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I am developing a Umbraco Website using ASP.NET MVC 5.0. Following is the structure of the website

Home 
    Page 1
    Page 2
    ...

C1, C2 are properties shared by all the pages(Home, Page 1, Page 2). H1, H2 are Home Page properties. P1, P2 are properties of Page 1 and Page 2.

So I created document types and Content in the following way

Root (C1, C2)
    Home (H1, H2)
    Page 1(P1, P2)
    Page 2(P1, P2)

The reason I created Root document type and content is to put the common properties C1 and C2. If I use Home Page instead of Root then H1 and H2 properties appear on Page 1 and Page 2.

But the problem in the above structure is that I have to redirect Root to Home page. SEO tools doesn't like it.

Is there a better way to do this?

RAM
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  • What are those shared properties? One possible solution is to put them in the Homepage node and in the Page1 and Page2 get them from the homepage – Eyescream Feb 24 '16 at 16:42

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What you've done is a legitimate approach to building an Umbraco website. I tend to see one of two approaches:

  1. The user creates the Home node as their uppermost node. In addition to this, the user creates a Global node next to the Home node. They store site-side settings either on Global or in a Settings node underneath. Personally, I prefer this approach, but that's just me.
  2. The user creates a Root node as their uppermost node. Underneath the root node they add a Home node, where all home content comes from.

I'm guessing that your issue is that you want the root node to load your home page data. This is easily done by adding a property to your Document Type with the alias umbracoInternalRedirectId. Set this to be a Content Picker, pick your home page, and when you load the root node in your browser you'll see the home page contents.

Mike B
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The document structure is fine. But you don't need a content node called Root, Home should be at the top of the tree. Make sure that on the Home document type, under Permissions, you have ticked Yes - allow content of this type in the root

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