Orchard Harvest 2024 Program, Liquid syntax support for Correlate Task - This week in Orchard (19/07/2024)
Add target attribute to Menu, and Liquid syntax support for Correlate Task are the topics for this week. The full program of our Orchard Harvest conference, with all the speaker and talk details, is now out! Without further ado, let's dive in!
Orchard Core updates
Add target attribute to Menu
In some cases, you may need to always open external links in new pages by adding optional target='_blank' to the Menus and AdminMenus. This change allows the user to specify the target property on both the Menus and the AdminMenus. Let's see how you can do that!
Here, we have a site set up with the Blog recipe that adds a Main Menu option to the admin UI of Orchard Core. If you click on that and edit one of the Link Menu Items, you will find a new Target textbox, where you can specify the target attribute of the A tag.
To be able to check out this for the Admin Menus as well, we need to head to Configuration -> Admin Menus and edit the nodes of the predefined admin menu called Admin menus. Just click Edit near any Link Admin Node and click inside the Target textbox. A context menu will appear that helps you to provide a valid value for the target.
Liquid syntax support for Correlate Task
The Correlate Task now uses the Monaco editor but only supports Script parsing. It would be nice to have an option to parse Liquid by selecting the syntax of the Correlate Task. This should default to Script parsing to be backward compatible.
To check it out in action, we have to make sure that the Workflows feature is enabled under Configuration -> Features. We also enabled the HTTP Workflows Activities feature to be able to demonstrate this new addition to the Correlate Task more easily. After that, we can navigate to the Workflows option and create a new workflow.
First of all, the startup event of our workflow will be an HTTP Request Event, which means if we invoke the generated URL, we can easily trigger our workflow. This is followed by a Set Property Task, where we set the value of the test property to "Hello Orchard Core!". And here comes the Correlate Task, where we set the Syntax to Liquid and the Value to {{ Workflow.Properties['test'] }}.
And we close our workflow with the HTTP Response Task where we print the value of the CorrelationId in the following way: { "CorrelationId": "{{ Workflow.CorrelationId }}" }.
Now it's time to trigger the workflow and see what will happen. As you can see, the CorrelationId property contains the value of our test property which we defined in our Correlate Task using Liquid syntax.
News from the community
Orchard Harvest 2024 Program
The full Orchard Harvest program has finally arrived. This year’s program is packed with insightful sessions, engaging panels, and ample opportunities to connect with the Orchard community and to make Orchard Harvest the biggest Orchard Core event of the year. All sessions will be recorded and published on the Orchard YouTube channel after the event, so even if you can't make it live, you can see the sessions. However, being there live will allow you to ask the speakers, meet other community members, and have a lot of fun!
All indicated times are local time in Las Vegas. After each session, you'll have a chance to ask questions, and we'll have a short break too. Here is a detailed schedule to help you prepare for the conference.
Can't wait until September? Check out recordings from last year's special online Orchard Harvest on this YouTube channel here.
Ready to be a part of something extraordinary? Reserve your spot today and take advantage of early-bird pricing at Orchard Harvest Conference 2024. Secure your spot today and get ready to level up your skills at Orchard Harvest Conference 2024! See you there!
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