CodeArt.Optimizely.PropertyInheritance

Add-on for Optimizely CMS 12 that enables property inheritance across content types. This solves a similar problem to the old (pre CMS 7) Dynamic Properties. If a property is not set on a page, it will fallback to inheriting from the ancestors.

Installation

In order to start using property inheritacnce module you need to add it explicitly to your site. Please add the following statement to your Startup.cs

public class Startup
{
    ...
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        ...
        services.AddPropertyInheritance();
        ...
    }
    ...
}

Usage

In your models, add the following attribute to the properties you want to inherit:

    [Inherit(InheritIfNullOrEmpty = true,SearchAllAncestors =true)]
    public virtual string MyProperty { get; set; }

The attribute has multiple properties:

• SwitchPropertyName. A string with the name of a boolean property that indicates if the property should be inherited or not. If the property is not set, it will be inherited.
• InheritIfNull. If true, the property will be inherited if it's null.
• InheritIfNullOrEmpty. If true, the property will be inherited if it's null or empty. This is true by default
• ParentPropertyToInheritFrom. The name of the property on the parent content to inherit from. If not set, the same property name will be used.
• SearchAllAncestors. If true, the module will search all ancestors until it finds a value. If false, it will only search the direct parent. This is false by default.

Caution

Note, there can be a slight performance penalty when using this module.