Question

I have a template A which has several sublayouts and web controls assigned to the StandardValues for the Layout Details. If I inherit from this template and create a new template B it inherits all the layout details from A and displays fine.

Now I had to change the Datasource for one of the web controls on template A. I selected the StandardValues went to Presentation>Details and changed the DataSource to point to the Item I want the control to use. The problem is even though I have done it on the StandardValues the change does not propagate to B. The value of DataSource on template A initially was empty and I changed it to /sitecore/content/Global/Item but the DataSource on the webcontrol in template B is still empty (shouldn’t it display the inherited value?).

What are my options to have changes on base templates propagate to templates that are based on them?

Thanks,
Ben

Answer 1

Hi talked to Sitecore support the other day and apparently what I experience is expected behaviour. Here is a link on how to implement inheritance for Layout Details: Layout Detail Inheritance .

It seemed like a bit of an overkill to me as I just needed it for a handful of templates so I just manually edited them.

Cheers,
Ben