Package Review: Umbraco.Community.BlockPreview

Package Info

• Package: Umbraco.Community.BlockPreview
• Author: Rick Butterfield
• GitHub: https://github.com/rickbutterfield/Umbraco.Community.BlockPreview
• NuGet: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Umbraco.Community.BlockPreview
• Umbraco Version Tested: [TODO]
• Package Version Reviewed: [TODO]

Unboxing

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Walkthrough

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Features

BlockPreview enables rich HTML backoffice previews for:

• Block Grid editor
• Block List editor
• Rich Text editor (blocks)

Supports both Razor views and ViewComponents.

Configuration

// Program.cs
builder.CreateUmbracoBuilder()
    .AddBackOffice()
    .AddWebsite()
    .AddDeliveryApi()
    .AddComposers()
    .AddBlockPreview(options =>
    {
        options.BlockGrid = new()
        {
            Enabled = true,
            ContentTypes = [RichTextBlock.ModelTypeAlias]
        };

        options.BlockList = new()
        {
            Enabled = true
        };

        options.RichText.Enabled = false;
    })
    .Build();

Or via appsettings.json:

{
  "BlockPreview": {
    "BlockGrid": {
      "Enabled": true,
      "ContentTypes": ["richTextBlock"]
    },
    "BlockList": {
      "Enabled": true
    },
    "RichText": {
      "Enabled": false
    }
  }
}

Conclusion / Use Cases

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Would I Use It Again?

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What I Would Change

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Alternatives

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