I am trying to show a list of products and show pagination. So, I decided to use PagedList plugin. I read some examples of how to modify controller and view to do so in the link below. https://github.com/TroyGoode/PagedList
But, instead of using ViewBag, I managed to send a group of products to controller by doing some modifications to controller:
public ActionResult Index(string name)
{
IEnumerable<ProductModel> productList = new HashSet<ProductModel>();
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
{
}
else
{
CategoryModel category = db.Categories.Where(x => x.CategorytUrl == name).FirstOrDefault();
if (category != null)
{
int catId = category.Id;
string catName = category.Name;
ViewBag.categoryName = category.Name;
List<SpecItemsModel> options = Products.GetFilter(category.Id);
//initialize the list
//productList = Products.ProductLists(catId);
ViewBag.filters = options;
var childrenIDs = db.Categories.Where(x => x.ParentId == category.Id).Select(x => x.Id);
var grandchildrenIDs = db.Categories.Where(x => childrenIDs.Contains((int)x.ParentId)).Select(x => x.Id);
List<int> catIds = new List<int>();
catIds.Add(category.Id);
catIds.AddRange(childrenIDs);
catIds.AddRange(grandchildrenIDs);
var templates = db.ProductTemplates.Where(t => catIds.Contains(t.CategoryId)).Select(x => x.Id);
productList = db.Products.Where(p => templates.Contains(p.ProductTemplateId));
}
}
var pageNumber = page ?? 1;
//var onePageOfProducts = productList.OrderBy(i => i.AdminRate).ToPagedList(pageNumber, 2);
//ViewBag.OnePageOfProducts = onePageOfProducts;
return View(productList.OrderBy(i => i.AdminRate).ToPagedList(pageNumber, 2));
}
As the result, products are showing up in he view in 2-product groups. the only thing I don't know is how to modify html pager of the example I mentioned to show paging controls. :
@model IEnumerable<fardashahr.Models.ProductModel>
<div class="col-md-9">
@foreach (var item in Model)
{
<a href="@Url.Action("Details","Home",new { name = item.ProductUrl })">
<img class="bd-placeholder-img card-img-top mw-100" src="/Images/Uploads/Products/@item.Id/Thumbs/@item.ImageName" />
</a>
<p class="card-text">
<h3>
@item.ShortName
</h3>
</p>
}
</div>
</div>
Any suggestions?