MVC 3 - Generating Html for forum

**Mastermosley** · April 12th, 2011, 09:34 PM

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title> Forum Index</title>
</head>
<body>
<table class="common-tbl cat" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th><h4><a href="">Category</a></h4></th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td><h4><a href="" title=""></a>Forum Title</h4>Description</td>
            <td><a href="" title="">RE: Last Post</a><br />
            by <a href="" title="">Member Name</a><br />DateTime</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>

I have made the above code which will suffice for my main page of the simple forum I am making. I need to customize this code based on the information I have in the database. Say for example I have 3 forums with the parent the category which would look like this:

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title> Forum Index</title>
</head>
<body>
<table class="common-tbl cat" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th><h4><a href="">Category</a></h4></th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td><h4><a href="" title=""></a>Forum Title</h4>Description</td>
            <td><a href="" title="">RE: Last Post</a><br />
            by <a href="" title="">Member Name</a><br />DateTime</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><h4><a href="" title=""></a>Forum Title</h4>Description</td>
            <td><a href="" title="">RE: Last Post</a><br />
            by <a href="" title="">Member Name</a><br />DateTime</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><h4><a href="" title=""></a>Forum Title</h4>Description</td>
            <td><a href="" title="">RE: Last Post</a><br />
            by <a href="" title="">Member Name</a><br />DateTime</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>

So say I query my database table and count the 3 forums that are linked to that category. How would I make this dynamic? And ideas are appreciated. I have a few of my own which I will attempt now.

**GremlinSA** · April 13th, 2011, 12:16 AM

There are several methods, however the one I prefer is using a DataRepeater..
so your code here

Code:

<table class="common-tbl cat" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th><h4><a href="">Category</a></h4></th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td><h4><a href="" title=""></a>Forum Title</h4>Description</td>
            <td><a href="" title="">RE: Last Post</a><br />
            by <a href="" title="">Member Name</a><br />DateTime</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><h4><a href="" title=""></a>Forum Title</h4>Description</td>
            <td><a href="" title="">RE: Last Post</a><br />
            by <a href="" title="">Member Name</a><br />DateTime</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><h4><a href="" title=""></a>Forum Title</h4>Description</td>
            <td><a href="" title="">RE: Last Post</a><br />
            by <a href="" title="">Member Name</a><br />DateTime</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

Is repeated for each of the forums/ catalogs/ topics...
Replace that piece with the repeater like this

Code:

<asp:Repeater ID="RepForum" runat="server" OnItemCommand="RepForum_ItemCommand">
 <HeaderTemplate>
 </HeaderTemplate>
 <ItemTemplate >
  <tr>
   <td><asp:HyperLink ID="Lnkforum" runat="server" NavigateUrl='<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container, "dataItem.url")%>'><%#DataBinder.Eval(Container, "dataItem.subject")%></asp:HyperLink>
   </td>
   <td><%#DataBinder.Eval(Container, "dataItem.Last_post")%> <asp:LinkButton ID="BtnUser" runat="server" Visible='<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container, "dataItem.VlastPost")%>' 
      CommandArgument='<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container, "dataItem.Last_Post_Author_ID")%>' CommandName="BtnUser">By <%#DataBinder.Eval(Container, "dataItem.Last_post_Author")%><br />
    </td>
  </tr>
 </ItemTemplate>
 <FooterTemplate>
 </FooterTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

You can then query the info from a database and attach the Data Object to the Repeater and it will Dynamically Add more rows as there is more data..

**Mastermosley** · April 13th, 2011, 09:43 AM

Thanks for the response Ill try this out

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