I've created a class extension (drop-down list of color names), and I want to display a custom attribute called "deptHomeCol2Color" in a page layout that I've created.
According to the Mura documentation:
#$.content('deptHomeCol2Color')#
is all I should need. However, this is not outputting anything, even though I've selected a value for it in my Extended Attributes on the page (where this custom attribute is showing). What am I doing wrong here?
The page isn't throwing an error, and I've verified that a color was selected on the page itself.
#JesseEarly, you are correct in using $.content('attributeName') ... but that's specifically for "content" class extensions. Did you create a "site" class extension? If so, you should use $.siteConfig('attributeName').
Also, if a requested attribute isn't found, Mura will simply return an empty string. This sometimes happens to me when I accidentally type the attribute name incorrectly. I would double check both the actual attribute name itself in the class extension, and match it to the one you're using in your code. Sometimes, my typo occurred while creating the attribute, and then correctly spelled it in my code.
Hope that helps!
-Steve
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Inside my custom save action, I iterate through the form fields (the AdaptedControlResult objects). Any form field which is a DropList (from any source -- manually entered values, or an item lookup) is returning a string value of System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.String]
Now, it's important to know, it's not returning an actual List. It's returning a literal string with that value.
So, this call:
fields.GetEntryByName("MyFieldName").Value
Is returning the string: System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.String]. Not the value of the dropdown. A string saying that's it's a List<string>.
I have confirmed the HTML of the form is rendering correctly. I have manually checked the inbound HttpContext.Current.Request.Form values as well...
HttpContext.Current.Request.Form["BGWnjkQqrE6w6sr31IgzrQ.Sections[5].Fields[0].Value"]
That is the correctly-selected value of the drop down (a Sitecore ID).
So, the data is getting output to the form correctly, and the inbound Request.Form data is also correct. Somewhere, Sitecore is deciding not to populate the selected value into the AdaptedControlResult object.
What's additionally odd is that for DropList field types, the selected value does appear in the Parameters property (inexplicably). I would just detect this and use it, but it's not consistent -- for instance, for textbox field types, the word "multiline" appears there.
All other field types work fine -- I have several text entry fields, and some radio button lists. It's just DropList fields.
What is the trick to getting this?
This is a known bug in Sitecore when using the WFFM module in MVC. You can find more details in this Knowledge Base Article - Incorrect data is saved for list fields in WFFM MVC.
The fix is listed on the kb article and depends on the exact version of Sitecore you are using. Sorry to provided a link only answer but there are multiple steps reqiured for the fix and the download for the fix is attached in the article.
I am new with Orchard and can not seem to get past this problem.
Goal
to be able to specify two text values on each page and show those in a styled DIV if they are not blank.
Procedure
I created a new content part in Orchard's admin named
"InnerPageTitleArea"
I added two fields to this part: IpTitle (Text Field) and IpSubtitle
(Text Field)
I added this part to the Page content type
Those textboxes show when editing a page, and I filled them in on
several pages
Those values show on pages they were entered on (all good so far)
The problem:
I want to provide a template for the InnerPageTitleArea, but all
attempts have failed.
When using shape tracing, there are no alternates referencing my
part alone
All alternates begin with "Fields" i.e.
~/Themes/MyTheme/Views/Fields.Common.Text-InnerPageTitleArea.cshtml.
If I use one of those field alternates, my template is repeated
twice - once for each field
If I use a field-specific template, i.e.
~/Themes/MyTheme/Views/Fields.Common.Text-InnerPageTitleArea-IpTitle.cshtml
I can actually get at both values, but then the other value
(IpSubtitle) still displays as plain text. I could probably remedy
that with Placement.info, but I suspect that I am just lacking some
fundamental understand of Orchard.
What to do?
Your part never renders anything because it doesn't have a driver that would create a shape. The only shapes that are getting out of that part are the shapes for each of the fields. The simplest way to get what you want is to create one alternate for each of the fields. Would that work?
By default Sitecore workbox displays the item name, I want to display the "Title" field (Custom field). How can I do this?
I had a similar requirement where a client needed the Workbox to display the item's 'path' instead of it's name. The problem was that many of their items shared the same name - making it difficult to distinguish between items.
Unfortunately, this change required us to make a custom implementation of the Sitecore WorkboxForm class. I would normally not recommend modifying Sitecore like this, but for something as important as the Workbox, it may be worth the hassle.
In the root of your Sitecore website, locate the following file:
\sitecore\shell\Applications\Workbox\Workbox.xml
Change the CodeBeside to point to your custom implementation of the WorkboxForm class. The default class is located under the Sitecore.Shell.Applications.Workbox.WorkboxForm namespace in the Sitecore.Client assembly. You can essentially open Sitecore's class in Reflector and copy everything into your new class.
In the private CreateItem() method, change the following line to use the item's title (I used item.Paths.ContentPath):
webControl["Header"] = item["Your Title"];
Before digging into my explanation i will summarize my question:
How do I provide the user (editor) with a user-friendly possibility to select a datasource item for sublayouts that are preset on the standard values?
My situation is as follows:
I have a page template, with pre-defined layout on the standard values.
Let's say the layout consists of:
one placeholder "wrapper"
one sublayout "content"
This sublayout is pre-defined on my page template, but can also be placed in the placeholder using the Page Editor.
It needs to have a datasource item that defines a Title and Body value.
Now, if a user adds this sublayout to the placeholder using the Page Editor, he will get a nice interface to select or create the datasource item (see screenshot).
However, if the sublayout was pre-defined on the standard values, it will be added without datasource (I can't pre-set the data source in the standard values because it's still unknown by then).
At that point there seems to be no way to get to that nice interface for selecting or creating a datasource item.
Ideally I want to be able to add a field to my template that can hold a datasource item which the user can select/create using the nice interface. I looked at the datasource field type, which could be an alternative, but it's still not exactly what I want.
Bare in mind that the content sublayout is just an example.
I understand that in that specific case I could solve it by always adding a title/body field to the template which hold the values if there is no datasource, but for my real world problem that won't suffice.
I don't have a whole lot of experience with the Page Editor (with the new way of working with it) so I would like to get some advice on this subject.
According to what you said here:
Ideally I want to be able to add a field to my template that can hold a datasource item which the user can select/create using the nice interface. I looked at the datasource field type, which could be an alternative, but it's still not exactly what I want.
It seems you want an intuitive data source selector interface in the CMS shell similar to the Page Editor-based UI.
Quick answer: Simply put, there's nothing that does this for you in Sitecore.
Longer answer: There are still some options for you, e.g.
Define a global "dummy" data source and set that to be the data source set in in Presentation > Layout Details of the template's standard values. So every time you create a new page, it will always point to that dummy value to show something.
From here you can do a few things:
If the user must use the shell UI and not Page Editor, they can simply create another data source item for the specific page and update that page to point to it using the existing native interface in Layout Details.
Another option is to write an event handler, say for item:created or similar that when you create an item, auto-create a corresponding data source item for this specific page (whether this auto-created item be a sub-items or global item...) then programmatically set this to be the data source. A similar concept is shown in this video by Nick Wesselman: http://www.techphoria414.com/Blog/2012/May/Sitecore_Page_Editor_Unleashed
I'm busy writing a sitecore solution to manage a news site. I have a NewsArticleLayout (used to display a NewsArticle item), with a NewsArticleMailPlaceholder which I want to use to display a form where a user can enter a name and email address where a news article link must be mailed to.
On the NewsArticleLayout page is already a NewsArticleSublayout with a phNewsArticle placeholder, which is currently correctly displaying data related to a news article.
When I try to link the form to this placeholder, I only seem to be able to link to placeholders in sublayouts, not in layouts, so I created a MailNewsArticleSublayout, and placed a phMailNewsArticle placeholder on it. Then I told the form to display on the NewsArticleLayout, using the MailNewsArticleSublayout, and the phMailNewsArticle placeholder.
However, when I view the page, my form doesn't display. I've done a full publish of my entire Sitecore content tree, nothing seems to fix it.
I've even added a phEmail placeholder to the NewsArticleSublayout, and linked this to the form layout details, but this also doesn't display anything.
Have I correctly setup my form's layout? Is there something I'm missing here?
After speaking to sitecore support, I was able to resolve the issue. What I was missing was adding "Form" to the layout details on the standard values for my template. Then in this Form element, fill in the actual Form's location in the "FormID" field. After adding this, it worked perfectly.