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Creating a new module in Sitefinity

I'm trying to create a new module for Sitefinity. I'm basing my module off the sample module linked to from the documentation. http://www.sitefinity.com/help/developer-manual/adding-modules-pluggable-explained.html What I want is a list of videos. On the left-hand side - the CommandPanel - there should be 3 buttons - "Videos", "Artists"...

Sitefinity deployment

I recently stepped into a project that is using Telerik Sitefinity CMS with custom user controls. I would like to get the developers off of the production server. Does anyone have any experience with deploying a Sitefinity site by means of publication (precompiled .DLL)? Any discussion of benefits, disadvantages, or potential issues...

JSON WebMethod not working in Sitefinity

I am trying to call via ajax a WebMethod hosted in a traditional ASP.Net WebForm code-behind page. Here is the code for the WebMethod: [WebMethod] public static object States() { StateProvince[] states = new StateProvince[] { }; ApplicationServiceClient proxy = null; try { proxy = new ApplicationServiceClient()...

Sitefinity custom modules

I have got some sample code for creating a custom module from here: Custom Sitefinity module sample On the BooksListView.ascx it says "Display list of books here." but I am unsure of how to do this. Can anyone help or even better have a completed sample module. I am using Sitefinity 3.6. ...

Sitefinity Using built in Captcha

Does anyone know how to tie a custom control (simple ASP.net Form) with sitefinity's Captcha control? Can't seem to find the control (in the drag and drop sense) in amongst the SiteFinity.Web.UI ...

Disable automatic including of style sheets within a SiteFinity theme

I'm working on integrating an HTML template slice into a SiteFinity theme and am wondering if there is a way to disable the automatic inclusion of the style sheets. I would prefer to manual include them from the MasterPage, if possible? ...

How to use Sitefinity without Themes?

We are building a site, and have no interest in creating multiple themes. We intend to simply use plain old CSS and XHTML markup. Is there any reasonable way to discard the notion of themes from Sitefinity? Or is our best bet to just simply create a single, minimalistic theme and leave it at that? ...

Remove a module from Sitefinity

How do I remove a module from Sitefinity? ...

Best approach for including bits of Javascript on individual pages in Sitefinity.

Frequently, I just want to drop a bit of jQuery on an individual page. Given my early understanding of Sitefinity, I think... I can't easily put JS in the <head>. I could put JS in a Generic Content control, but then my JS is sitting inline in the <body>. Maybe I need to relax, but I don't usually like to put much JS in the <body>. ...

Where are default rights definied in Sitefinity 3.6?

In a fresh install of 3.6 I see the following types of rights available to set for roles: Manage users Manage permissions Manage files Edit templates CmsAccess As we will be doing some custom development which is likely to need similar security, I want to understand the implementation of these roles. I can see that roles are mapped ...

Any hints on getting Sitefinity CMS to work on medium trust?

We have been using Mosso / The Rackspace Cloud until very recently, but they have suddenly switched to a medium trust model for .NET for newly added sites and will be migrating existing server farms to medium trust shortly We can't get our Sitefinity CMS V3.6 SP2 (the latest) to work in this environment. Does anyone have any ideas abou...

Anyone have experience with Telerik's RadGrid Paging?

I am having an issue with the paging system on Telerik's RadGrid (AJAX). First take a look at this screenshot: As you can see, the First/Last Prev/Next buttons are there, but there is no markings on them. Also, the dropdown (thats where those values are coming from) and whatever that 'select' is are really messed up. Here is my desig...

Contact form in SiteFinity C#

Hi There, I want to do basic functionality with a simple contact form and on submit the form emails to someone. This is quite easy to do in asp.net, however I am having trouble once I upload it as a user control. Do you have a good example I can look at? Thank you! ...

Enabling windows authentication in IIS

I am on vista home premium (32 bit) and I need to enable windows authentication for IIS because the Sitefinity sample site returns a 401. However, in add windows features, there is no sign of windows authentication despite having expanded all the treeviews. How can I enable windows auth? Thanks ...

Question about CSS layout and CMS

Hi all, I am working with SiteFinity CMS. My particular layout is 3-column with 100% width (side columns are fixed width, center is fluid). In the center column, I want to divide it up into multiple "boxes" using CSS. My first attempt was with 960 Grid System. Here is the markup that I used: <div class="container_12"> <div class="gr...

Pass variable to external JS file?

Hi SO: Is it possible to pass a variable to a linked .js file? I tried this: <sf:JsFileLink ID="JQueryLoader" runat="server" ScriptType="Custom" FileName="~/Files/Scripts/rotatorLoader.js?timeout=1000" /> But firebug is telling me that timeout is not defined. Here is the code for that .js file: $(document).ready(function() { $("...

TelerikProfileProvider with custom Membership Provider

I've setup two membership providers: my custom provider and the Sitefinity provider. My custom membership provider is set as the default. I want to use Sitefinity's Profile provider for both sets of users. However, the profile provider only seems to work for the users that I pull out of the Sitefinity membership provider. After pokin...

How to loop through nested controls in .net c#?

I have 8 or more Image controls each inside HyperLink and PlaceHolder I need to change parameters of each. It's for a Sitefinity gallery control. Right now I do this times 8: if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(Image_1_File_Name) == true) { Image1_ph.Visible = false; } else { productImageLink1.NavigateUrl = Folder_URL + Image_1_File_Nam...

Sitefinity Word 2003 - Can you create Blog Entries

Hello, I know you can use Word2007 to create Blog Posts for Sitefinity, but does anyone know if you can do this in Word2003? Other there any other options to have an defined end user be able to create/modify a blog post without have to use Sitefinity's admin tools? Thanks, R ...

How do I set the StripFormattingOnPaste property of a Telerik RadEditor with JavaScript?

I don't have access to the actual asp.net server tag itself, so I need to change the StripFormattingOnPaste property to the EditorStripFormattingOptions enum with JavaScript and I'm not sure how. I have some code that adds an OnClientLoad() and OnClientCommandExecuted() functions that works so I can add it in there, I'm just not sure whe...