>
#foreach (var attachment in item.Attachments)
{
#attachment.Filename
if (attachment != item.Attachments.Last())
{
<span>, </span>
}
}
</div>
}
<div class="press-release-body">
#{
var body = new HtmlString(Html.Excerpt(item.Body, 200).ToString().Replace(Environment.NewLine, "</p>" + Environment.NewLine + "<p>"));
<p>#body (read more)</p>
}
</div>
</div>
<div class="social">
<div class="fb-share-button" data-href="#item.NavigateUrl" data-type="button_count"></div>
</div>
if (item != releases.Last())
{
<hr />
}
}
}