Hi there

Firstly, I am a NOOB to MVC using Umbraco.

I have been tasked with outputting all nodes of a certain type in a random order, but for that random order to remain consistent for a 24 hour period. To date I have not found an Out-of-the-box way to achieve this with partial views. Does anyone know if this is possible?

A solution I currently have in my head is :

• create a model which only contains the properties I need for my page output, and add a property for a random number
• within the custom controller create list of my custom model including the "randomisation" logic
• within the view output the list created by 

So I have scoured Google for some help and did find some resources but have been unable to get anything working as yet.

My model is as follows:
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

namespace umb724.Models
{
    public class PersonModel
    {
        public int ID { get; set; }
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string Surname { get; set; }
        public string URL { get; set; }
    }
}

My controller is as follows (pseudo entries purely in an attempt to wire up the MVC functionlity (random functionality will be included later):
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using umb724.Models;
using Umbraco.Web.Mvc;

namespace umb724.Controllers
{
    public class PersonController : SurfaceController
    {
        public ActionResult Person()
        {
            List personModel = new List();                       

            PersonModel pm = new PersonModel();
            pm.FirstName = "Joe";
            pm.Surname = "Bloggs";
            pm.ID = 1234;
            personModel.Add(pm);

            PersonModel pm2 = new PersonModel();
            pm.FirstName = "John";
            pm.Surname = "Doe";
            pm.ID = 4321;
            personModel.Add(pm2);

            return View(personModel);
        }
    }
}

My View is as follows:
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@model umb724.Models.PersonModel
@{
    Layout = "~/Views/Master.cshtml";
}

@foreach (var item in Model.PersonListing)
{

@item.FirstName

}

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Is anyone able to please assist and get me on track with respect to this ?

Alternatively, can anyone sugest a simpler way to generate a random output that changes based on the day.

Thanks, Nigel