I'm trying
to create custom content type or document type that will be displayed ONLY in
my custom section.
My goal:
* custom
section displaying custom tree of content/document types (I think I know how to
do this)
*
"Content" section should NOT display my new Document type in the
"Create..." dropdown.
Image, File
and Folder are not displaying in this dropdown and I would also my content type
not to display there.
I tried
setting "masterContentType" to NULL in dbo.cmsContentType for my new
Document type as this is how it's set for Folder, Image and File.
My
assumption that this is controlling whether it's displaying in the dropdown was
unfortunately wrong...
So yeah the
1 line question is: how can I hide document type in "Create..."
dropdown that appears in "Content" section?
I was hoping
that I can create document type and somehow hide it... I'm sure it must be
possible as it works for Media.
I would prefer
to create custom document type as I want to use properties already existing in
umbraco but if the way to go is to create custom content type and NOT document
type please point me in the direction as I was searching how to create custom
media-like content type but failed to find any good information...
I'm not really sure about the rest of your solution, but indeed the Structure Extensions package will allow you to hide document types from the Create dropdown - in the root of your Content section. Obviously to hide it in the rest of the content tree you just wouldn't allow it as a child of any other type via the structure tab. Note, rather than choosing which to hide, the package allows you to choose which types should show and the rest will be hidden.
How to remove document type from "create" dropdown? / custom content type
Hi all,
I'm trying to create custom content type or document type that will be displayed ONLY in my custom section.
My goal:
* custom section displaying custom tree of content/document types (I think I know how to do this)
* "Content" section should NOT display my new Document type in the "Create..." dropdown.
Image, File and Folder are not displaying in this dropdown and I would also my content type not to display there.
I tried setting "masterContentType" to NULL in dbo.cmsContentType for my new Document type as this is how it's set for Folder, Image and File.
My assumption that this is controlling whether it's displaying in the dropdown was unfortunately wrong...
So yeah the 1 line question is: how can I hide document type in "Create..." dropdown that appears in "Content" section?
I was hoping that I can create document type and somehow hide it... I'm sure it must be possible as it works for Media.
I would prefer to create custom document type as I want to use properties already existing in umbraco but if the way to go is to create custom content type and NOT document type please point me in the direction as I was searching how to create custom media-like content type but failed to find any good information...
Regards,
Lucas
Spotted Tom Fulton's new Structure Extension package last night. I've not used this myself but this we feature seems to be what your looking for.
"Control which Document & Media Types are allowed at the Root level"
http://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/structure-extensions
Hi Lucas,
I'm not really sure about the rest of your solution, but indeed the Structure Extensions package will allow you to hide document types from the Create dropdown - in the root of your Content section. Obviously to hide it in the rest of the content tree you just wouldn't allow it as a child of any other type via the structure tab. Note, rather than choosing which to hide, the package allows you to choose which types should show and the rest will be hidden.
Hope this helps,
Tom
Thanks guys,
Package looks really cool and will give it a go with the custom tree.
Regards,
Lucas
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