show a list of the 5 latest post in a blog

Go to solution

Press Ctrl / CMD + C to copy this to your clipboard.

Copied to clipboard

Flag this post as spam?

This post will be reported to the moderators as potential spam to be looked at

Kate 267 posts 610 karma points

Mar 25, 2020 @ 10:37
0

Show a list of the 5 latest post in a blog

Using Umbraco And Getting Started

Umbraco 6
Hi

I'm trying to make a list of the 5 most recent blog posts, but can't make it work. Hope you can help :-)
```
@foreach (var item in @Model.Children().Where("nodeTypeAlias == \"Blog\"")){
                <div>Show: @item.postHeader
                </div>
            } 
```
My structur under "Content" is this:
- BlogHolder (the above code works fine on this page. It shows all the blog Item
  - Blog (This is the blog item)
  - Blog (This is the blog item)
  - Blog (This is the blog item)
  - Blog (This is the blog item)
The above code does not work on the "Blog" page. Can you guys help me with that? And I would like if it only showed the top 5 latest posts ;-)
Copy Link
Yakov Lebski 553 posts 2117 karma points

Mar 25, 2020 @ 20:01
0
something like that
```
Model.Children().Where(x=>x.ContentType.Alias== "blog").OrderBy(x=>x.CreateDate).Take(5)
```
Copy Link
Kate 267 posts 610 karma points

Mar 25, 2020 @ 20:27
0
Hi Yakov Thanks for your reply, but it didn't work.

This is my code now
```
@foreach(var item in Model.Children().Where(x=>x.ContentType.Alias== "blog").OrderBy(x=>x.CreateDate).Take(5)){
```
and it gives me this error: "Cannot use a lambda expression as an argument to a dynamically dispatched operation without first casting it to a delegate or expression tree type"

Does that meas anything for you. I haven't worked with Umbraco for a long time, so I apologize for my stupid questions :-)
Copy Link
Kate 267 posts 610 karma points

Mar 25, 2020 @ 21:06
0
Hi again

I made it work this way, but don't know if it's good code. What is your opinion?
```
@foreach(var item in Model.AncestorOrSelf(3).Children.Where("NodeTypeAlias == \"Blog\"").Take(5)){
```
Copy Link
Yakov Lebski 553 posts 2117 karma points

Mar 26, 2020 @ 01:54
100
This is good, but it take 5 ordered by sort field. if you need the latest blog I guess newest, you should orderby date
```
Children.Where("NodeTypeAlias == \"Blog\"").OrderBy(x=>x.CreateDate).Take(5)
```
What version of it is Umbraco 7 or 8?
Copy Link
Kate 267 posts 610 karma points

Mar 26, 2020 @ 17:47

0

Yes, you are right and it works perfectly. Thanks for your help :-)

Copy Link
is working on a reply...

Please Sign in or register to post replies

Flag this post as spam?