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  • James Hill 2 posts 83 karma points
    Jun 21, 2022 @ 21:37
    James Hill
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    Global Settings

    Using Umbraco And Getting Started
    Umbraco 8

    Hi,

    I'm trying to set/access a global site value.

    On my HomePage document type I've created a 'site settings' tab, and within this tab I've added a 'postAuthor' property.

    On the HomePage I can retrive and show the 'postAuthor' value using @Model.Value("postAuthor").

    But, when I use @Model.Value("postAuthor") on the post page, no value is returned?

    Below is the content structure, and I would like to use the global value for the author name from the HomePage 'site settings' tab on other pages below the root node?

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    I've tried different ways, but still cant get thos to work !

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  • Johan Runsten 38 posts 276 karma points c-trib
    Jun 22, 2022 @ 06:21
    Johan Runsten
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    Hi!

    You need to get the model for the HomePage node, on your post page, since the properties are defined on it.

    Try Model.Root().Value("postAuthor") or Model.Root<HomePage>().PostAuthor if you're using the model builder.

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  • James Hill 2 posts 83 karma points
    Jun 22, 2022 @ 19:02
    James Hill
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    Thanks Johan,

    This worked perfectly for what I needed.

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  • Keith 74 posts 240 karma points
    Jun 22, 2022 @ 21:46
    Keith
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    I do not use this feature myself, so cant comment on how effective it is, but doesn't Umbraco have a fallback option, when getting a model value? I noticed when I was playing around with the template editor UI:

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    In your case, it would give you:

    @Model.Value("postAuthor", fallback: Fallback.ToAncestors)

    Seems neat.

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