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  • Chris 32 posts 108 karma points
    Dec 31, 2014 @ 15:13
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    Get Document Type values in Layout Template

    Hi again,

    Great support early thanks! Got another query that I can't seem to find the answer to. In my layout (master) template I want to display the latest new items in the footer. Here is what I am trying to do (using MVC now rather than macros)

    @foreach (var page in Model.Content.AncestorOrSelf(1).Children.Where(x => x.DocumentTypeAlias == "umbNewsItemDT"))
                            { 
                                <li class="media"><a href="#" class="media-date">19<span>FEB</span></a>
                                    <h5 class="media-heading"><a href="#">@page.newsTitle</a></h5>
                                    <p>@page.newsSummary</p>
                                </li>
                            }

    Any pointers appreciated. Thanks.

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  • Jeavon Leopold 3074 posts 13632 karma points MVP 11x admin c-trib
    Dec 31, 2014 @ 15:42
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    Hi Chris,

    If you change Children to Decendants then it should work however it would be more effecient to find the parent news node first, does it have a unique document type alias?

    Jeavon

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  • Chris 32 posts 108 karma points
    Dec 31, 2014 @ 15:59
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    Thanks Jeavon. Yes it has the documenttypealias of 'umbNewsItemDT'. How might I go about doing that?

    Chris

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  • Jeavon Leopold 3074 posts 13632 karma points MVP 11x admin c-trib
    Dec 31, 2014 @ 16:26
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    Ok, in that case I think you almost have it, try this

    @foreach (var page in Model.Content.AncestorOrSelf(1).Children.FirstOrDefault(x => x.DocumentTypeAlias == "umbNewsItemDT").Children)
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  • Chris 32 posts 108 karma points
    Dec 31, 2014 @ 16:31
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    Getting the error

    Compiler Error Message: CS0446: Foreach cannot operate on a 'method group'. Did you intend to invoke the 'method group'?

    enter image description here

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  • Chris 32 posts 108 karma points
    Dec 31, 2014 @ 17:01
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    Managed to sort it I think using

        @{
    var page = Umbraco.Content(1094);
}


@foreach (var child in page.Children) { 
   <li class="media"><a href="#" class="media-date">19<span>FEB</span></a>
                                        <h5 class="media-heading"><a href="#">@child.NewsTitle</a></h5>
                                        <p>@child.NewsSummary</p>
                                    </li>
}
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  • Jeavon Leopold 3074 posts 13632 karma points MVP 11x admin c-trib
    Dec 31, 2014 @ 21:53
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    Ah ok, you're using the dynamic CurrentPage model, then this is probably what your after

    @foreach (var page in CurrentPage.AncestorOrSelf(1).umbNewsItemDTs.First().Children)
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