How to Create and Render a partial view to a Template in Umbraco 8

Before starting this you need to be sure you already have a Doc Type and Template created in Umbraco what you would like to add your partial view to. Link to my blog on how to do this if you don't know how: https://www.umbrajobs.com/blog/posts/2020/july/how-to-create-a-new-doc-typetemplate-and-page-in-umbraco-8/

Right so now you've got your Doc Type and Template ready you can now create a Partial View what you would like to add to your Template.

Step 1. Log in to your Umbraco 8 back office. 

Step 2. Click Settings and scroll down to Templating, Then Right click on Partial Views(or click the 3 dots to the right of the text when you hover). and then click "New Empty Partial View". 

Step 3. Now Populate with your Partial View with what ever code you would like. and Click "Save and Publish".

Step 4. Next you need to render your new partial view to your Template (This can be done 2 ways). Go to the template you would like to edit either in Umbraco 8 back office of in your Visual Studio files and type the following code where you would like your Partial View Displayed. 

@Html.Partial("YOURpartialVIEW")
/*This is the Quick Easy Method*/

@Html.Partial("~/Views/Partials/YOURpartialVIEW.cshtml")
/*This is the Best Method for Big Project Developers*/

Step 5. Now save all your work and reload your site. If you followed each Step correctly you should now have your partial View Rendered to your site.

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