IContentLoader returns different page types when filtering for th

Don't miss out Virtual Happy Hour this Friday (April 26).

Try our conversational search powered by Generative AI!

AI OnAI Off

Home / Forums / Developers (Main Products) Forum / CMS 7.5 - 11 /

IContentLoader returns different page types when filtering for the start page

eperezjr

Vote:

I'm trying to get the start page in Razor code so I can display different navs based on the start page. Here's how I'm doing it:

var contentLoader = EPiServer.ServiceLocation.ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<IContentLoader>();
var pages = contentLoader.GetChildren<PageData>(ContentReference.StartPage);

This is what shows up in the debugger. I was expecting to only see pages of type, Start. But I'm seeing Hero pages and everything. Any ideas what's going on here?

#278430

Apr 13, 2022 15:25

eperezjr

Vote:

I was able to resolve this by passing in the ContentReference for the root page and my start page object.

var pages = contentLoader.GetChildren<namespace.StartPage>(ContentReference.RootPage);

#278433

Apr 13, 2022 16:53

Paul Gruffydd

Vote:

Hi,

It looks like what's going on in the first scenario is that you were retrieving all of the child pages of the start page rather than the start page itself. If you're after just the start page of the current site you're viewing you can do something like this:

var startPage = contentLoader.Get<StartPage>(ContentReference.StartPage);

#278434

Apr 13, 2022 17:02

This topic was created over six months ago and has been resolved. If you have a similar question, please create a new topic and refer to this one.