Sitemapbase not working as expected
Hi,
I'm trying to use the sitemapbase to get all of the child nodes of the root node. I would have presumed the root node was the home page. I would have also expected it to only return pages that have been published. The following simple line of code is returning all top level pages, including those that arent published and those that I have explicitly asked not to be shown in the navigation.
SiteMapNodeCollection oNodes = SiteMapBase.GetCurrentProvider().GetChildNodes(SiteMapBase.GetCurrentProvider().RootNode);Hello higgsy,
You can use the fluent API to get pages with a given status.
var pages = App.WorkWith().Pages().Where(page => page.ApprovalWorkflowState == "Draft").Get();Ivan,
Perfect - a quick follow up question. In 3.7 the root node was always the home page, so i could essentially get all child nodes of the home page. V4 seems to be different, therefore:
- Which node is regarded as the root node
- How would I extend the expression to get only top-level pages?
Quick support - thanks alot.
Thanks
higgsy
Ivan,
Think ive got it, unless you see a problem with it.
var pages = App.WorkWith().Pages().Where(page => page.ApprovalWorkflowState == "Published" && page.ShowInNavigation == true && page.Parent == page.RootNode).Get();Hello higgsy,
If you want to get all pages on the front end you can use App.WorkWith().Pages().LocatedIn(PageLocation.Frontend), because App.WorkWith().Pages() allows you to get backend pages as well.
Best wishes,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team
Hi Ivan,
Thanks for your response.
Ok, are you therefore saying that we should no longer be using the sitemap for building navigation controls, as we did in v3.7? 3.7 only added a page to the sitemap once it was published.
Finally, if we are not using the sitemap (which obviously has a nice hierarchical xml structure), how would I do the following:
If I am on the page mydomain.com/services/digital-print
I need to get the highest node, which is not the root node. In the above example it would obviously be /services/
Previously I have always used the following code (which just doesnt seem to work in V4):
private SiteMapNode GetParentNode(SiteMapNode CurrentNode) SiteMapNode RootSiteMapNode = SiteMap.RootNode; SiteMapNode CurrentSiteMapNode = CurrentNode; //loop through all nodes until we reach the top level prior to the homepage node while (CurrentSiteMapNode.ParentNode != null && (SiteMapNode)CurrentSiteMapNode.ParentNode != RootSiteMapNode) bool test = ((SiteMapNode)CurrentSiteMapNode.ParentNode == RootSiteMapNode); CurrentSiteMapNode = CurrentSiteMapNode.ParentNode; return CurrentSiteMapNode;Hello higgsy,
You can get the frontend root node
var root = Config.Get<PagesConfig>().FrontendRootNode;
var pgs = App.WorkWith().Pages().Where(pk => pk.Name == root).Get().SingleOrDefault() as PageNode;
Then you can get the actual current node
var psn = SiteMapBase.GetActualCurrentNode();
var pgn1 = manager.GetPageNode(psn.Id);
and look for its parent until you reach the root page node.
Kind regards,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team