Custom content area display template won't work

Ted

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Hi!

I've added a new display template for content area properties, much like in the ASP.NET MVC Alloy templates.

The display template is located at /Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/ContentArea.cshtml and contains the following code:

@model EPiServer.Core.ContentArea

@if(Model != null)
{
    // Custom rendering done here
    Html.RenderBalancedContentArea(Model);
}

However, content areas are still being rendered by the default display template that ships with EPiServer... :(

I'm going out of my mind a little bit over here, so any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

#71810

May 29, 2013 19:53

Per Magne Skuseth

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do you have other custom display templates that are working? Image for example

#71837

May 30, 2013 10:57

Ted

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We have one for Image, but that one's essentially for the Url type and the "Image" UI hint, so that's a bit different.

Since we're coming up on site launch we opted to add a UI hint to all content areas and renamed our display template accordingly. Now everything works as expected.

This should probably be registered as a bug?

Thanks for your help!

#71905

May 31, 2013 15:24

Per Magne Skuseth

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I'm guessing you need to change the default priority of mvc views. By default, ascx/aspx views are prior to cshtml views in the mvc views list. Take a look at the CustomizedRenderingInitialization class in the alloy mvc templates.

#71914

May 31, 2013 16:31