Filter blog post

Posted by Community Admin on 31-Mar-2013 00:00

I have the following code to grab the blog posts I want:

links.DataSource = App.WorkWith().BlogPosts().Where(bp => bp.Status == ContentLifecycleStatus.Live

&&

bp.GetValue<string>("SelectedAuthor")

.ToLower()

.Contains(Name.ToLower()))

.Get()

.ToList();

links.DataBind();

This is the code behind in a module. How do I use this in conjunction with a Sitefinity Control Template? I click on Design > Widget Templates and there are blog templates. I want the blog template to only show the posts grabbed from the above code.

Thanks,
kevin

Posted by Community Admin on 31-Mar-2013 00:00

Hey Kevin,

I think you should do this with a custom UserControl, as you probably have right now. That would be the easiest way. There is a blog post somewhere on how to change your UserControl so that you can make it editable through the Design -> Widget Templates section. Can't remember it exactly.

One other thing: I don't think it is necessary to call the .ToList() method. The result of this Fluent API call returns an IQueryable which can be bound to the Datasource. A .ToList() will cause an extra call to the database.

Kind regards,
Daniel

Posted by Community Admin on 31-Mar-2013 00:00

Thanks Daniel. I'll try it without the ToList. Now, if I could only find the way to make it editable through the design -> Widget Template section.

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