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Mikael Syska 24 posts 91 karma points

Oct 18, 2009 @ 01:28
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Specify default page to be loaded.
Hi,

I'm new to umbraco ... so this might be a easy thing.

I have some content like this:
- Content
- * MySite
- ** News
- *** First news
- *** Second news
- ** Contact
The stars in the structure above note the level ...

The news page uses a macro to print the news ... it works great. But when I use the same Template for the "MySite", ofcause it dont work, since it now parses the "News/Contact" as the 2 nodes, instead of "First news/Second news" as the 2 nodes.

So ... other than specify absuloute path in the XLTS file to get the news items, what can I do ?

I want the MySite/News page to be 100% the same ... so other work arounds are also welcome ...
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skiltz 501 posts 701 karma points

Oct 18, 2009 @ 01:43

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Crate a new XSLT file and take a look at the "List Sub Pages from a Changleable Source" template in the dropdownlist. This wil allow you to specify the nodeid to which to load the "news" from.

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Kim Andersen 1447 posts 2196 karma points MVP

Oct 18, 2009 @ 02:07
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So actually you want to list all news items on your site, on "MySite" and "News", right?

If that is what you want, you can with XSLT, show all items with a certain template. I guess that all of your news-nodes have a special template?

If this is what you want you can use this XSLT:
```
<xsl:for-each select="$currentPage//node[@template='the_templateID']">
   ---do something---
</xsl:for-each>
```
Remember to change the_templateID with the actual ID number. Well, I hope this gives you an idea of how it could be solved. And if you don't know anything about XSLT, speak up, and we will find a solution for this as well :)
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Mikael Syska 24 posts 91 karma points

Oct 18, 2009 @ 04:01
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Hi,

2 possible solutions ...

Its darn late here now so I guess I will return tomorrow when I have tried both suggestions.

Kim: Yes, I want the 2 pages to act like the same page.
Atm I'm doing all markup in the XSLT files ... which can't be the best option. I read somewhere you could specify a template to use with the node in the XSLT file ... or do I remember wrong.

I have the following Document types:
- News area - where the news list are shown. this could probebly be removed, I'm still learning. But its the document type for the "News"
- News item - A news item
- News comment
Each got a template ... except "News comment" since it would be odd to display a single comment on a page.

So ... the template_id in the number written in the browsers "status bar" ?

I'm very very newbie at XSLT, but most of the stuff until now I have been able to google :-) but if you got any good resources, please do share them with me :-)

btw. Denmark rox. ( Mostly a comment to Kim Andersen )

Skiltz:
Yours are the most easy to implement so for starter I will try yours ... still learning here ... so great with more opinions on every thing.

Thanks both.
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Kim Andersen 1447 posts 2196 karma points MVP

Oct 18, 2009 @ 14:47

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Hi Mikael

You'll find the tempalte id when you hover over the template in the Settings-section. when you hover over a template in the list of all your templates, you can see the id in the bottom of your browser, where it says: javascript:openTemplate(1047);

In the above example, 1047 is the tempalte id :)

But you could try out Skiltz's solutions first, and if that works, everything is good :)

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Mikael Syska 24 posts 91 karma points

Oct 18, 2009 @ 19:41

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Used the template answer for it. Seemed like the best option.

I would have marked both as an option, but its not possible to. I can't mark an answer as helpful, cause I dont have enough karma yet.

mvh

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