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  • Isis 21 posts 42 karma points
    Feb 06, 2012 @ 14:01
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    Flatten node hierarchy in for-each selection

    Say I use the blogs package and wind up with a node hierarchy of something like this:

    Blog
      - DateFolder (for year)
        - DateFolder (for month)
          - DateFolder (for day)
            - BlogPost

    Then, using a custom XSLT to grab the 'latest' posts, how can I search the posts from the root node of the blog?

    As usual, I have tried many permutations of selection, but as of now I have this (which I assume should only need slight alteration?):

    <xsl:for-each select="umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById(1146)/descendant::BlogPost [@isDoc and string(umbracoNaviHide) != '1']">

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  • Chriztian Steinmeier 2800 posts 8791 karma points MVP 8x admin c-trib
    Feb 06, 2012 @ 14:08
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    Hi Grant,

    The XPath you're using should do exactly that (provided 1146 is the id of the Blog node and BlogPost is the DocumentType Alias of the posts).

    What are you getting?

    /Chriztian

     

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  • Isis 21 posts 42 karma points
    Feb 06, 2012 @ 14:12
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    I don't get anything at all. My container remains absolutely empty. (<div class="BlogContent"></div>).

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  • Isis 21 posts 42 karma points
    Feb 06, 2012 @ 14:17
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    As it happens, I was being stupid and not thorough - in my frantic messing with the XSLT to select appropriately (I never get it right first time!) I have the following line within the for-each:

    <xsl:if test="@nodeDocumentType = BlogPost">

    So, even though I had managed to alter my selection to be proper, I hadn't removed all traces of other 'modes' of selection. I'm not even sure this 'test' was itself correct (I know there is a @nodeSomethingOrOtherRelatedToType, but not sure DocumentType is it).

    Just pat the idiot on the back and move on. :/

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  • Chriztian Steinmeier 2800 posts 8791 karma points MVP 8x admin c-trib
    Feb 06, 2012 @ 14:21
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    Don't worry - it happens to all of us (not really, of course - just trying to consolate :-) (no, really, it does, Ed.)

    Another time, the test you tried to perform can be done with the self:: axis, like this:

    <xsl:if test="self::BlogPost">

    /Chriztian 

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