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  • Brian Bozarth 10 posts 59 karma points
    Apr 29, 2020 @ 13:23
    Brian Bozarth
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    Stackable blocks in Umbraco

    What's the best way to do stackable content blocks in Umbraco 8? I want to have landing pages, where I can configure blocks in any order.

    In Episerver, I can create block types then attach them to the ContentArea in the Page Type.

    I was looking in Umbraco, and it seems like it should be Macros with Grid Layout. But when I set up the parameters for the Macro, the list is very limited. There's no Rich Text, List...

  • Alex Skrypnyk 6163 posts 24143 karma points MVP 8x admin c-trib
    Apr 29, 2020 @ 13:58
    Alex Skrypnyk
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    Hi Brian

    Have a look at Nested Content, it should be exactly what you need.

    Docs here - https://our.umbraco.com/documentation/getting-started/backoffice/property-editors/built-in-property-editors/Nested-Content/

    Thanks,

    Alex

  • Brian Bozarth 10 posts 59 karma points
    May 05, 2020 @ 14:56
    Brian Bozarth
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    What's the best way to do a shared block that be used across many pages? Would I do Nested Content with a link to the shared block? Where would that shared block live in the Content tree?

  • Nik 1614 posts 7260 karma points MVP 7x c-trib
    May 05, 2020 @ 15:01
    Nik
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    If you need them shareable/reusable, you'd want to create your own component store in a folder and then use a content picker to pick the blocks to include.

    If you go down the nested content route they are "create per page" type blocks. You might find you want a mix of both, so you could have a nested content block that contains a picker so you can combine both approaches.

    Nik

  • Alex Skrypnyk 6163 posts 24143 karma points MVP 8x admin c-trib
    May 05, 2020 @ 15:18
    Alex Skrypnyk
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    I would create a separate folder with separate nodes and user Umbraco Node Picker to select the needed shared node where it's required

    Thanks,

    Alex

  • Marc Love (uSkinned.net) 447 posts 1789 karma points
    May 05, 2020 @ 15:18
    Marc Love (uSkinned.net)
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    Hi Brian,

    Marc from uSkinned here. Our themes use the component approach that Nic mentioned. If you contact us via our contact form we can set you up with a demo to try it out.

    Cheers,

    Marc

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