Add Delete and Unpublish buttons to the content editor, Blocks editor for the Bag Part improvements - This week in Orchard (12/12/2025)
This week's topics include adding Delete and Unpublish buttons to the content editor, fixing pluralization for pagers with 0 or 1 items, and a demo of the improvements of the upcoming Blocks editor for the Bag Part and Flow Part!
Orchard Core updates
Fix pluralization for pagers with 0 or 1 item
Antoine Griffard changed the first parameter of many @T.Plural() methods. Ex: 1 item has to be changed to {0} item because, in languages like French, if there are 0 items, it will display the localization of 1 item instead of replacing the count with 0 or 1. Some of these are inside an if condition like this:
@if (Model.Models.Count > 0)
So, the 0 case won't occur, but others, like Menus, Content items, and Audit Trails, aren't inside this kind of .Count > 0 condition.
Unfortunately, the correct translations will only be effective when the strings are updated and translated in Crowdin, then published in OrchardCore.Translations.
Add Delete and Unpublish buttons to the content editor
This is about improving the built-in editor's base functionality by adding additional action buttons. Now we have an Unpublish and Delete action button (where applicable) to the content item editor (for existing items, i.e., not when creating one), similarly to what we have in Orchard 1.
If you set up your site using the Blog recipe, you will get one predefined Blog Post content item. If you edit that blog post and scroll down to the bottom of the editor, you will see the new buttons there. And you can see the yellow Unpublish button here too because this content item is published.
Demos
Blocks editor for the Bag Part improvements
In the previous part of this demo, you could see that every content type that could be added as a block had the Block Part attached. And for that part, you can set the content type's category and its thumbnail. Now, these settings have been moved to the content type definition of the content type settings, as we have for the Stereotype.
So, if we navigate to Design -> Content Definition -> Content Types and edit any of our content types, you will see the Category and Thumbnail text boxes under the Stereotype one, where you can set the category and the thumbnail of the content type. In this example, we set the category of the Blockquote content type to Demo.
Now, if we create a new content item of a content type that has a Bag Part attached (or edit an existing one) and click the Add Item button, we will see our Blockquote content type and the Demo category appear in the list.
And as always, if you are interested in the current state of the Blocks editor, head to YouTube for a recording!
News from the community
New websites using Orchard Core
Show Orchard is an Orchard Core (and Orchard 1) showcase, displaying only the best Orchard Core-powered sites from around the web. And we have added several new sites recently to Show Orchard, let's see some of these!
- The mission of Daimler Truck is to steer worldwide logistics of spare parts and provide customer services for important customers of Daimler Truck.
- BOX NOW is a hybrid logistics and tech company that offers smart parcel delivery solutions to all consumers. They envision to become the most preferred parcel delivery solution and the leader in last-mile industry.
- Bel Fuse Inc. specializes in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of products that empower electronic systems. With over 75 years in the industry, Bel has established itself as a leader in custom solutions.
- The vision of U.S. Air Force Academy Association & Foundation is to be an Association & Foundation of influence and impact, supporting the Academy's mission of developing leaders for the nation and providing a lifetime of service to the Long Blue Line.
- The Chinese Room is an award-winning game development studio based in Brighton, UK. Since 2012, the studio has built a reputation for innovative first-person gaming.
- With an uncompromising focus on delivering investment and wealth management solutions, Manning & Napier provides evolving, modern strategies that will enable people and organizations to achieve their financial goals.
If you are interested in more websites using Orchard and Orchard Core, don't forget to visit Show Orchard. Oh, and in case you haven't read that post yet, Show Orchard is now running on Orchard Core! Here's the case study about how we migrated it from Orchard 1!
If you're considering migrating your Orchard 1 website to DotNest Core, this is an excellent time. Should you have any questions or encounter challenges, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We're always ready to bring our expertise to your unique project needs. Get in touch with us today, and let's start making your Orchard Core website even better!
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