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  • John 115 posts 150 karma points
    Nov 03, 2012 @ 03:13
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    Noob cannot get @Model.NodyById() to work

    Hello there, I am a noobie at writing razor scripts and I am struggeling to get the following code to work in Umbraco 4.7.1;

    @inherits umbraco.MacroEngines.DynamicNodeContext
    @{ 
      var level = String.IsNullOrEmpty(Parameter.Level) ? 1 : int.Parse(Parameter.Level); 
      var ulClass = String.IsNullOrEmpty(Parameter.UlClass) ? "" : String.Format(" class=\"{0}\"", Parameter.UlClass); 
      
      var rootNode = @Model.NodyById(2278);
      var parent = rootNode.AncestorOrSelf();
         
      if (parent != null) {
        <ul id="secondarynav" >
        @foreach (var item in  parent.Children.Where("!HideFromHorizontalMenu")) {                                                                  
          var isFirst = Array.IndexOf(Model.Path.Split(','), item.Id.ToString()) >= 0 ? " class=\"selected\"" : "";
          var isLast = Array.IndexOf(Model.Path.Split(','), item.Id.ToString()) >= 0 ? " class=\"selected\"" : "";
          <li@Html.Raw(isFirst)>
            <a href="@item.Url">@item.Name</a>                  
          </li>
          }
        </ul>                    
      }
    }

    The script is meant to create a navigation menu. It is a modified version of the navigation script that comes with the initial umbraco install. For the life of me, I just cannot seem to get it to start from the particular node I want it to.

    If anyone has any ideas, I would be very appreciative. Thank you for looking.

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  • Fuji Kusaka 2203 posts 4220 karma points
    Nov 03, 2012 @ 07:52
    Fuji Kusaka
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    Hi John,

    Are you getting any output from the code above? 

    Can you try changing 

    var parent = rootNode.AncestorOrSelf() ; to var parent = rootNode.AncestorOrSelf(1).Descendants("docTypeName");

    And if you dont mind you could show what your structure looks like and what should be the output

    //fuji

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  • John 115 posts 150 karma points
    Nov 03, 2012 @ 14:02
    John
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    Hi Fuji, thanks so much for spending your time for me.

    I gave that a try and still the same :(. No output at all.

    My content tree looks like follows;

    Also as an addition, note that I have found the following code works in that it will loop through with the foreach, but it always starts from the ancestor above the current page...which is not really what I want :(

    var  parent = @Model.AncestorOrSelf(1);

     

    The output should be the navigation secondary node and children nodes in an unordered list. At least, that is the intention :) Here is some sample code;

     <ul id="secondarynav">
            <li class="first"><a href="#">Project Management</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Book Consultation</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Client Login</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">FAQs</a></li>
            <li class="last"><a href="#">Contact Us</a></li>
          </ul>
         

     

    Thanks again so much for having a look. Im new to it, and Im finding it very frustrating that I can't do this! One would think it is simple :)

     

     

     

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  • Bo Damgaard Mortensen 719 posts 1207 karma points
    Nov 04, 2012 @ 03:10
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    Hi John,

    Have you tried Model.NodeById() instead of Model.NodyById() ? :-)

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  • Fuji Kusaka 2203 posts 4220 karma points
    Nov 04, 2012 @ 08:58
    Fuji Kusaka
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    Hi John,

    Sorry i didnt notice you miss spelll NodeById. Anyways let try doing it this way

    @{
     var parent = Model.NodeByid(2278);
     var items = parent.Children;

    if(parent.Children.Where("Visible").Count() > 0){ 
    /// here you can check if you have childnodes if they are visible assuming you are using property umbracoNaviHide
    <ul id="secondaryNav">
    @foreach(dynamic nodes in items){
       if(nodes.IsFirst()){
       <liclass="first"><ahref="#">@nodes.Name</a></li>
       }
      else if(nodes.IsLast()){
        <liclass="last"><ahref="#">@nodes.Name</a></li>
       }
       else{
         <li><a href="#">@nodes.Name</a></li>
        }
    }
    </ul>
    }
    }

    Hope this helps

     

    //fuji

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  • John 115 posts 150 karma points
    Nov 04, 2012 @ 12:16
    John
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    Oh, How embarassing :)  Yes, the problem was NodyById! Bad typing :) 

    I can't believe I spent hours on this one!

    Thank you Bo and Fuji, so much appreciate your help, honestly I was almost ready to pack it in and become a sales guy instead :) 

    Also, I haven't tried it yet Fuju, but your rewritten code is easier to read than mine, I will have a play with it now. I may learn some things.

    I am currently editing in a browser because I've never figured out how to easily deploy stuff from visual studio. Perhaps that would have preventedwhat should have been an obvious mistake.

    Thank you guys.

    John 

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