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In the Item publisher settings you can set Order by to Sort value to sort the items by the order in the page tree.

Best regards,
Mikkel

Hi,

It doesn't seem to render the dwnavigation tag no matter what combination of navigation xslt template and settings I am using.

I am using a html template for itemsList.

Thanks,

Adrian
 

Can you show us the template you're using and maybe a test site?

Unfortunately I cannot give you a test site since it is a client's website and they have restricted access to the frontend.
But here is the template:

   <!--@If(ItemPublisher:Items.Any=True)-->

   <nav id="itemList" role="navigationAccordion">

        <ul class="dwnavigation" id="accordion" data-settings="startlevel:3;endlevel:5;template:NavSubpages.xslt;expandmode:all;"></ul>  

  </nav><!-- /subnav 

  <!--@LoopStart(ItemPublisher:Items.List)-->

  <h2 id="accordion-head<!--@ItemPublisher:Items.List.LoopCounter-->" class="accordion-head active"><!--@ItemPublisher:Item.Title--></h2>

  <div id="accordion-panel<!--@ItemPublisher:Items.List.LoopCounter-->" class="accordion-panel active">

     <div class="accordion-inner">

       <!--@If Not Defined(ItemPublisher:Items.CanEdit)-->

          <!--@ItemPublisher:Item.Description-->

       <!--@EndIf(ItemPublisher:Items.CanEdit)-->

       <ul class="items-list">

          <!--@LoopStart(ItemPublisher:Items.List)-->

          <!--@ItemPublisher:Items.List.LoopCounter--><!--@ItemPublisher:Item.Title-->

          <!--@LoopEnd(ItemPublisher:Items.List)-->         

                  <li class="items-list-row items-clear" onclick="location.href = '<!--@ItemPublisher:Item.DetailsUrl-->';">

                      <!--@If Not Defined(ItemPublisher:Items.CanEdit)-->

                      <!--@LoopStart(ItemPublisher:Item.Fields)-->

                      yyy<span class="items-list-cell<!--@If(ItemPublisher:Item.Field.First=True)--> items-list-cell-first<!--@EndIf--><!--@If(ItemPublisher:Item.Field.Last=True)--> items-list-cell-last<!--@EndIf-->"><!--@If Defined(ItemPublisher:Item.Field.Value)--><!--@ItemPublisher:Item.Field.Value--><!--@EndIf(ItemPublisher:Item.Field.Value)--><!--@If Not Defined(ItemPublisher:Item.Field.Value)-->&nbsp;<!--@EndIf(ItemPublisher:Item.Field.Value)--></span>

                      <!--@LoopEnd(ItemPublisher:Item.Fields)-->

                      <!--@EndIf(ItemPublisher:Items.CanEdit)-->

                      <!--@If Defined(ItemPublisher:Items.CanEdit)-->

                      <!--@LoopStart(ItemPublisher:Item.Fields)-->

                      <span class="items-list-cell<!--@If(ItemPublisher:Item.Field.First=True)--> items-list-cell-first<!--@EndIf-->"><!--@If Defined(ItemPublisher:Item.Field.Value)--><!--@ItemPublisher:Item.Field.Value--><!--@EndIf(ItemPublisher:Item.Field.Value)--><!--@If Not Defined(ItemPublisher:Item.Field.Value)-->&nbsp;<!--@EndIf(ItemPublisher:Item.Field.Value)--></span>

                      <!--@LoopEnd(ItemPublisher:Item.Fields)-->

                      <span class="items-list-cell items-list-cell-last"><a class="item-edit-link" href="<!--@ItemPublisher:Item.EditUrl-->"><!--@Translate(ItemPublisher:Item.Edit, "Edit")--></a></span>

                      <!--@EndIf(ItemPublisher:Items.CanEdit)-->

                  </li>

          </ul>

       </div>

   </div>

   <!--@LoopEnd(ItemPublisher:Items.List)-->

    <!--@If(ItemPublisher:Items.Paging.TotalPages>1)-->

    <ul class="items-list-paging items-clear">

        <!--@LoopStart(ItemPublisher:Items.Paging.Pages5)-->

        <li class="items-list-page">

            <!--@If(ItemPublisher:Items.Paging.Pages5.Page.IsCurrent=True)-->

            <strong><!--@ItemPublisher:Items.Paging.Pages5.Page.Number--></strong>

            <!--@EndIf-->

            <!--@If(ItemPublisher:Items.Paging.Pages5.Page.IsCurrent<>True)-->

            <a href="<!--@ItemPublisher:Items.Paging.Pages5.Page.UrlHtmlEncoded-->"><!--@ItemPublisher:Items.Paging.Pages5.Page.Number--></a>

            <!--@EndIf-->

        </li>

        <!--@LoopEnd(ItemPublisher:Items.Paging.Pages5)-->

    </ul>

    <!--@EndIf-->

    <!--@EndIf-->

And it returns this:

        <ul class="dwnavigation" id="accordion" data-settings="startlevel:3;endlevel:5;template:NavSubpages.xslt;expandmode:all;"></ul>  

Thanks a lot for your answer. It works like a charm :)

However, I cannot find the Order by Sort option in the Item publisher. I only have the fields of the Item type. Could this be version related?

One more thing. Is it possible to list the fields of an item type inside navigation xslt?

You need 8.3 or later to use Order by Sort value (see http://developer.dynamicweb-cms.com/releases/dynamicweb-8-3/bug-fixes-8-3.aspx#item10636).

Currently you cannot use the item type fields in xslt navigation, but we have this on our list of future improvements. No fixed release date yet, though.

Ok. Sort is not an issue if I use navigation. But displaying content is.

If I use navigation, I can display a hierarchy of item types but I cannot display their content.

If I use ItemPublisher, I cannot display them nested.

How can I mix these two in order to achive my desired result?

http://biogencobc.sherri-alexander.com/values-team.html

You can render a hierarchical structure of items using recursive Razor helpers, e.g.

<!DOCTYPE html>

@functions {
	Dynamicweb.Content.Items.ItemCollection GetItems(int pageID) {
		var items = Dynamicweb.Content.Items.ItemManager.Storage.GetByParentPageId("SomeItem", pageID);
		// Hmm ... GetByParentPageId returns the item with page id pageID?!
		// @TODO Use linq for this
		for (var i = items.Count-1; i >= 0; i--) {
			if ((int)items[i]["PageId"] == pageID) {
				items.RemoveAt(i);
			}
		}
		return items;
	}
}

@helper RenderItems() {
	var items = GetItems(Pageview.Page.ID);
	foreach (var item in items) {
		@RenderItem(item)
	}
}

@helper RenderItem(Dynamicweb.Content.Items.Item item, int level = 0) {
	<fieldset>
		<legend>@item["Name"]</legend>

		<div class="text">@item["Text"]</div>

		@{
			var items = GetItems((int)item["PageId"]);
		}
		@foreach (var i in items) {
			@RenderItem(i, level+1)
		}
	</fieldset>
}

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<head>
		<meta charset="utf-8"/>
		<title>Andrian Ursu</title>
	</head>
	<body>
		@RenderItems()
	</body>
</html>

This should be used as ItemPublisher List Template or as Page template?

I got it. It's exactly what I needed.

Razor Rulz!

As you've figured out it's a page template set as default page template for the item type.

Hi

If you want to sort the items in the object "items" returned in line 5, how could that be done?

Use OrderBy (or OrderByDescending):

var items = Dynamicweb.Content.Items.ItemManager.Storage.GetByParentPageId("SomeItem", pageID).OrderBy(item => item["SomeFieldName"]);

Best regards,
Mikkel

What version of DW have you made the example for, Mikkel? I am using DW 8.4.1.2 and on that version it doesn't work because the method "OrderBy" does not exist on Dynamicweb.Content.Items.ItemCollection()!

I've tried it on 8.4.1.2, 8.4.1.8 and 8.4.1.16 and it works everywhere. OrderBy is not a part of Dynamicweb, but a part of the .NET framework.

Try adding

@using System.Linq;

in your Razor template to see if it works then.

oh I see, thanks Mikkel :-)