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bh 444 posts 1544 karma points

Mar 08, 2019 @ 13:49

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How to get CurrentPage in v8

I've been using @inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoTemplatePage to build my canonical like so <link rel="canonical" href="https://@[email protected]" runat="server" id="canonical" />, but either v8 doesn't have UmbracoTemplatePage anymore or it's moved. If it's moved can someone point me to where it is now. If it's gone, could you suggest how I get the current page's url?

I'm a day into my first v8 project. Gotta say I'm perplexed at the lack of documentation available. It's cool if you're going to change stuff. Just have a page somewhere that says, this used to work, now it's like this. That's all I need. I've been struggling to find v8 documentation. If you've got a bead on where I can find some good documentation on moving from v7 to v8 I'd really appreciate a link.

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Sebastiaan Janssen 5060 posts 15522 karma points MVP admin hq

Mar 08, 2019 @ 14:48
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Hey there Ben, make sure to have a look at the documentation statuspage: https://our.umbraco.com/documentation/v8documentation

If you look at the template we give you when you create it, you'll see:
```
@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoViewPage<ContentModels.Testers>
@using ContentModels = Umbraco.Web.PublishedModels;
@{
    Layout = null;
}
```
Note: My document type is called Testers, hence the Testers model name in there.

UmbracoViewPage is nothing new, we've had that in Umbraco for years. I think it was also possible to have a typed version like here (UmbracoViewPage<ContentModels.Testers>).

You're able to remove the type as well if you want: @inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoViewPage.

In both cases, you can then use @Model.Url to get the URL of the "CurrentPage" (Model). Not much else has changed, let's hope you find your way a little bit better from this starting point.

Shannon also spoke about the v8 changes recently and his slides are here, they could come in helpful: https://shazwazza.com/media/1032/uduf-2019.pdf
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bh 444 posts 1544 karma points

Mar 08, 2019 @ 14:56

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Many thanks @SebastiaanJanssen!

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Anders Brohus 194 posts 475 karma points

Mar 09, 2019 @ 20:12

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Hi Sebastiaan :)

Maybe i missed something, but how can i get my root node (Frontpage) out as a model? :)

In v7 i could do

var rootNode = Model.Content.Site().OfType<Frontpage>();

But that is not an option anymore :)

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

Mar 09, 2019 @ 20:23

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Hi Anders,

Instead of Model.Content.Site() try Model.Root()

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Anders Brohus 194 posts 475 karma points

Mar 09, 2019 @ 20:25
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Hi Frans :)

Yeah i have done it with Model.Root() but the problem with Model.Root is that i does not give me the possibility to do this,
```
var widgetImageGallery = rootNode.widgetImageGallery;
```
I have to do this,
```
var widgetImageGallery = rootNode.Value<IEnumerable<IPublishedContent>>("widgetImageGallery");
```
The .OfType<FrontPage> is gone many places, and i can't find a replacement for it :(
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Frans de Jong 548 posts 1840 karma points MVP 4x c-trib

Mar 09, 2019 @ 20:31
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What I always do is:
```
Frontpage frontpage = new Frontpage(Model.Root());
```
You could also use Model.Root() as Fronpage but I have to update Rosalyn to be able to use Modelsbuilder for that one
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Anders Brohus 194 posts 475 karma points

Mar 09, 2019 @ 20:33
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Nice thanks!

It works with
```
    var rootNode = Model.Root() as Frontpage;
```
Thanks alot! :)
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Damien Holley 180 posts 541 karma points

Nov 03, 2019 @ 23:20

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This is the best one as you can then test for nulls.

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Tom 713 posts 954 karma points

Aug 12, 2019 @ 02:43

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Just wondering with the document type model name that never resolves so we don't get any autocomplete on Model. is there a way to wire that up? Cheers, Tom

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

Aug 12, 2019 @ 04:31

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Do you use modelsbuilder? And if so in what mode?

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Tom 713 posts 954 karma points

Aug 12, 2019 @ 06:29

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Thanks Frans, Currently PureLive

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

Aug 12, 2019 @ 06:32

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Autocomplete doesn't work in purelive mode since models only exist runtime.

I would strongly advice looking in to app data mode or, if you always use visual studio, use the modelsbuilder api.

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john blair 48 posts 219 karma points

Aug 19, 2019 @ 15:57

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Yes, its a total nightmare finding alternatives that used to work in v7. Surprised the Umbraco team never gave this much thought.

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

Aug 20, 2019 @ 22:25
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I like to do this:
```
var homePage = Model.AncestorOrSelf<Home>();
```
Cheers

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

Nov 03, 2019 @ 23:24
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A important remark with this method is that the documenttype alias of your root/home node must be "home" in this case, otherwise this won't work.

If you don't know the documenttype alias you can always do:
```
var homePage = Model.AncestorOrSelf(1);
```
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Marshall Penn 83 posts 268 karma points

Dec 06, 2019 @ 11:00

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The "Home" in Model.AncestorOrSelf<Home>() is the type name, rather than an alias - otherwise it would have quotation marks, surely?

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john blair 48 posts 219 karma points

Nov 04, 2019 @ 17:05

The current page is just the model - picked up in the master razor layout. FYI I use the following for the home page, and I also allow a local page header and footer to override the global settings.

 EcHomePage homePage = (EcHomePage)Umbraco.ContentAtRoot().FirstOrDefault(x => x.ContentType.Alias.Equals("ecHomePage"));

 IPublishedContent currPage = Model;
EcGlobalSettings configPage = homePage.Descendant<EcGlobalSettings>();
// Allow page footer to override global footer.
EcFooterSection footerSection = currPage.Children<EcPageSettings>().FirstOrDefault()?.Descendant<EcFooterSection>() ?? configPage.Descendant<EcFooterSection>();

// Allow page header to override global header.
EcHeaderSection headerSection = currPage.Children<EcPageSettings>().FirstOrDefault()?.Descendant<EcHeaderSection>() ?? configPage.Descendant<EcHeaderSection>();

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