Hi Peter. Welcome back! :)

Here is how you can create a node from a form in a Macro Partial, without going through a SurfaceController. (Very basic example, but i works and can probobly lead you in the right way.)

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Macros.PartialViewMacroPage
@{
    if (HttpContext.Current.Request.HttpMethod == "POST")
    {    
        var name = Request["name"];

        var node = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentService.CreateContent(name: name, parentId: 1053, contentTypeAlias: "page", userId: 0);
        ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentService.SaveAndPublishWithStatus(node);
    }
}

<form method="POST">
    <input type="text" name="name"/>
    <input type="submit" value="Create node">   
</form>

Let me know if it works out for you!!

Hey thanks for that, had just cracked it before i saw your post however think they work slightly different so unsure whats best, heres what i came up with.

@using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web



@* Some global variables *@

@{
  var successfulPost = false;
  var name = Request["name"];
  var message = Request["message"];
  var parent = Request["parent"];
}

@* Handle form post: create a new document if a valid post*@

@if (IsPost)
{
 if (name!="" && message !="" && parent !="")
  {
    var dt = DocumentType.GetByAlias("Deal");

    @* Make sure its a valid document type alias *@

    if (dt != null)
    {

      var author = umbraco.BusinessLogic.User.GetUser(0);

      var doc = Document.MakeNew("Comment", dt, author, Convert.ToInt32(parent));
      doc.getProperty("name").Value = parent;
      doc.getProperty("mainText").Value = message;

      @* Tell umbraco to publish the document *@

      doc.Publish(author);
      umbraco.library.UpdateDocumentCache(doc.Id);

      successfulPost = true;
    }
  }
}

@* Render the Html *@

<hr/>

@if (successfulPost)
{
 <h3>Successful post</h3>
 <p>Thank you <strong>@name</strong> for your message:</p>
 <p>@message</p>
} 




<h3>Add a new comment:</h3>

<form method="post">
  <fieldset>
    <label for="name">Your name</label>
    <input type="text" name="name" id="name"/><br/>
        <label for="parent">Location</label>
        <select name="parent" id="parent">
        <option value="1079"></option>
        <option value="1067">Spain</option>
        </select><br/>
    <label for="message">Comment</label>
    <textarea name="message" id="message"></textarea><br/>
    <input type="submit" value="Post comment"/>
  </fieldset>
</form>

I do have another test for you though! Is it possible to have an image upload on the same form?

Bonus tip.

If you are using Umbraco Forms, you could easily create this kind of form, then attaching a workflow that creates a node.

Whilst you can create nodes, members etc. using a simple form in a Razor view, it is definitely recommended to move this kind of logic to a Surface Controller. They're not that scary, and will make your code a lot cleaner and more manageable.

Here's a simple article on how to create a login form using a Surface Controller - but the basic principle works for all types of forms where you want to submit some data, do something and then return back to a page.

http://24days.in/umbraco/2012/creating-a-login-form-with-umbraco-mvc-surfacecontroller/

For membership, have a read of this article that tells you how to create members programmatically etc.

http://24days.in/umbraco/2015/membership-apis-investigation/

Managed to crack both problems, membership all works great with my above code and also have a multiple image uploader that works frontend in the members section just using a partial view macro file

@using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
@using System.Web.Security
@* A Razor script to add a basic comment function to Umbraco pages
    You need a document type called Comment with a textstring property
    called commentName and a textbox multiple property called commentMessage
    You also need to allow the Comment document type as child document type
    to your textpage document type.
    Create this script with a macro and add it below the bodyText in your
    template(s) *@
@* Some global variables *@
@{
    var successfulPost = false;
    var name = Request["name"];
    var message = Request["message"];
    var parent = Request["parent"];
    var price = Request["price"];
}
@* Handle form post: create a new document if a valid post*@
@if (IsPost)
{
    if (name != "" && message != "" && parent != "")
    {
        var dt = DocumentType.GetByAlias("Deal");

        @* Make sure its a valid document type alias *@

if (dt != null)
{

    var author = umbraco.BusinessLogic.User.GetUser(0);
    var member = Membership.GetUser();

    var doc = Document.MakeNew(name, dt, author, Convert.ToInt32(parent));
    doc.getProperty("name").Value = name;
    doc.getProperty("mainText").Value = message;
    doc.getProperty("price").Value = price;
    doc.getProperty("client").Value = Convert.ToString(member);

    var imageIds = "";
    var mediaFiles = Request.Files;
    if (ApplicationContext.Current != null && mediaFiles!=null && mediaFiles.Count>0)
    {
        var ms = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.MediaService;
        for (int i = 0; i < mediaFiles.Count; i++)        
        {
            HttpPostedFileBase mediaFile = mediaFiles[i];
            if (mediaFile != null && mediaFile.ContentLength > 0)
            {
                var newFile = ms.CreateMedia(mediaFile.FileName, -1, "Image");
                newFile.SetValue("umbracoFile", mediaFile);
                ms.Save(newFile);
                imageIds += newFile.Id + ",";
            }
        }
    }

    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(imageIds))
    {
        doc.getProperty("images").Value = imageIds.TrimEnd(',');
    }

    @* Tell umbraco to publish the document *@

            doc.Publish(author);
            umbraco.library.UpdateDocumentCache(doc.Id);

            successfulPost = true;
        }
    }
}

    @* Render the Html *@
    <hr />
    @if (successfulPost)
    {
        <h3>Successful post</h3>
        <p>Thank you <strong>@name</strong> for your message:</p>
        <p>@message</p>
    }


    <h3>Add a new Deal:</h3>

    <form method="post" enctype = "multipart/form-data">
        <fieldset>
            <label for="name">Tagline</label><br />
            <input type="text" name="name" id="name" /><br />
            <label for="price">Deal Price</label><br />
            <input type="text" name="price" id="price" /><br />
            <label for="parent">Location</label><br />
            <select name="parent" id="parent">
                <option value="1065">Spain</option>
                <option value="1117">Portugal</option>
                <option value="1121">Italy</option>
            </select><br />
            <label for="message">Details</label><br />
            <textarea name="message" id="message"></textarea><br />
            <label for="price">Image</label><br />
            <input type="file" name="image" id="image" multiple/><br />
            <input type="submit" value="Post comment" />
        </fieldset>
    </form>

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