I am trying to add a LinkItemCollection in the footer-section of the page. The startpage has a LinkItemCollection that is called "LinkPages". Using edit-hints to connect it for the editors. When viewing the page, the links refuses to come up. Clicking on edit, or adding a new links makes them appear. Saving and viewing the page again and the items will not show up. The links are saved on the startpage LinkItemCollection but will not display.

Models/Pages/StartPage.cs

        [UIHint("LitemItemCollection")]
        [Display(Name = "Link Pages",  GroupName = Global.GroupNames.SiteSettings)]
        public virtual LinkItemCollection LinkPages { get; set; }

DisplayDemplates/LinkItemCollection.cshtml

@using EPiServer.SpecializedProperties
@model LinkItemCollection


    @foreach (var linkItem in Model ?? Enumerable.Empty())
    {
        
@Html.PageLink(linkItem)
    }

IPageViewModel.cs

    public interface IPageViewModel where T : SitePageData
    {
        T CurrentPage { get; }
        LayoutModel Layout { get; set; }
    }

LayoutModel.cs

    public class LayoutModel
    {
        public LinkItemCollection LinkPages { get; set; }
    }
}

PageViewContextFactory.cs

 public class PageViewContextFactory
    {
        private readonly IContentLoader _contentLoader;
        private readonly UrlResolver _urlResolver;
        public PageViewContextFactory(IContentLoader contentLoader, UrlResolver urlResolver)
        {
            _contentLoader = contentLoader;
            _urlResolver = urlResolver;
        }

        public virtual LayoutModel CreateLayoutModel(ContentReference currentContentLink, RequestContext requestContext)
        {
            var startPage = _contentLoader.Get(ContentReference.StartPage);

            return new LayoutModel
            {
                LinkPages = startPage.LinkPages,
            };
        }

        public virtual IContent GetSection(ContentReference contentLink)
        {
            var currentContent = _contentLoader.Get(contentLink);
            if (currentContent.ParentLink != null && currentContent.ParentLink.CompareToIgnoreWorkID(ContentReference.StartPage))
            {
                return currentContent;
            }

            return _contentLoader.GetAncestors(contentLink)
                .OfType()
                .SkipWhile(x => x.ParentLink == null || !x.ParentLink.CompareToIgnoreWorkID(ContentReference.StartPage))
                .FirstOrDefault();
        }
    }

Any ideas?