Ability to delete Content Part and Content Type from the list page, Orchard Core-integrated AI modules now available on DotNest - This week in Orchard (22/08/2025)
Secure your early bird ticket to the Orchard Harvest conference! Our topics for this week are adding an ability to delete Content Part and Content Type from the list page, and adding an AdditionalProperties collection for BuildDocumentIndexContext! Oh, and have we mentioned that the Orchard Core-integrated AI modules are now available on DotNest? Without further ado, let's get started!
Orchard Core updates
Ability to delete Content Part and Content Type from the list page
Nowadays, removing a Content Part requires additional steps: you have to go to Design -> Content Definition -> Content Types/Parts and click the Edit button near the selected content, and then you can delete it. From a UX perspective, adding a Delete button on the list page makes things easier.
From now on, if you navigate to Design -> Content Definition and select whether Content Types or Content Parts, you will find a new Delete button near the Edit one that you can use to delete the desired content without the need to select the Edit button to open up the editor.
Add AdditionalProperties collection for BuildDocumentIndexContext
When building a document index, sometimes the user needs to send additional data with the context. Currently, the user will have to inherit from BuildDocumentIndexContext and add properties.
As you can see, this change is about adding an AdditionalProperties dictionary to the BuildDocumentIndexContext, which makes it easier to send objects along with the context when needed.
News from the community
Orchard Core-integrated AI modules are now available on DotNest
At the beginning of this year, we mentioned the Artificial Intelligence Suite created by Mike Alhayek, which is an implementation of OpenAI that allows you to interact with any AI model. He worked a lot on that solution, and from time to time, he added many new features, which we mentioned here and here. After that, we highlighted the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Client and Model Context Protocol (Local MCP) Client features, and the Orchard Core AI Agent feature. Finally, we mentioned the AI Data Source Management feature of the Artificial Intelligence Suite. Here is the GitHub repository for this project, along with its corresponding NuGet package.
And now you can use them right from your DotNest site! The features include support for all the major AI models that you can then use to manage the content or configuration of your Orchard Core site, or to chat with the model from the Orchard admin panel. Check out our blog post in the DotNest blog to see how you can create a simple setup and how to use the models to automate tasks, like creating a content type! What will you use AI for on your DotNest sites?
Orchard Harvest 2025 tickets on sale
The Orchard Harvest 2025 conference will be held in Prague, and we look forward to seeing you all this autumn in the Czech Republic, in the heart of Europe. Our confirmed dates for this year are the 11th and the 12th of November. And now you can buy your tickets for the Orchard Harvest 2025 conference! Secure your early bird tickets to the conference, happening November 11-12, 2025, in Prague!
Don't miss this limited-time offer: just $250 for two days of all-access learning and networking. Get your tickets here!
As we move forward, we will keep community members informed of the details, and you will also find every detail in this newsletter! We also updated the official website with the latest information about Harvest.
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