Hello everyone,

I have the following code to create a file in my SurfaceController:

var contentService = Services.ContentService;    

                    var advertentie = contentService.CreateContent(string.Format("{0}-{1}", model.Frequentie, DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString()), 1068, "AdvertentieItem", 0);

                        advertentie.SetValue("titel", model.Titel);
                        advertentie.SetValue("frequentie", model.Frequentie);
                        advertentie.SetValue("opmerking", model.Opmerking);
                        advertentie.SetValue("status", "Open");
                        advertentie.SetValue("provincie", model.Provincie);
                        advertentie.SetValue("stad", model.Stad);
                        advertentie.SetValue("postcode", model.Postcode);
                        advertentie.SetValue("adres", model.Adres);
                        advertentie.SetValue("beschrijving", model.Beschrijving);

                        contentService.SaveAndPublishWithStatus(advertentie, 0, true);

                        TempData.Add("Status", "Your form was successfully submitted at " + DateTime.Now);

                        return RedirectToCurrentUmbracoPage();

The ViewModel (Obviously some types have to change here but I have no idea to what):

 public class AdvertentieModel
    {
        [Required, Display(Name = "Titel")]
        public string Titel { get; set; }

        [Required, Display(Name = "Beschrijving")]
        public string Beschrijving { get; set; }

        [Required, Display(Name = "Frequentie")]
        public string Frequentie { get; set; }

        [Required, Display(Name = "Opmerking")]
        public string Opmerking { get; set; }

        [Display(Name = "Image")]
        public string Image { get; set; }



        [Required, Display(Name = "Provincie")]
        public string Provincie { get; set; }

        [Required, Display(Name = "Stad")]
        public string Stad { get; set; }

        [Required, Display(Name = "Postcode")]
        public string Postcode { get; set; }

        [Required, Display(Name = "Adres")]
        public string Adres { get; set; }


    }

And the view:

@using (Html.BeginUmbracoForm("_AdvertentieAanmaken", "AdvertentieAanmakenSurface"))
{
    @Html.AntiForgeryToken()
    @Html.ValidationSummary(true)


    <div id="AanmaakBox">
        <h2 id="center">Advertentie aanmaken</h2>
        <table>
            <tr>
                <td>@Html.DisplayName("Titel:")</td>
                <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Titel)</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>@Html.DisplayName("Beschrijving:")</td>
                <td>@Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.Beschrijving)</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>@Html.DisplayName("Frequentie:")</td>
                <td>
                    @Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.Frequentie, new SelectList(new List<Object>{
                       new { value = 0 , text = " < Maak een keuze > "  },
                       new { value = 1 , text = "Eenmalig"  },
                       new { value = 2 , text = "Dagelijks" },
                       new { value = 3 , text = "Weekelijks"},
                       new { value = 4 , text = "Maandelijks"},
                       new { value = 5 , text = "Anders"}
                    }, "value", "text", 0))
                </td>

            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>@Html.DisplayName("Opmerking:")</td>
                <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Opmerking, new { @placeholder = " bijvoorbeeld: derde donderdag van de maand" })</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td id="ImageUpload">@Html.DisplayName("Afbeelding:")</td>
                <td id="ImageUpload">
                    <div class="fileinput fileinput-new" data-provides="fileinput">
                        <span class="btn btn-default btn-file"><span class="fileinput-new">Select file</span><span class="fileinput-exists">Change</span><input type="file" name="..."></span>
                        <span class="fileinput-filename"></span>
                        <a href="#" class="close fileinput-exists" data-dismiss="fileinput" style="float: none">×</a>
                    </div>
                </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
        <br />
    </div>

    <br />

    <div id="AanmaakBox">
        <h2 id="center">Locatie</h2>

        <img id="InformationHover" data-trigger="hover" src="/images/icons/information.png" />

        <table>
            <tr>
                <td>@Html.DisplayName("Provincie:")</td>
                <td>
                    @Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.Provincie, new SelectList(new List<Object>{
                       new { value = 0 , text = " < Maak een keuze > "  },
                       new { value = 1 , text = "Drenthe"  },
                       new { value = 2 , text = "Flevoland" },
                       new { value = 3 , text = "Friesland"},
                       new { value = 4 , text = "Gelderland"},
                       new { value = 5 , text = "Groningen"},
                       new { value = 6 , text = "Limburg"},
                       new { value = 7 , text = "Noord-Brabant"},
                       new { value = 8 , text = "Noord-Holland"},
                       new { value = 9 , text = "Overijssel"},
                       new { value = 10 , text = "Utrecht"},
                       new { value = 11 , text = "Zeeland"},
                       new { value = 12 , text = "Zuid-Holland"}
                    }, "value", "text", 0))
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>@Html.DisplayName("Stad:")</td>
                <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Stad)</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>@Html.DisplayName("Postcode:")</td>
                <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Postcode)</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>@Html.DisplayName("Adres:")</td>
                <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Adres)</td>
            </tr>

            <tr>
                <td></td>
                <td>
                    <input class="btn btn-custom pull-right" type="submit" value="Aanmaken" />
                    <a class="pull-right" id="AanmakenAnnuleren" href="/Advertenties/">Annuleren</a>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td><p class="field-validation-error">@TempData["Status"]</p></td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    </div>
}

Now here are the issues I am having. Firstly model.Frequentie is empty. I am assuming this has something to do with the fact I have it as a string in my model but I couldn't find anywhere what to change it to (if that is even the problem).

Secondly if I try to set the value manually, like with Status to Open it doesn't get set in Umbraco (which is a dropdown list in Umbraco).

advertentie.SetValue("status", "Open");

And thirdly, how do I upload the image I get from the form here to Umbraco:

<div class="fileinput fileinput-new" data-provides="fileinput">
                        <span class="btn btn-default btn-file"><span class="fileinput-new">Select file</span><span class="fileinput-exists">Change</span><input type="file" name="..."></span>
                        <span class="fileinput-filename"></span>
                        <a href="#" class="close fileinput-exists" data-dismiss="fileinput" style="float: none">×</a>
                    </div>

Sorry for the long post but a little summary:

1. How do I get the value from the frontend dropdown list i.e. model.Frequentie

2. How do I set a value in a Umbraco backend dropdown list

3. How do I upload the image to Umbraco

I know this is a lot to ask but I hope someone can spend the time to help me out.