Umbraco not finding my HomePage.cshtml file (No ph...
# help-with-umbracoz
zylvian
10/30/2023, 6:45 PMI am setting up my first personal Umbraco project after having worked a bit with it a couple of years ago, and as I'd rather code in an IDE locally as opposed to through templates, I am trying to connect my HomePage.cshtml file to my "homePage" document type. However, I get a "No physical template file was found for document type with alias homePage" no matter what I try. Any tips?
Umbraco 12
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Sander L
10/30/2023, 6:48 PMIn the umbraco backoffice, did you add the template to the document type?
If so, you can always check in the content part if there is a template.
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zylvian
10/30/2023, 6:50 PMOh I assumed adding a template was exclusively for manually editing the code in the backoffice. 😮
zylvian
10/30/2023, 6:50 PMYou were completely correct, that was the remaining step. Got a hit!
zylvian
10/30/2023, 6:51 PMs
Sander L
10/30/2023, 6:51 PMnice one, have fun developing!
Sander L
10/30/2023, 6:52 PM(ps, if you create a document type that you want to have a view attached, chosse the document type with template option. That way the view is already coupled and you can open the generated cshtml in you local IDE)
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zylvian
10/30/2023, 6:53 PMOh the cshtml is then generated, nice
zylvian
10/30/2023, 6:53 PMAny other sweet tips? I want to create something componentable, so I am curious if I go with block list of block grid here 🤔
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Sander L
10/30/2023, 6:56 PMwe often use the blockgrid for our layout. If we want to add a list of different items, like a list of contact cards or something, we add a blocklist within a blockgrid component
Sander L
10/30/2023, 6:57 PMbut there are many that use the blocklist for layout/content as well
Sander L
10/30/2023, 6:58 PMwhen you add your first blockgrid item, you are asked if you want to add some demo content. They will help you get a handle on thing
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zylvian
10/30/2023, 7:10 PMThanks for the suggestion 📿
zylvian
10/30/2023, 7:11 PMAtm I'm working on getting the hang of viewcomponents. I want Umbraco to dynamically render items in blocklists as their given type:
zylvian
10/30/2023, 7:11 PMBut I'm not sure what to make of the ViewComponent class itself
zylvian
10/30/2023, 8:08 PMAnd when does Umbraco use different views
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Sander L
10/31/2023, 7:18 AMI think when you read the documentation on :
https://docs.umbraco.com/umbraco-cms/fundamentals/backoffice/property-editors/built-in-umbraco-property-editors/block-editor/block-grid-editor and https://docs.umbraco.com/umbraco-cms/fundamentals/backoffice/property-editors/built-in-umbraco-property-editors/block-editor/block-list-editor
You will get a sense of how these are setup and render views based on block type
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