The view model of Bazaar and Umbraco are different.

inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoViewPage<MasterModel>
@using Merchello.Bazaar
@using Merchello.Bazaar.Models.ViewModels

Read here for you help:

our.umbraco.org/projects/collaboration/merchello/merchello/67120-add-umbraco-pages-to-merchello-bazaar-navigation#comment-223349

I created a simple page like this:

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoViewPage<MasterModel>
@using Merchello.Bazaar
@using Merchello.Bazaar.Models.ViewModels

@{
}
    <p>hello</p>

And I get this error:

Cannot cast source content type Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.XmlPublishedCache.XmlPublishedContent to view model type Merchello.Bazaar.Models.ViewModels.MasterModel.

:-(

Where Have you created the page? In Umbraco template?

I created a DocType under BazaarMaster and the template in Templates (Views folder in VS project).

Here an example of a page.

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoTemplatePage
@using Umbraco.Core
@using Merchello.Web

So in the page you can use all Umbraco API and you can access to Merchello data.

http://merchello.com/documentation/getting-started/how-to/Single-Product-Page

No ... still can't add a "normal" text page and make it use the Bazaar layout :-(

Rusty - what was that clever way you showed me yesterday?!

OK, managed it with Rusty's help:

Create a DocType (e.g. NormalContentPage), I created mine under BazaarMaster. Don't create a template. Allow it to be created where necessary, e.g. under BazaarStore.

In Visual Studio, create a ViewModel called NormalContentPage:

public class NormalContentPage : MasterModel
{
    public NormalContentPage(IPublishedContent content) : base(content)
    {

    }

    public string PageContent {
        get
        {
            return Content.GetPropertyValue<string>("pageContent");
        }
    }
}

Create a Controller called NormalContentPageController:

    public override ActionResult Index(RenderModel model)
    {
        var viewModel = new NormalContentPage(model.Content) {CurrentCustomer = CurrentCustomer};
        return View(viewModel.ThemeViewPath("normalContentPage"), viewModel);
    }

Create a view called NormalContentPage.cshtml. I created mine in my Bazaar Theme views folder:

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoViewPage<path to .NormalContentPage>
@{
    Layout = "Master.cshtml";
}

<div class="row">
    <div class="col-md-12">
        <h1>@Model.Name</h1>
        @Html.Raw(Model.PageContent)
    </div>
</div>

That should be everything. Create a node / page in Umbraco and it should use the same template as your Bazaar site.

There are probably other ways to achieve the same result, but it worked fine for my limited needs (just simple, simple text pages).

Hoping someone can lend some guidance here. Followed Gordon's solution above, but getting the error:

xxx.Controllers.NormalContentPageController.Index(Umbraco.Web.Models.RenderModel)': no suitable method found to override

What are we missing? TIA

Hi,

I've added a new view and I call it by a surface method. The view is under umbraco standard folder view.

I'm looking to do something similar with the bazaar, where i create my own Views outside of the app_plugin themes folder so i can fit the store in with the rest of the site, i added the bazaar source into my solution but when i try to use:

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoViewPage<Merchello.Bazaar.Models.ViewModels.ProductCollectionModel>

@{
    Layout = "Common.cshtml";
}

I get the following error:

Cannot cast source content type Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.XmlPublishedCache.XmlPublishedContent to view model type Merchello.Bazaar.Models.ViewModels.ProductCollectionModel

Has anyone else tried to do this and succeeded?

Thanks, Owen

Use a partial View called with a surface method and with a View under a Bazaar

Still can't get a normal text page working using any of the above methods; it's apparent we don't know as much as we should.

Would someone be so kind as to zip up their successful process for us to examine; with detail on physical location and how to reference the new model/controller? We're just looking for a basic content page (RTE alias pageContent.)

Thanks so much in advance.

Which error do you have?

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