What you can do is create a document type without any properties and just use that as a folder. You can then create the documentypes as children of the folder document type.
You will need to create a new document type for each of your folders.
You can use the same technique for templates if you want.
If i understand correctly, the workaround you provided will allow me to goup the doctypes for a specific site.
But it does not provide a solution for having a "shared" folder where i would place some base doctypes that are shared across multiple sites.
But i guess that is a limitation of the umbraco backend because inheriting from a doctype will cause the child doctype to be placed directly under the parent? (Which is disappointing IMHO)
structuring document types and templates using folders
Hi,
Im trying to figure out if i want to use umbraco for creating a portal containing 10 sites.
After some fiddling around, i managed to configure 4 sites in 1 Umbraco installation.
Each site has its own set of templates and document type. But some doctypes and templates may also be shared among the sites.
1 thing i could not figure out is how to clearly structure the document types (and templates)
I would really like group the document types for a site in its own folder.
I would really like group the templates for a site in its own folder.
For example:
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3
Shared
Is it somehow possible to use a folder as a container for 1 or multiple document types?
(Similar to using a folder in the media library to structure large number of items.)
If not, is there an alternative?
Cheers,
Erik
Hi Erik,
What you can do is create a document type without any properties and just use that as a folder. You can then create the documentypes as children of the folder document type.
You will need to create a new document type for each of your folders.
You can use the same technique for templates if you want.
/Carsten
Hi carsten,
Thanks for your answer.
If i understand correctly, the workaround you provided will allow me to goup the doctypes for a specific site.
But it does not provide a solution for having a "shared" folder where i would place some base doctypes that are shared across multiple sites.
But i guess that is a limitation of the umbraco backend because inheriting from a doctype will cause the child doctype to be placed directly under the parent? (Which is disappointing IMHO)
Cheers, erik
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