Every content node has a set of SEO properties I hve setup, like meta name, description, tags ,etc. I ahve found my self on each templet having to code the calls for these property and passing them into ViewData so the _Layouout page can read them. After having to add another new property and updating a bunch of templates it accurs to me that has to be an easier way. Is there some way of doing something like

Model.Value("propertyName")

in the Layout page so I can just add these properties once and not have to do it in each template?

Hi there! As long as all models in all your views implement

IPublishedContent

, you can start your layout with this line:

@inherits UmbracoViewPage

That will allow you to do exactly what you want. If you don't always use a model that implements

IPublishedContent

, you can also take

@Umbraco.AssignedContentItem

or

@UmbracoContext.PublishedRequest.PublishedContent

to find the current page. As long as you inject the umbraco helper or umbraco context with the

@inject

keyword

So the layout page has

@using Umbraco.Cms.Web.Common.PublishedModels;
@inherits Umbraco.Cms.Web.Common.Views.UmbracoViewPage

All the child templates are normal Umb13 templates so they do use

IPUblsihedContent

I just don't know how to access the properties sionce there is no

Model

in the layout template

If you want strongly typed prop access you can "cast the current page" to the composition which has the SEO props.