Existing Code in the Silverstripe 2.4 template

Header.ss
<% control Objects(QuickLink) %>
<li><a href="$Link" target="_blank">$LinkText</a></li>
<% end_control %>

this no longer works on 3.1. I replaced the control with loop

Can I use a DataObject in a template which has no relation with Page. Like here QuickLink is not having relation with any of the Dataobjects. And it must be displayed in the frontend on all the pages. It works fine in 2.4 version and not working in 3.1.

<% loop Objects(QuickLink) %>
<li><a href="$Link" target="_blank">$LinkText</a></li>
<% end_loop %>

class QuickLink extends DataObject
{
static $db = array(
'Link' => 'Varchar(255)',
'LinkText' => 'Varchar(100)'
);

function getCMSFields()
{
$fields = new FieldList();

$fields->push(new TextField('Link'));
$fields->push(new TextField('LinkText'));

return $fields;
}
}

I wasn't aware that you could do <% control Objects(SomeObject) %> in a Template in 2.4 out of the box?

Aside from that: in v3 you can absolutely do that, by creating a function in your Page_Controller class like for instance:

	public function getCustomObject($classname) {
		if (class_exists($classname)) {
			return $classname::get();
		}
	}

And in your template:

<% loop getCustomObject(QuickLink) %>
...	
<% end_loop %>

Thanks martimiz,
getCustomObject was missing on Page Controller. I was thinking it something related template syntax.I could not figure it out.

Hi Praveen,

I think the syntax you may have been referring to is:

<% loop List(QuickLink) %> 
...    
<% end_loop %>

Loz

@kinglozzer: I had been looking for this, but never found it :( Thanks, learning new things every day!