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Andrew Gibson 16 posts 107 karma points

Dec 07, 2017 @ 15:59
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Quickly convert id to a content reference
Hello, apologies that this is a simple question but it has been bugging me. As an example, I have this:
```
<p><a href="@Umbraco.NiceUrl(1243)">Events Search</a></p>
```
Using the id number is a poor way to do this. The content link is "/about-us/events".

How can I make easy reference to the content, primarily as a link to the content, without mentioning the id please?

In several other places I've explored the Umbraco content, got the Alias, taken a number of different approaches... but I still think I'm missing a simple, direct, approach.
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Paul Seal 524 posts 2889 karma points MVP 7x c-trib

Dec 07, 2017 @ 16:02

What about finding the item by document type alias?

Maybe something like this:

IPublishedContent homePage = Model.Content.AncestorOrSelf("home");
IPublishedContent searchPage = homePage.Children.Where(x => x.DocumentTypeAlias == "search").FirstOrDefault();

<p><a href="@searchPage.Url">Events Search</a></p>

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Alex Brown 129 posts 620 karma points

Dec 07, 2017 @ 16:03

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Like you've said, Document Types can be used to find content. That's typically how I do it, as ids are likely to change when publishing to different environments.

Another way to do it would be to store content ids in the node you're currently residing in. E.g. using content pickers etc.

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Andrew Gibson 16 posts 107 karma points

Dec 07, 2017 @ 16:10

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Thank you both.

I've used both approaches described, and both make sense.

Yes, searching by DocumentTypeAlias, and the first of these, aligns with the way Umbraco works.

Another way to do it would be to store content ids in the node you're currently residing in. E.g. using content pickers etc.

I wanted to avoid this, as it is just a single link that I'm putting in a partial.

I suppose, if I'm looking for a quick fix then there is no difference between using the id and hard-coding "/about-us/events", so I might as well use the more descriptive (hard-coded) version.

Thank you.

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Paul Seal 524 posts 2889 karma points MVP 7x c-trib

Dec 07, 2017 @ 16:17

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If it was me I would not use the hard coded path.

The url is far more likely to change than the id.

If you don't want to get it by doc type then do what Alex says and store it in the App Settings.

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Andrew Gibson 16 posts 107 karma points

Dec 07, 2017 @ 16:26

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I'm not quite sure what you mean by App Settings (in Umbraco terms)? If I had a Document Type I could add a property to it, which is what I thought Alex meant, but I'm in a free-standing Partial View.

Do you mean in a config file?

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Alex Brown 129 posts 620 karma points

Dec 07, 2017 @ 16:29

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Sorry I meant adding a content picker to a node. But this is typically more useful for navbars or something.

I'd search on document type (which is what I always do) since like Paul said, the url may change. If you accidentally change the name of the node, it'll change the url too.

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Andrew Gibson 16 posts 107 karma points

Dec 11, 2017 @ 09:10

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Thank you both.

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Michaël Vanbrabandt 863 posts 3348 karma points c-trib

Dec 11, 2017 @ 09:18
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What I always use in this type of cases is creating an extensions class which adds extension methods to the UmbracoHelper.

Then using the TypedContentSingleAtXPath method I take the correct content node:
```
public static class UmbracoExtensions
{
    public static IPublishedContent GetContact(this UmbracoHelper helper)
    {
        return helper.TypedContentSingleAtXPath("//home/contact");
    }
}
```
Above examples takes the first node of alias contact under the root home node.

Hope this helps!

/Michaël
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