I have implemented List.cshtml to provide a custom display for an image gallery. This is the first time I have tried to override a Projection with a Template and at first it seemed to work fine. Then I noticed that when I try to access the Projection on the backend Orchard 1.7 falls over with:
RuntimeBinderException 'Orchard.ContentManagement.ContentItem' does
not contain a definition for 'TagsPart'
Here is some code from the template List.cshtml:
List<TagRecord> uniqueTags = new List<TagRecord>();
List<dynamic> items = Model.Items;
if (items != null && items.Any())
{
foreach (var item in items)
{
if (item != null && item.ContentItem != null)
{
TagsPart part = item.ContentItem.TagsPart;
if (part != null && part.CurrentTags != null)
{
foreach (var t in part.CurrentTags)
{
if (!uniqueTags.Contains(t))
{
uniqueTags.Add(t);
}
}
}
}
}
I am ignorant on a couple of points, which I suspect may be causing the error:
How to specify a template for a Projection (more specific than 'List.cshtml'). Can I use Placement.info? How?
How should I test for the presence of a specific part in the ContentItem? Just assigning TagsPart part = item.ContentItem.TagsPart; throws the exception above.
UPDATE: I had implemented this as a Module; that is, the List.cshtml was in the Views folder of a simple Module. If I move List.cshtml to the Theme then the problem goes away. However, I would still prefer to use a module so that the layout is independent of the theme.
Orchard 1.7 includes a new query layout provider called 'Shape'. I simply used this provider, gave it a Shape Type of 'LightboxIsotope', and created a view called 'LightboxIsotope.cshtml'.
In a projection you can customize the html rendered for each property on the List. In order to acomplish this you need to go to your query, and add a new Layout, choose the properties you need, and set everything you want.
If the layouts provided in the Queries Module don´t fullfill your requirements, you can allways create your own layout provider, this blog post shows an example:
http://www.stevetaylor.me.uk/image-carousel-using-twitter-bootstrap-and-orchard-cms-projections
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I need information on how to use the PXSubordinateSelector attribute with the Where type that you can allegedly set on the attribute. Does anybody know how to use this attribute?
Specifically, I need to filter the selector by a custom field in the EPCompanyTree table if possible. Not sure what tables this selector attribute usese. It seems to be tucked into the Acumatica black box. Something like this:
[PXSubordinateSelector(typeof(Where<EPCompanyTree.customField, Equal<{somevalue}>>))]
I've tried setting the Where to an arbitrary filter on the EPCompanyTree.sortorder field but, I'm getting an "is not bound" error when clicking on the lookup.
TIA!
The reason for this error is the defined Search in the GetCommand method of the PXSubordinateSelectorAttribute. Below is the disassembled code of that method:
private static Type GetCommand(Type where)
{
Type whereType = typeof(Where<CREmployee.userID, Equal<Current<AccessInfo.userID>>, Or<EPCompanyTreeMember.workGroupID, Owned<Current<AccessInfo.userID>>>>);
if (where != null)
{
whereType = BqlCommand.Compose(new Type[]
{
typeof(Where2<, >),
typeof(Where<CREmployee.userID, Equal<Current<AccessInfo.userID>>, Or<EPCompanyTreeMember.workGroupID, Owned<Current<AccessInfo.userID>>>>),
typeof(And<>),
where
});
}
return BqlCommand.Compose(new Type[]
{
typeof(Search5<, , , >),
typeof(CREmployee.bAccountID),
typeof(LeftJoin<EPCompanyTreeMember, On<EPCompanyTreeMember.userID, Equal<CREmployee.userID>>>),
whereType,
typeof(Aggregate<GroupBy<CREmployee.acctCD>>)
});
}
As you can see from code the Search is being organized on CREmployee with left joined EPCompanyTreeMember, meanwhile, your code is trying to add a condition on EPCompanyTree field which is not participating in the Search.
I'm trying to Weld my custom ContentPart SitesPart containing a ContentField of type TaxonomyField but it is not working for me. When i attach this part from UI it works perfectly fine and i see the TaxonomyField in edit mode as well as in display mode.
Following is the Activating method of my ContentHandler.
protected override void Activating(ActivatingContentContext context)
{
if (context.ContentType == "Page")
{
context.Builder.Weld<SitesPart>();
}
}
I tried to go deep into the Weld function and found out that it is not able to find correct typePartDefinition. It goes inside the condition if (typePartDefinition == null) which creates an empty typePartDefinition with no existing ContentFields etc.
// obtain the type definition for the part
var typePartDefinition = _definition.Parts.FirstOrDefault(p => p.PartDefinition.Name == partName);
if (typePartDefinition == null) {
// If the content item's type definition does not define the part; use an empty type definition.
typePartDefinition =
new ContentTypePartDefinition(
new ContentPartDefinition(partName),
new SettingsDictionary());
}
I would be highly thankful for any guidance.
Oh, you are totally right, the part is welded but if there are some content fields, they are not welded. The ContentItemBuilder try to retrieve the part definition through the content type definition on which we want to add the part. So, because it's not possible, a new content part is created but with an empty collection of ContentPartFieldDefinition...
I think that the ContentItemBuilder would need to inject in its constructor and use a ContentPartDefinition or more generally an IContentDefinitionManager... But, for a quick workaround I've tried the following that works
In ContentItemBuilder.cs, replace this
public ContentItemBuilder Weld<TPart>()...
With
public ContentItemBuilder Weld<TPart>(ContentPartDefinition contentPartDefinition = null)...
And this
new ContentPartDefinition(partName),
With
contentPartDefinition ?? new ContentPartDefinition(partName),
And in you part handler, inject an IContentDefinitionManager and use this
protected override void Activating(ActivatingContentContext context) {
if (context.ContentType == "TypeTest") {
var contentPartDefinition = _contentDefinitionManager.GetPartDefinition(typeof(FruitPart).Name);
context.Builder.Weld<FruitPart>(contentPartDefinition);
}
}
Best
To attach a content part to a content type on the fly, you can use this in your handler
Filters.Add(new ActivatingFilter<YourContentPart>("YourContentType"));
There are many examples in the source code
Best
I just upgrade MvcSiteMapProvider from v3 to v4.6.3.
I see the upgrade note indicate:
In general, any reference to System.Web.SiteMap.Provider will need to be updated to MvcSiteMapProvider.SiteMaps.Current
I am trying to get the sitemap node by using:
SiteMaps.Current.FindSiteMapNode(rawUrl)
But it always return null
I looked into the code. In the sitemap it's actually calling the function:
protected virtual ISiteMapNode FindSiteMapNodeFromUrlMatch(IUrlKey urlToMatch)
{
if (this.urlTable.ContainsKey(urlToMatch))
{
return this.urlTable[urlToMatch];
}
return null;
}
It's trying to find a match in the urlTable.
I am using Default implementation of XmlSiteMapProvider .
It define var url = node.GetAttributeValue("url");
siteMapNode.Url = url;
siteMapNode.UrlResolver = node.GetAttributeValue("urlResolver");
So if I did not define url or urlResolver attribute in the .sitemap file. These variables a set to empty string, when generate the node.
And when this nodes are passed to AddNode function in SiteMap.
When adding the node
bool isMvcUrl = string.IsNullOrEmpty(node.UnresolvedUrl) && this.UsesDefaultUrlResolver(node);
this code will check if there is url or urlResolver
// Only store URLs if they are clickable and are configured using the Url
// property or provided by a custom URL resolver.
if (!isMvcUrl && node.Clickable)
{
url = this.siteMapChildStateFactory.CreateUrlKey(node);
// Check for duplicates (including matching or empty host names).
if (this.urlTable
.Where(k => string.Equals(k.Key.RootRelativeUrl, url.RootRelativeUrl, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
.Where(k => string.IsNullOrEmpty(k.Key.HostName) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(url.HostName) || string.Equals(k.Key.HostName, url.HostName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
.Count() > 0)
{
var absoluteUrl = this.urlPath.ResolveUrl(node.UnresolvedUrl, string.IsNullOrEmpty(node.Protocol) ? Uri.UriSchemeHttp : node.Protocol, node.HostName);
throw new InvalidOperationException(string.Format(Resources.Messages.MultipleNodesWithIdenticalUrl, absoluteUrl));
}
}
// Add the URL
if (url != null)
{
this.urlTable[url] = node;
}
Finally no url is add to the urlTable, which result in FindSiteMapNode cannot find anything.
I am not sure if there needs to be specific configuration. Or should I implement custom XmlSiteMapProvider just add the url.
ISiteMapNodeProvider instances cannot use the FindSiteMapNode function for 2 reasons. The first you have already discovered is that finding by URL can only be done if you set the url attribute explicitly in the node configuration. The second reason is that the SiteMapBuilder doesn't add any of the nodes to the SiteMap until all of the ISiteMapNodeProvider instances have completed running, so it would be moot to add the URL to the URL table anyway.
It might help if you explain what you are trying to accomplish.
The ISiteMapNodeProvider classes have complete control over the data that is added to the SiteMapNode instances and they also have access to their parent SiteMapNode instance. This is generally all that is needed in order to populate the data. Looking up another SiteMapNode from the SiteMap object while populating the data is not supported. But as long as the node you are interested in is populated in the same ISiteMapNodeProvider instance, you can just get a reference to it later by storing it in a variable.
Update
Okay, I reread your question and your comment and it now just seems like you are looking in the wrong place. MvcSiteMapProvider v4 is no longer based on Microsoft's SiteMap provider model, so using XmlSiteMapProvider doesn't make sense, as it would sidestep the entire implementation. The only case where this might make sense is if you have a hybrid ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC application that you want to keep a consitant menu structure between. See Upgrading from v3 to v4.
There are 2 stages to working with the data. The first stage (the ISiteMapBuilder and ISiteMapNodeProvider) loads the data from various sources (XML, .NET attributes, DynamicNodeProviders, and custom implementations of ISiteMapNodeProvider) and adds it to an object graph that starts at the SiteMap object. Much like Microsoft's model, this data is stored in a shared cache and only loaded when the cache expires. This is the stage you have been focusing on and it definitely doesn't make sense to lookup nodes here.
The second stage is when an individual request is made to access the data. This is where looking up data based on a URL might make sense, but there is already a built-in CurrentNode property that finds the node matching the current URL (or more likely the current route since we are dealing with MVC) which in most cases is the best approach to finding a node. Each node has a ParentNode and ChildNodes properties that can be used to walk up or down the tree from there.
In this second stage, you can access the SiteMap data at any point after the Application_Start event such as within a controller action, in one of the built in HTML helpers, an HTML helper template in the /Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/ directory, or a custom HTML helper. This is the point in the application life cycle which you might call the lines SiteMaps.Current.FindSiteMapNode(rawUrl) or (more likely) SiteMaps.Current.CurrentNode to get an instance of the node so you can inspect its Attributes property (the custom attributes).
public ActionResult About()
{
ViewBag.Message = "Your app description page.";
var currentNode = MvcSiteMapProvider.SiteMaps.Current.CurrentNode;
string permission = currentNode.Attributes.ContainsKey("permission") ? currentNode.Attributes["permission"].ToString() : string.Empty;
string programs = currentNode.Attributes.ContainsKey("programs") ? currentNode.Attributes["programs"].ToString() : string.Empty;
string agencies = currentNode.Attributes.ContainsKey("agencies") ? currentNode.Attributes["agencies"].ToString() : string.Empty;
// Do something with the custom attributes of the About page here
return View();
}
The most common usage of custom attributes is to use them from within a custom HTML helper template. Here is a custom version of the /Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/SiteMapNodeModel.cshtml template that displays the custom attributes. Note that this template is called recursively by the Menu, SiteMapPath, and SiteMap HTML helpers. Have a look at this answer for more help if HTML helper customization is what you intend to do.
#model MvcSiteMapProvider.Web.Html.Models.SiteMapNodeModel
#using System.Web.Mvc.Html
#using MvcSiteMapProvider.Web.Html.Models
#if (Model.IsCurrentNode && Model.SourceMetadata["HtmlHelper"].ToString() != "MvcSiteMapProvider.Web.Html.MenuHelper") {
<text>#Model.Title</text>
} else if (Model.IsClickable) {
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Model.Description))
{
#Model.Title
}
else
{
#Model.Title
}
} else {
<text>#Model.Title</text>
}
#string permission = Model.Attributes.ContainsKey("permission") ? Model.Attributes["permission"].ToString() : string.Empty
#string programs = Model.Attributes.ContainsKey("programs") ? Model.Attributes["programs"].ToString() : string.Empty
#string agencies = Model.Attributes.ContainsKey("agencies") ? Model.Attributes["agencies"].ToString() : string.Empty
<div>#permission</div>
<div>#programs</div>
<div>#agencies</div>
Using the admin panel on Orchard CMS I've created the following:
A content type called CalendarEvent, it contains several fields including the EventDate;
A query that has 2 filters, one by the content type (= CalendarEvent) and another one based on the date of the event. The Display Mode on the Layout is set to Properties;
A projection to display the query when a menu item is clicked.
The problem is that based on the EventDate we only display upcoming events, not the ones in the past. If for some reason there are no events to be displayed, all the user gets is an empty page with no information whatsoever.
My question is, how can I modify my query or projection in order to display something like: "There are no current events scheduled"?
I know the Properties on the Query's Layout allow me to specify a "No Result", but this implies that a record is present and that the actual property is empty. However, in my example, no record is present.
Thank you all in advance.
Rafael
By the way, I am using the latest Orchard version 1.6.
What I have done is to create a shape and use it as a view in my query. The shape will then have an if statement to check if the query return gives any results.
Example:
#using Orchard.ContentManagement
#using Orchard.Utility.Extensions
#{
var dealsTerms = ((IEnumerable<ContentItem>)Model.ContentItems).ToList();
}
#if (dealsTerms.Any() )
{
<div>
#foreach (var dealTerm in dealsTerms)
{
var contentManager = dealTerm.ContentManager;
<div>
#Display(contentManager.BuildDisplay(dealTerm, "Summary"))
</div>
}
</div>
}
else
{
<p>No deals found</p>
}
I used this article as reference:
http://www.ideliverable.com/blog/ways-to-render-lists-of-things
Good luck
If your projections are Layouts elements, you can create a Projection.cshtml file in your theme's Views/Elements folder with the following:
#{
var list = Model.List;
var pager = Model.Pager;
if (list != null)
{
#Display(list)
if (list.Items.Count == 0)
{
<div>There are currently no items.</div>
}
}
if (pager != null)
{
#Display(pager)
}
}
This is a copy of the default template with the if (list.Items.Count == 0) section added. Edit as needed.
From code I've automatically created a lot of similar sites (SPWeb) in my site collection from a site template (in Sharepoint Foundation). Every site has a home page on which I've added the "what's new" web part (found under "Social collaboration").
Even though the web part has several "target lists" (I'd have called it "source lists") added to it on the template site, this connection is lost on the sites created from the template. So I need to programmatically find all these web parts and add the target lists to them. Looping the web parts is not an issue - I've done that before - but I can't seem to find a word on the net on how to go about modifying this particular web part. All I have is a brief intellisense.
I've found out that it recides in the
Microsoft.SharePoint.Applications.GroupBoard.WebPartPages
namespace, but on the lists provided on MSDN this is one of very few namespaces that doesn't have a link to a reference documentation.
Does anyone have any experience of modifying this web part from code? If not, how would you go about to find out? I can't seem to figure out a method for this..
Here is how I did it. It worked really well. I had a feature that created several list instances and provisioned the What's New web part. In the Feature Receiver, I looped through all of the list instances, indexed the Modified field, and then added the list to the web part:
private void ConfigureLists(SPWeb web, SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties)
{
List<Guid> ids = new List<Guid>();
SPElementDefinitionCollection elements =
properties.Feature.Definition.GetElementDefinitions(new CultureInfo((int)web.Language, false));
foreach (SPElementDefinition element in elements)
{
if ("ListInstance" == element.ElementType)
{
XmlNode node = element.XmlDefinition;
SPList list = web.Lists[node.Attributes["Title"].Value];
SPField field = list.Fields[SPBuiltInFieldId.Modified];
if (!field.Indexed)
{
field.Indexed = true;
field.Update();
}
ids.Add(list.ID);
}
}
string targetConfig = string.Empty;
foreach (Guid id in ids)
{
targetConfig += string.Format("'{0}',''\n", id);
}
SPFile file = web.GetFile("Pages/default.aspx");
file.CheckOut();
using (SPLimitedWebPartManager manager = file.GetLimitedWebPartManager(PersonalizationScope.Shared))
{
WhatsNewWebPart webpart = null;
foreach (System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPart eachWebPart in manager.WebParts)
{
webpart = eachWebPart as WhatsNewWebPart;
if (null != webpart)
{
break;
}
}
if (null != webpart)
{
webpart.TargetConfig = targetConfig;
manager.SaveChanges(webpart);
}
}
file.CheckIn("ConfigureWebParts");
file.Publish("ConfigureWebParts");
file.Approve("ConfigureWebParts");
}
If you are unsure about the property, export the web part from the browser, then open the .webpart/.dwp file with a text editor. Somewhere in the xml will be a reference to the source list.
*.webparts are usually easier to modify, just set the property.
*.dwps are harder because you sometimes have to get the property (eg ViewXML), then load it into an XmlDocument, then replace the property, and write the xml document string value back to ViewXML.