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render optional parameters of block
Hi Anusha,
1. Grzegorz wrote a blog post on how to show additional properties on content creation: https://gregwiechec.com/2015/11/show-additional-properties-on-content-creation/
2. Difficult to tell. Happens sometimes in shared db dev environments (where developer don't have their own DB copy). Does it help if you restart IIS?
3. Yes
May 20, 2016 13:22
I have two optional properties and a required property in the block
[Display(
GroupName = SystemTabNames.Content,
Order = 10)]
public virtual string Heading { get; set; }
[Required(AllowEmptyStrings = false)]
[Display(
GroupName = SystemTabNames.Content,
Order = 20)]
public virtual XhtmlString Description { get; set; }
[Display(
GroupName = SystemTabNames.Content,
Order = 30)]
public virtual Url ButtonLink { get; set; }
and in the view
@Html.PropertyFor(x => x.Heading)
@Html.PropertyFor(x => x.Description)
@Html.PropertyFor(x => x.ButtonLink)
when I tried to create a block in CMS, I could just see the required property 'Description'.
Though the other properties are not mandatory, but I want to see them when I create a block.
Question 1:I could see the optional properties after the block is being created, not sure if it's always the case.
Question 2: If I try to add some content to heading after the block is created, it's throwing an error 'the
insert statement conflicted with the foreign key constraint 'fk_tblWorkContentProperty_tblPropertyDefinition'
the conflict occured in database table tblPropertyDefinition'
Question 3: Is the code written in the view is the right way of rendering the block content?