Is there a viable way to search an Umbraco 5 site? I've read a lot on XLST search, but nothing using MVC3. It also seems that Examine is coming a little bit buggy, as even the backoffice has lost the search box that was present in v4. Any ideas?
As you know Umbraco V5 is retire; you can try 4.x and do the above with user controls that do search logic using umbraco node factory.
Hope you get my views.
I've created a very basic search, it might not be best way but it gives the results I need.
var results = Hive.QueryContent().OfRevisionType(FixedStatusTypes.Published).ToList().Where(c => c.AllAncestorIds().Any() && c.Name.ToLowerInvariant().Contains(query.ToLowerInvariant()) && c.Attribute<bool>("excludeFromSearch") == false).ToList();
OfRevisionType(FixedStatusTypes.Published) returns published pages
c.AllAncestorIds().Any() stops deleted items being returned
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I've been refactoring an existing Umbraco project to use more performant querying when getting back document data as everything was previously being returned using LINQ. I have been using a combination of Umbraco's querying via XPaths and Examine.
I am currently stumped on trying to get child documents using the Umbraco.ContentAtXPath() method. What I would like to do is get child document based on a path I parse to the method. This is what I have currently:
IEnumerable<IPublishedContent> umbracoPages = Umbraco.ContentAtXPath("//* [#isDoc]/descendant::/About [#isDoc]");
Running this returns a "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." error and unable to see exactly where I'm going wrong (new to this form of querying in Umbraco).
Ideally, I'd like to enhance the querying to also carry out sorting using the non-LINQ approach, as demonstrated here.
Up until Umbraco 8, content was cached in an XML file, which made XPath perfect for querying content efficiently. In v8, however, the so called "NuCache" is not file based nor XML based, so the XPath query support is only there for ... well... Old times sake, I guess? Either way it's probably not going to be super efficient and (I'd advise) not something to "aim for". That said I of course don't know what you are changing from (Linq can be a lot of things) :-/
It certainly depends on how big your dataset is.
As Umbraco has moved away from the XML backed cache, you should look into Linq queries against your content models. Make sure you use ModelsBuilder to generate the models.
On a small dataset Linq will be much quicker than examine. On a large dataset Examine/Lucene will be much more steady on performance.
Querying NuCache is pretty fast in Umbraco 8, only beaten by an Examine search.
Assuming you're using Models Builder, and your About page is a child of Home page, you could use:
var homePage = (HomePage) Model.Root();
var aboutPage = homePage?.Children<AboutPage>().FirstOrDefault();
var umbracoPages = aboutPage.Children();
Where HomePage is your home page Document Type Alias and AboutPage is your About page Document Type alias.
I am trying to list the view template’s properties so we can compare them with another old template.
For example what model elements are hidden or have overrides in a given template or which Revit links have been hidden or overridden in a given template.
View Template
(https://www.google.com/search?q=view+template+revit&rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS770US770&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLndrd2cTbAhVESq0KHX1cAPwQ_AUICygC&biw=1536&bih=824#imgrc=Q0v-pV7Nxl4kfM:)
I’m looking to devise a View Template Compare tool and access to the owner and creator of them.
public void ApplyViewTemplateToActiveView()
{
Document doc = this.ActiveUIDocument.Document;
View viewTemplate = (from v in new FilteredElementCollector(doc)
.OfClass(typeof(View))
.Cast<View>()
where v.IsTemplate == true && v.Name == "MyViewTemplate"
select v)
.First();
using (Transaction t = new Transaction(doc,"Set View Template"))
{
t.Start();
doc.ActiveView.ViewTemplateId = viewTemplate.Id;
t.Commit();
}
}
With Revit API you can access with:
GetTemplateParameterIds Method / ViewTemplateId Property
The Revit API exposes almost all the ViewTemplate properties.
For instance this method returns all the Visibility/Graphic Overrides for a specific category:
https://apidocs.co/apps/revit/2019/ed267b82-56be-6e3b-0c6d-4de7df1ed312.htm
The only thing I couldn't get for a ViewTemplate are the "includes", but all the rest seems to be there.
Update:
The list or properties "not included" can be retrieved with GetNonControlledTemplateParameterIds().
Yes, and no.
Yes, I guess you can use Forge Model Derivative API to export RVT file and then build a dashboard around the View Templates data. That's assuming that View Templates data actually gets exported when the model is translated. That data is not attached to any geometry so I would not be surprised if it was skipped. The question here is why? This is like renting a 16-wheel truck to move a duffel bag across the street.
No, if your intention is to directly interact with the RVT model. Forge can view it, but to push anything back or request changes to the model, is not available yet. Then again, I am not even sure that the view template data is available via model derivative exports.
This brings me another alternative. Why not just collect the data using Revit API, the standard way and then push it out to a Database and build on top of that? There is no reason to employ Forge for any of that.
Thanks Jeremy, I had dig into your amazing website and also some solution that Konrad post in the Dynamo Forum about this. In Revit seems pretty achievable, you filter the View that is View Template and then extracts these properties, is it correct?.
I am wondering if someone can point me in the right direction with Forge.
Some amazing guys are developing a BQL https://www.retriever.works/.
BQL(Building Query Language) is a query language for buildings, similar to how SQL is a query language for databases. It is fast and flexible. BQL helps improve efficiency for QA/QC (quality assurance and quality control), and building data extraction without leaving Revit. I am also trying these and I would like to understand if there are some works where I could start with Forge next week about this.
I am new to domino designer and I am required to develop an application with it. I have went through some tutorials and I am stuck at the search function. I have followed guides I found but the search function in view control is not functioning. When I input anything into the search string(even static value), I get a server error 500. The error code is not very useful for solving my problem.(I have the full text index enabled.)
I tried to create my forms and views with the SiteFinderDemo template. I do not get an error but any search string returns 0 results.
I can modify the SiteFinderFinal's codes to work the way I want properly with the demo documents, but the search function else where just cannot work.
I also noticed new documents created with forms or xpages within the SiteFinderDemo instead of the agent do not work with the search function. I assume it has something to do with the full text searching, but I cannot find any information about it. What am I supposed to set up my application so that the search in view control can work without the server error, and what should I do to make new documents work with the search?
Thank you very much and sorry for such a long question.
I'm building a web service for a client that pulls data from the Sitefinity CMS. The problem is they want to pass in a Guid for the service and receive the info about this item. No problem except I only have been able to locate the "live" Guid for one Item (and that was by combing through the HTML in the back end).
I was going to look at the tables in SQL Server but I'm not sure which table to look at. The content items have several tables all related of course and there isn't any documentation on how to look at this. I can find plenty of documentation on querying the master Guid, but no place to find it.
Oh, and these are custom content types built by the Module Builder.
Any Help would be SOOOOO appreciated!
var master = DynamicModuleManager.GetManager().Lifecycle.GetMaster(<liveGuidHere>);
One of the biggest consumers of Sitefinity webservices is Sitefinity. The best place to start looking for that guid is to take a look at what web service calls are being made when you pull up your custom content item list in the backend. I used the chrome developer tools and check in the network tab.
One I found for a stores module made with module builder was something to the effect of http://www.testsite.com/Sitefinity/Services/DynamicModules/Data.svc/?managerType=Telerik.Sitefinity.DynamicModules.DynamicModuleManager&providerName=OpenAccessProvider&itemType=Telerik.Sitefinity.DynamicTypes.Model.Stores.Store&provider=OpenAccessProvider&sortExpression=LastModified%20DESC&skip=0&take=50
The json this returns is a list of all the masters with their ids (note in the list that the content items all have have a status of 0) http://www.sitefinity.com/documentation/documentationarticles/developers-guide/sitefinity-essentials/modules/content-lifecycle
When you go to Administration / Module Builder / Your Module, you will see a link to the API on the top right corner.
This link goes to a page full of API examples for your particular module which is kind of cool.
Basically you would have to find your item first using LINQ and the GetValue extension method.
Once you have the item you can get its ID or any other property.
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Utilities.TypeConverters;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.DynamicModules;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Model;
....
var mgr = DynamicModuleManager.GetManager();
var countrymasters = from ctry in mgr.GetDataItems(TypeResolutionService.ResolveType("Telerik.Sitefinity.DynamicTypes.Model.Destinations.Destination"))
where ctry.GetValue<string>("culture") == siteid &&
(ctry.Status == Telerik.Sitefinity.GenericContent.Model.ContentLifecycleStatus.Live && ctry.Visible == true)
select new
{
airport_cd = ctry.GetValue<string>("airport_cd"),
country_master_cd = ctry.GetValue<string>("country_master_cd")
};
I've created a simple forum in Umbraco using page nodes as threads with the child pages acting as replies. I'd like to sort the most recent activities by to latest created or latest replied, like any forum does it. I'm really terrible at LINQ and was hoping you could help me out with the syntax. This is about as far as I've gotten (ordering the first level) but I'm not sure how to include the child pages of each child of CurrentPage in it. Any input to help me along the way?
var childPages = CurrentPage.Children.OrderBy(x => x.CreateDate);