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Ben 19 posts 109 karma points

Jun 26, 2018 @ 10:46
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Reusable blocks and showing multiple
Hi All,

Im working on a reusable block picker for a sidebar of cta's. Im also working quite heavily with the grid through a possibly original misguided path i took when creating the site.

So ive created a content type of reusable grid blocks where users can create different types of grid content. I then created a doctype of sidebarCTA with a content picker and used something like this:
```
            @{
                var sidebarCTA = Model.Content.GetPropertyValue<IPublishedContent>("sidebarCta");
            }
            @if (sidebarCTA != null)
            {
                @Html.GetGridHtml(sidebarCTA, "content")
            }
```
This works fine and shows the selected bit of content. The client wants to select multiple rather than putting multiple CTA's in the grid.

So i thought about using the Multi-node tree picker, but not sure if this is the best option, it allows them to select the relevant CTA's but i cant get the selected to render.

Can anyone offer any advice?
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Frans de Jong 548 posts 1840 karma points MVP 4x c-trib

Jun 28, 2018 @ 19:52

If you use the MNTP you can indeed pick and sort multiple sidebar grid instances.

The code could look something like this:

        @{
            IEnumerable<IPublishedContent> sidebarCTAList = Model.Content.GetPropertyValue<IEnumerable<IPublishedContent>>("sidebarCta");
        }
        @if (sidebarCTAList.Any())
        {
           foreach(IPublishedContent sidebarCTA in sidebarCTAList )
           {
              @Html.GetGridHtml(sidebarCTA, "content")
           }
        }

Not the most elegant/efficient way but it should work.

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Ben 19 posts 109 karma points

Jun 29, 2018 @ 21:36

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Thanks for the reply Frans, looks useful. Im out of the office for a few days now but will get onto trying this as soon as im back. Will let you know how i get on.

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Frans de Jong 548 posts 1840 karma points MVP 4x c-trib

Jun 30, 2018 @ 17:49

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No problem. Glad to help.

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