I have found numerous posts sort of related to this but none that have really helped me, I am relatively new to Umbraco and have never used Merchello before.
I have just installed the latest version and the Bazaar store, which I've noticed stores all of its views in the App_Plugins Themes folder.
Is there any way to integrate these Views into the normal Umbraco Views in the Template Views folder? I would like to integrate the store into my current site (the store is only a part of a bigger Umbraco site).
I have created a new "Products Page" DocType and added the Merchello Product List editor and have created a new view for this but I am stumped as to how to get the products in that list to actually show.
My goal is just to have a simple "Products" page that displays the products from the list, with the basket functionality integrated into the current site (link in the navbar etc).
Sorry if this sounds dumb but I am new to it all and am wanting to learn! If anyone would be so kind as to provide a really simplified "How To" type thing just to get me started, then I will probably be able to figure out the rest. I have read the documentation and still haven't found exactly what I need.
1) You can update the Bazaar theme master layout to use your base layout by adjusting the Layout path.
2) You can always create your own product / category pages and just get the products from the property value ... the property value converter for will return IEnumerable<IProductContent>
Wondered if you'd be willing to help me out as I'm struggling to get started with Merchello and it sounds like I'm trying to accomplish something similar to you. Just noticed you're in Leeds...I'm in Manchester.
Drop me a line if you can spare me your time and expertise! ;-)
Combining Merchello Bazaar with Existing Site
Hi all,
I have found numerous posts sort of related to this but none that have really helped me, I am relatively new to Umbraco and have never used Merchello before.
I have just installed the latest version and the Bazaar store, which I've noticed stores all of its views in the App_Plugins Themes folder.
Is there any way to integrate these Views into the normal Umbraco Views in the Template Views folder? I would like to integrate the store into my current site (the store is only a part of a bigger Umbraco site).
I have created a new "Products Page" DocType and added the Merchello Product List editor and have created a new view for this but I am stumped as to how to get the products in that list to actually show.
My goal is just to have a simple "Products" page that displays the products from the list, with the basket functionality integrated into the current site (link in the navbar etc).
Sorry if this sounds dumb but I am new to it all and am wanting to learn! If anyone would be so kind as to provide a really simplified "How To" type thing just to get me started, then I will probably be able to figure out the rest. I have read the documentation and still haven't found exactly what I need.
Thank you :)
Hey Milly,
There are a few ways:
1) You can update the Bazaar theme master layout to use your base layout by adjusting the
Layoutpath. 2) You can always create your own product / category pages and just get the products from the property value ... the property value converter for will returnIEnumerable<IProductContent>Hello,
Thanks for your reply, I managed to get it working in the end! I had to convert my Umbraco pages to use
@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoViewPage
instead of
@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoTemplatePage
Hi Milly,
Wondered if you'd be willing to help me out as I'm struggling to get started with Merchello and it sounds like I'm trying to accomplish something similar to you. Just noticed you're in Leeds...I'm in Manchester.
Drop me a line if you can spare me your time and expertise! ;-)
Mark
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