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Take a value from a property, mix with it and write it on page
I guess this would solve it (well, a meta tag instead of h2 of course), but, I want to learn more codebehind ...
<% if (CurrentPage["SiteSeekerWeightPROP"] as string == "1")
{ %>
<h2>Weight: 0.1</h2>
<% } %>
<% if (CurrentPage["SiteSeekerWeightPROP"] as string == "2")
{ %>
<h2>Weight: 0.2</h2>
<% } %>
<% if (CurrentPage["SiteSeekerWeightPROP"] as string == "3")
{ %>
<h2>Weight: 0.3</h2>
<% } %>
and so on ... to 0.9
<% else
{ %>
<h2>Weight: 0.5</h2>
<% } %>
Apr 12, 2012 19:09
You could use the property "Drop-down list" instead of "String (<=255)". And have 1, 2, 3 as names and 0.1, 0.2, 0.5 as values, then you don't need to translate or validate the values the editor enters.
Apr 12, 2012 19:22
Johan: Thank you! Of course, smart. I think I make it that way. =)
But if I want to learn more about code behind, and we use this as an example. The fundamental here is to read a property from a page type, do some stuff with c#, and write something to the aspx file.
Apr 12, 2012 19:39
Yeah sure. I would make use of a switch statement:
protected string GetWieght
{
get
{
switch (CurrentPage["MyProp"] as string)
{
case "1":
return "0.1";
case "2":
return "0.2";
case "3":
return "0.3";
case "4":
return "0.4";
default:
return "0.5";
}
}
}And in the aspx:
<%= this.GetWieght %>
Apr 12, 2012 19:44
Ok, thank you very much for your help. I try it out tomorrow and mark your post as answer.
Have a nice day.
Apr 12, 2012 20:01
Just a thought I have, before going to rest my mind a bit, what if an editor types in "999" in the field in Epi? Would default trigger?
Apr 12, 2012 20:15
Yes "default" will "trigger".
But I would recomend going with the "Drop-down list" approach instead. Because then the editor can't enter any invalid values.
Apr 12, 2012 20:17
Yeah it does. Sorry Iam being lazy and asking. I tried it out here in Visual Studio using Camino server (?).
Yepp, I will go with the drop down, much more convenient for the editors. Thank you so so much for the help!!
Apr 12, 2012 20:26
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Hi all!
I have a question.
Let say I have a pagetype with a property 'SiteSeekerWeightPROP' of type String (<=255). The field name to the editor is "Put a value 1-9 to set SEO for SiteSeeker".
In the pagetemplate codebehind I want 1=0.1, 2=0.2 and so on. If the property is null I want 0.5.
In the pagetemplate front code I want to write the value in the value attribute of a meta tag, like this: <meta name="..." value="[DECIMAL GOES HERE]">
How do I accomplish this? I tried a lot.
And please Iam a newbie so try to explain well.
I think this involves something like this
- a method, method_X in the codebehind with if statements
- somewhere in codebehind I need 'get set', dont know how that works
- in front end code <meta name="..." value="<%= method_X %>">
Am I on the right track?
Thank you so much for the help!