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1. List amp page W Basehall a A Mit SUITS and summaries optional Basketball O The full news article i opens in a separate page News settings Paging settings Ll imit the number of items for the entire list Display last i00 items Divide the list on pages if there are too many items Display 20 tems per page In the news page display Tithe linking to the full article Date set label and format Summary content Author set label and format Source setlabel and format Tags set label Mleategary setlabel lSocial bookmarks del icio us digg reddit setlabel 59 a sitelinity USER MANUAL telerik Generic Content This is where you create store and manage content items most comfortably Content Sharing and Branching The shared content feature allows you to reuse content items over multiple Web pages Each time a user creates a content item in the Generic Content module it is added to the shared content items list When in edit page mode other CMS users can select shared items from that list and add new items to it Whenever one instance of shared content is updated all pages where the same item appears are updated simultaneously This feature is especially convenient when there are users responsible for content authoring editing only and others responsible for adding that content to the Web pages The site is updated automatically when the content2. News gt New Item Mandatory fields B ZUE SET Re 32 CaA YS a Nom F gt die neuesten Nachrichtenl POA 2 Change the language 3 Click Edit this language version Li m Edit this news ee Hot News Deutsch francais English 77 a sitelinity USER MANUAL telerik 4 Create the new language version by entering the language specific content in the content area 5 Click Save changes News gt Hot News 4 Save changes fh g or cance Title Mandatory fields Hot News Content en BIlu EES geas CDO BBA Nom F the latest news P gt g To view all news items created for a particular site language go to All news items and select the language in the dropdown list in the upper right corner of the screen 78 vtelerik sitefi n ity USER MANUAL User admin My profile Logout All news items Title Publication Date Expiration Date Status 22 Jan 2008 12 00 31 Dec 2099 12 00 Published 22 Jan 2008 12 00 31 Dec 2099 12 00 Published 22 Jan 2008 12 00 31 Dec 2099 12 00 Published By clicking Edit you open the German version of the news article for editing If you click the trashcan icon all language versions of the news item are deleted a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik Public End The news module uses a single control to display news stories called the NewsView F lags amp Laregqones Hews 9 News Archive be Fil rarm To display
3. xlsx e Custom Library can contain items with all file extensions Video Library can contain items with file extensions wmv You can change the allowed file types and create custom library types from the application web config file 4 Expand More Options to set the following restrictions e Max library size the maximum sum of the sizes of all items in the library in MB e Max number of files the maximum number of items the library can hold e Max file size the maximum size of a single file in the library in KB e Enable cache enable this for faster browsing o Use default settings or o Define your expiration settings Cache options iW Enable caching E Use default s ettings Duration in seconds 120 Use sliding expiration E How long should the browser cache an image or a document WUntil the image or the documentis changed pni the presettime expires When should the content expire lmmediately After a set period of time Minutes Example 36000 On an exact date w 105 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik This content will be cached until the content has been changed If you re upload a document for example or it expires then the cache expires To set any of the above to unlimited leave the corresponding field empty 5 Click Create this library Upload items After you create a library you need to upload content items to it There are different kinds of items images documents
4. controls will reflect its new location The action of page reordering does not pass through the workflow and will be effected immediately on the staged copy of the site Moving Pages To move one page from a given section parent page to another section 1 Click the source page to select it 2 Drag and drop the source page over the destination page that will become its new parent oe Create a page Create a page Site Map Site Map ral All Pages afl All Pages El Home Home Page Pr News 2o Fage a About new parent ia News gt 1 About 44 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik Ordering Pages To change the order of pages within their own section parent Page you need to do the following 1 Click the page that needs to be re ordered to select it 2 Click Move page up or Move page down ap Create a page gp Createa page Site Map Site Map El All Pages ESAI Pages E ee reordered About Selecta page above and f set home page 2 Duplicate page Move page up i Ani Move page down a Duplicating a Page When you need to have a page similar to an existing page instead of starting from scratch you can duplicate a page You need to select the page you want to duplicate in the site map first and then click Duplicate page If page workflow is enabled in order to show the duplicated page on the live site navigation you need to publish i
5. Author Description Status More Info Blogs Sitefinity Administrator Shared Content Published Contact Details Locked by admin Set permissions for the Generic Content Module Click the Permissions link in the left pane Select a role from the dropdown list and select the necessary checkboxes to grant permissions for that role When you are done click Save Changes For more details about permissions please refer to Module Permissions a sitelinity USER MANUAL telerik Localization This topic outlines the steps you need to follow to create different language versions of content items Please read the localizing modules section for more info 1 Create an item in the default site language which is English in the example below and enter content in the form Generic Content gt Content Items i Create anew tem 2 Change the language by clicking on one in the Change Language box 3 Click Edit this item Genenc Content gt Content tema gt German Barh i al Bere view FC mt Change Language ii Tif Thin miari j n Ergit Sago a Pa hd tender THEA epin 4 Create the new language version by entering the language specific content in the content area 5 Click Save changes i Save changes Name a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik In this example the Name field is not set as ocalizable that is why it is the same for all language versions of the item Refer to section Mul
6. Blogs Lists Polls Forums Images amp Documents Events and Newsletters You can also manage the permissions for these modules here The Files area allows you to manage the file structure of the Web site administered by Sitefinity You can create and upload files and folders here The Administration area allows you to manage Services permissions users and roles and tools The Live Site tab leads you to the published copy of the Web site It contains the current published version of the content This is what the general site visitors see without logging in If the project has been deployed on a live Web server the Live Site tab allows you to preview the published content without opening a new browser window and typing the URL Zz a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik My Preferences Sitefinity allows you to change some of the default settings of the GUI according to your preferences from here User admin My Prefelences Mv profile _ n the TE S Change your settings f Dashboard Pages Modules Files There are three types of settings you can change e General e Dashboard e Page editor General Settings 1 Language This option is displayed when you have enabled site localization In the example below the site languages Set in the lt localization gt section of the application web config are English Spanish French German and Bulgarian Even if no different language versions of the web pages ar
7. Page permissions you can still contribute shared content You can create shared content in either of the following ways A In the Generic Content module 1 Go to Modules gt Generic Content 2 Click Create new item 3 Type the name of the content item It is advisable to give unique names This field is required 4 Insert some content in the content area This field is required 62 63 a sitelinity USER MANUAL telerik Name My Shared Content Content Gal al 2 a gd e Normal Efe This is my shared content 5 Select a category from the dropdown list 6 Attach tags to the content items 7 Add some description of the item This field is optional 8 Type the name of the author This field is optional 9 Click Create this item The item is then shown in the All Content Items list sitefi n ity USER MANUAL Category Uncategorized il Uncategorized ports Basketball Add a new tag This information is not public tis for your reference only Description This is some shared content Author Joseph Anderson B In the Generic Content control 1 Goto Pages gt Site Map 2 Select a page and click Edit this page 3 Click Edit in the Generic Content control header 4 Insert some content in the content area 5 Click the Share this content link 64 a sitelinity USER MANUAL telerik Properties 2 m x Share this conten
8. Set the localizable properties such as menu label title etc and click Create this version Sp Createapage 0 Site Map zj All Pages Menu label 7 presse Example 4 bout Us Head Content Titler OO Description Select a page above and wt Set home page Move page up Fil 4 Move page down Keywords A p Delete Separate keywords by commas Example music Guitar sang 51 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik 4 The page is now displayed in Edit mode Here you have two options edit it from scratch or copy the template theme and controls from the English language version as shown below PRESSE Page Template Select Then mi Publish Preview Of Cancelchangdes Copy from another language version Copy the template theme and controls from another language version Now select at meere from the dropdown list in the top rig Tyou wantto add your own template to the list 1 Click Cancel changes 2 Goto Templates 3 Click Upload a master page to generate template Once vou have chosen a template this screen will look like this s RTR Daka E a aa aiT Mie T E TN a a me T aa ag On M aN Oe ee EENE E ee ee 5 The page template theme and all controls are copied from the English version and there is no relation between the controls in the English and German versions of this page 6 Drag and drop a language selector onto the page for the English
9. and German versions so users can navigate between the English and German versions of the page 52 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik News The News module is based on the Generic Content module so it shares a common user interface with it The News module provides a comfortable way to incorporate news articles and display them on your web site Administrative End To access the News module go to Modules gt News Dashboard Pages Modules Files Administration Live Site Generic Content News Blogs Lists Palls Forums Images amp Documents Create news To create a news item follow these steps 1 Goto Modules gt News 2 Click Create a new item 3 Complete the form that appears on screen 4 Schedule when the news article should go public and its expiry date with the integrated calendar as shown below Publication Date 3 4 2009 9 22 AM oO Expiration Date O4 01 2009 9 00 A Pe 5 Click Create this news item 73 74 a sitelinity USER MANUAL telerik Edit news To edit a news item follow these steps 1 Goto Modules gt News 2 Find the news article you want to edit in the list of news and click Edit next to it All News This will open the News editor dialog 3 Modify the article and click Save changes Delete news 1 Goto Modules gt News 2 Find the news article you want to delete in the list of news and click the trashcan icon next to it All News Source a sitetinity U
10. by name and author Properties fl Fl E Select shared content fa 4b Selectthe content item you wantto use Apply C359 Goto Wodules Generic Contentif you wanito have more powertul control over shared content Description Majors Academics Select Minors Academics Select AboutUs General Select Course Schedule Academics F lt gt Share this Cancel A I m done or Cancel 9 Inthe grid click Select next to the item you want to insert 70 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik 10 The item is displayed in the editor content area Properties Gl x Content Properties x 2 9 c BOOMS pply C55 Class Paragraph Style Ed Our philosophy to work hard play hard means that our major courses are inherently applicable to today s world and concentrate on issues and topics that are relevant to today and the future both inside and outside of work Our minor programs meanwhile are a little more esoteric allowing students to further their approach into more theoretical subjects Again though our minor programs are designed notto lock students down to a library if they don t wantto be Modern Software Development Focussing on real world application development candidates are invited to study and improve code in their preferred language The program includes courses on known design patterns different development techniques TOD Scrum Pair programming ete us
11. contributor makes changes to a shared item You need to be granted the proper Module permissions to be able to manage shared content When you want to edit just one instance of the content item you need to remove it from the shared content items list first that is branch the content After branching the item is independent and changes made to it are not reflected elsewhere Similarly changes made in the previously shared item are not reflected in the branched item Each item of shared content is represented by a unique content ID and meta information such as name required description and author The content ID is used when requesting the content data If description and author are not specified the default text is displayed in the list of items When content workflow is switched off an item can be in one of the following states Published The item is automatically published upon its creation Locked by user The item is open for editing and the changes are not saved or cancelled 60 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik Administrative End To access the Generic Content module go to Modules gt Generic Content Dashboard Pages Modules Files Administration Live Site Generic Content News Blogs Lists Palls Forums Images amp Documents Events Newsletters Store Module p E o Explore Generic Content Generic Content gt Content it n adilak pecate anew eon i O O Here you can read sort edit and
12. installation These modules are compiled on demand You do not need to register Intra site modules in the project s web config file as they are automatically detected For more information see Module and Pluggable Modules below Keywords Metadata keywords are used by browsers or search engines to find and categorize your page Locked page If you close the browser while editing the page stays locked but you 15 a sitelinity Master Page Membership Services Menu Label Module Page 16 USER MANUAL Stelerik can return to edit it later Administrators cannot edit the locked page but they have the options to Save or Cancel the changes you have made Both of these actions will unlock the page Enables developers to define common areas that every page will share such as headers footers navigation and so on A master page allows you to put the common code in a single file and have it visually inherited by content pages creating a consistent appearance and behavior in your application Enables the administrator to validate and manage user information for the Web application It provides functionality for validating user credentials creating and modifying membership users and managing user Settings such as passwords and e mail addresses Determines the link name of the page that appears in the navigation controls for example menu An independent application hosted by Sitefinity Usually modules are comprised of
13. workflow actions are done within the Pages area Upon navigating to the Pages area and clicking All Pages you will see a complete list of all the pages in the site and their current workflow Status The following options are given at each stage in the Page Manager work area Create a page edit the current page You can preview the changes that have been made as if the page was live and then save or cancel those changes as required ACADEMICS MAJORS n Save Changes Preview f of Cancel Changes Draft a page You can send the draft page for approval or re edit the page 47 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik Academics gt ENDS This page has been saved as a Draft Send a page for approval The approver can choose to approve the changes to the page decline the changes which necessitates that the pages must be re edited or edit the page themselves peademas gt Majors Page is declined If the changes to the page have been declined the only choice available is to re edit the page again and re submit for approval Academics gt Aail t This page has been Declined Page is approved If the changes to the page have been approved the users with the appropriate permissions may then publish it to the live site Academics gt iaoi l FF This page has been mre Page is published If a page has been published to the live site it may be edited as necessary 48 a sitelinity
14. you don t have to take care of the image or documents paths when creating migrating your site 103 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik Administrative End Create a library When you first go to the Modules gt Images amp Documents tab you are prompted to create your first library The library is the main unit of this module each library is a container of different types of content items To create a library 1 Click Create your first library or Create a library at the All libraries screen Mame Manaaiory Biia namra grm E kapi Lewy iiad ng pa poa gi Document Library iunowog d e doc i bt pa pot poi Mir au om Curk Libri plipagi ni kipas Video sikwi More options Site reatncnoens Mar library gate HE Laan Ze Mar library size showdd bo a eenbort kas murine of deg Shes Mas somber of files sliced be a erie tim fis site KR Mian fie size shoeld be a number Cache options Enatle caching How bog should fee Wonen Cache an image of a document AUA the image or ihe document hi changed Lindl ihe papal bene eepines 2 Inthe Name field type the name that you want to appear in the user interface See the image below 3 Select the type of library you want to create e Image Library can contain items with file extensions png jpg gif 104 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik e Document Library can contain items with file extensions doc docx rtf txt pdf ppt pptx html xIs
15. Content Content that is used repeatedly among pages on your Web site Content sharing is a convenient way to save time with updates and changes See also Dynamic Content Static Content This is content placed through controls on Web pages such as text and images inserted directly in the Generic Content controls Static content is totally dependent on the page and it cannot be edited outside the page If you delete the page the static content is also removed If you need to display new content on the site then you need to add a new control to the Web page first Tags Words or labels attached to some content and used to describe and categorize it Tag Cloud One of the display modes for tags The more frequently a tag has been used the larger it appears in the tag cloud By default tag clouds are sorted alphabetically but you can also sort them by popularity When you click a tag in the tag cloud the tagged content for the particular provider for example only blogs or only news is displayed 18 a sitelinity Theme URL URL Rewriter User Control User Role Web config Web Farm 19 USER MANUAL Stelerik An ASP NET theme is a collection of properties that define the graphical appearance of pages and controls in your Web site A theme can include skin files that define property settings for ASP NET Web server controls and it can include Cascading Style Sheets css files and graphics By applying a
16. For example you have an aspx file ready and you do not need to edit its content within Sitefinity You just need to have a link to this file in the dynamically created navigation of Sitefinity Follow the instructions below to add an existing file for example FAQ html to the Web site Although you can edit an external page s properties such as its location within the project you cannot edit content on the page within Sitefinity Please note that workflow is disabled for adding external pages so the page goes live immediately 1 Go to Files and upload the FAQ html to the Files folder 37 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik wus ea J A 3 a i b 7 r ae j in aie p a sine oe i ji l a Si Lae Wik j ADe AR Tr Ppa Tar p 1 i a n RT ETT 4 i iati an ain a Tih Dashboard Pages Modules Files Administration Live Site MyOrganization Files SJ Foiderup EJ uptoaatites E create new folder Select a folder App Master FA App_Themes Name Size Extension Date modified E Fac ht 35KB html File 08 May 2007 03 58 H RadControls Fi Sitefinity 2 Goto Pages gt Site Map and select All Pages 3 Click Create a page 4 Set the Page Name property to FAQ for example 5 Select External Page as the Page Type 6 Type the URL to the html file Files FAQ html 7 Click Create this page 38 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik New Page 460 to all pages General Mandatory fields
17. My Profile Each Sitefinity user can change their user profile To edit your email first name and last name 1 Log in Sitefinity 2 Click My Profile in the top right corner of the screen E Aga oO m a oe f AiG fe k K m I dat j Ce ae a e ices Myprofile Logout i Si Change vaur profile Dashboard Pages Modules Files 3 The user profile form opens Apply your changes You cannot change your username My Profile My Profile El Profile change password Membership Info Mandatory fields The username cannot be changed Email admin telerik com User Details First name Josh Lastname Joshual Save user info ry 4 Click Save user info 28 29 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik To change your password 1 2 Click the Change Password link in the left pane Enter your old password Enter your new password Re enter your new password Click Change password My Profile My Profile Profile Change your password Mandatory fields Password TITT New password fTITTiiiiicy Confirm new password PT ITTiiiiity Change password Change password h a sitelinity USER MANUAL telerik 7 Working with Web Pages Pages have predefined structural appearance inherited from a master page or a page template They contain ContentPlaceHolder controls that define the type of content the user can enter on a Web Page Depending
18. Page name t7 FAQ Cannot contain spaces or special characters Example Aponta or 4 bouts gapx Menu label rc FAC Example About Ls Show in navigation 77 ves No Page pec Normal page displays its own content Page group redirects to its first sub paqe External page outside Sitefinity External page location IFiles FAQ html Example Exferna Page Ain OF Fie eoto nan conmvesternalPage hth Read more about external pages Where did the other properties go The other page properties are not available since this page is setas External page You should be able to access it through this URL http lt root gt Files FAQ html 39 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik Setting Page Permissions To set the permissions for a given page 1 Click to select the page in the site map 2 Click the Permissions tab on the right 3 From the dropdown list select the role for which you want to set the permissions Select a role administrators wt Set permissions for this role View Alloy Deny Create Alloy Deny Wodity Alloy Deny Delete Rollback Alloy Deny Change Permissions Alloy Deny Change Properties Alloy Deny Approve Allow Deny Publish Allow Deny Modify Layout Allow Deny 4 When you are done click Save changes For more details about setting page permissions please refer to Page Permissions 40 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik All Pages Grid View When you are at the S
19. SER MANUAL Stelerik Search News Select the search criteria from the dropdown list and click Search All News Items Title Publication D Source cca Expiration Date Mike Scores Again anspor 120 0 Ublication Date 202007 12 00 00 AM Published Expiration Date Breaking news 2 1 4 200F 12 00 00 AM 2 1 9 200F 12 00 00 AM Published Set permissions for the News Module To set permissions on the news module click the Permissions link in the left pane When you are done click Save Changes For more details about permissions please refer to Module Permissions 75 a sitelinity USER MANUAL telerik Localization Localizing news content is almost identical to localizing content in the Generic Content module This topic outlines the steps you need to follow to create different language versions of news 1 Create a news item in the default site language News gt New Item Mandatory fields B ZUE SET Re 32 CaA YS a Nom F gt die neuesten Nachrichtenl POA 2 Change the language 3 Click Edit this language version Li m Edit this news ee Hot News Deutsch francais English 77 a sitelinity USER MANUAL telerik 4 Create the new language version by entering the language specific content in the content area 5 Click Save changes News gt Hot News 4 Save changes fh g or cance Title Mandatory fields Hot News Content en BIlu EES geas CDO BBA Nom F the late
20. USER MANUAL stelerik Academics gt Majors This page has been Published Page Localization The localization at page level assures that your site will have localized versions of each page Each language version is a separate instance the following properties of which can be localized menu label title description keywords There is a Language Selector control that you can use on the public side to allow users to switch between the languages Here is its location in the toolbox Navigation Dynamic Hyper Lirik Site Menu Site Panelbar Site Tabstrip Site Treeview Breadcrumb Hyper Link Language Selector Here is its appearance on the page espa ol francais Deutsch 6 bOrapckH This dropdown list will populate with a list of languages available in the Sitefinity system 49 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik To create a foreign language of a page follow these steps 1 Select a page in the site map 2 Click the language you want to add Dashboard Pages Modules Files Administration Live Site site flap Templates pai Create a page E eeen This page it available in English Add site Map 4 Go to all pages View Ej All Pages home Edit this language version d My Organization home press This content is shared 42006 O MyOrgamzaton All rights reserved 50 a sitetinity USER MANUAL Stelerik 3
21. a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik 3 Basic Features and Concepts Term Add external pages to navigation Automatic Site Map Automatic Site Navigation Content Content Item ContentPlaceholder Controls Control Description 14 Definition You can add external pages to Sitefinity through the GUI They can be shown in the site navigation but cannot be edited within Sitefinity Sitefinity automatically creates a site map The structure of a Web site automatically binds to its navigation controls Sitefinity includes four navigational controls SiteTreeView SiteMenu SitePanelBar and SiteTabStrip Any information data images files text graphics and media files contained on or accessible from the Web site The basic unit of content in Sitefinity This may be any chunk of data stored in the CMS repository database tables Each content item can be reused in multiple locations throughout the Web site Defines a relative region for content in a master page Any piece that is a UserControl ascx or CustomControl dll in terms of ASP NET we refer to as a control Controls do not need to implement any specific interfaces in order to work with Sitefinity You can add any type of controls to the Sitefinity toolbox through the web config A summary of what the content item is about a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik Summarizes the current state of the Web site and gives quick Dashboa
22. ad the file to replace the library item metadata stays the same e edit the item s Author and Description properties associate tags and category to the item Images amp Documents gt Docs gt FAQ Save changes Th or Cancel Name Mandatory fields FAQ Content E TAT file 3 17 KB Download file Re upload Description online Category a Uncategorized Zi Add tags a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik 4 Delete an item Click the trashcan icon to delete the item Document library Docs Delete this library Type Document te FAQ Document bet Delete 5 Sort items by file extension download items and view links to items Public End The Images amp Documents module provides three public controls that serve to display content from a set of libraries on a public Sitefinity page The Download List displays a list of files uploaded in document or custom libraries This control has two view modes list and table The Image Gallery displays images from libraries A typical scenario in which it may be used is creating a public picture gallery on a web site The Video control is based on Telerik s RadMediaPlayer for Silverlight and is used to display videos uploaded in video or custom libraries It can be used to create a vide section on a web site Note The Video control is available in the Sitefinity for NET 3 5 only Since most of the i
23. age title is displayed in the browser title bar Developed by Telerik and shipped with Sitefinity these are precompiled dll files that are put in the project s bin folder Pluggable modules can be customized by adding additional fields and providers For more information see ntra site Modules and Module Sitefinity is shipped with all components from the award winning Telerik RadControls for ASP NET AJAX suite They enable developers to rapidly build the interface of the Web site project and integrate with the core CMS application RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it s used to describe the technology used in creating feeds RSS is an XML based format that commonly syndicates news and blog posts along with other forms of information and the RSS helps viewers decide whether they want to follow the link a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik RSS Feed Feeds also known as RSS feeds XML feeds syndicated content or web feeds contain frequently updated content published by a Web site They are usually used for news and blogs Users can subscribe to feeds to automatically check for and download updates they can view later A feed contains a list of items each of which is identified by a link Each item can have any amount of metadata associated with it Section Handler Section handlers are responsible for reading the configuration settings from the web config file and converting it into a configuration object Shared
24. e tor Search image library Da Vi NCI wetete this library MEW a Vitruvian Man Mona Lisa Edi tif Edit Edit i gt enja List Libraries gt Da Vinci Sp Upload Batchedittities andtags Search items by Name tor image library Da VINCI cette tris library Hame Uploaded on Uploaded by Edit ij Vitruvian Man image jpg 25 Feb 2005 02 29 admin Downoad Link to this item mpr Edit H Image jpg 20 Feb 2006 06 39 admin Download Link to this item Edit i Leonardo Portrait image jpg 20 Feb 2008 06 39 admin Download Link to this item Edit i image jpg 20 Feb 2008 06 39 admin Download Link to this tem 110 a sitetinity USER MANUAL Stelerik The operations that can be performed from the All Items screen are described below 1 Batch edit Images amp Documents gt Docs 4 ip Upload Batch editnames and tags Document libran Docs Delete this library Name 3 File Type Edit fg SiteTemplatesFAQText Document txt i Edit fi FAQ Document a E T ae a e a a Click the Batch edit link to if you want to open all library items and edit their key properties at once or attach the same tags to all items Images amp Documents gt Docs 4 Back to all library items wig Save changes jo cancel Batch edit Mandatory fields Add common tags Adh or choose from existing tags My tags All tags Close 111 112 a sitelinity USER MANUAL tel
25. e Normal page displays its own content editable within Sitefinity Page group redirects to its first sub page External page a link to a page created outside Sitefinity a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik 3 Inthe Head Content section set the head settings of the page Page Title This title is displayed in the title bar of any browser viewing the page Description A short summary of the page content Keywords Metadata keywords are used by browsers or search engines to find and categorize your page Use commas to separate keywords 4 Expand More Options to set more advanced page properties Security Anonymous access Check Deny to restrict all access for anonymous visitors and require authentication Check Allow to enable anonymous access the web page without password verification If you set Anonymous access to Deny for a page that has subpages all subpages will be inaccessible by unregistered users and will require authentication The option is disabled at the Properties tab for the subpage Require SSL Specifies whether this page will require a secure socket layer https connection SSL should be installed on the server Performance Caching Check to allow the application to cache this page otherwise leave unchecked ViewState Check to disable viewstate on the page otherwise leave unchecked When this option is set to Yes the rendered output of the page is cached depending on th
26. e available this option allows you to set the localization of the CMS If you select Spanish from the dropdown and Save your Setting when you go to Pages gt Site Map you will see the Spanish versions of the pages first Please note that the language bar is only available is localization is turned on in the CMS My Preferences My Preferences General Dashboard settings Language English Page editor settin Start screen ky iis ca Save General Settings 23 24 a sitelinity USER MANUAL telerik 2 Start screen By default after a successful login you are redirected to the Dashboard screen Here you can seta different start screen My Preferences My Preferences General al General i Dashboard settings Language espa ol Start screen Dashboard oo m Fage editor settin Page Pas gt Templates Files Administration gt Services Administration gt Users Administration gt Permissions 4 Save Gene The contents of the dropdown list changes according to the permissions granted to the currently logged user A user with CMS access and Page Permissions for example will be able to see Dashboard Pages gt Sitemap and Live Site only For details about permissions refer to Page Permissions 3 Show FAQs everywhere Clear the checkbox if you want to hide the right panes which display FAQs at the different screens in the administration part of Sitefinity My Preferences My Preferenc
27. e page cache settings made in the application web config file section telerik cms For more details on how to enable caching for pages please refer to Page Caching When the page is requested again instead of creating new instances of the page and its controls the rendered HTML is retrieved from the cache and written directly to the output stream In other words no additional database calls are made no control instances no events are fired The response time to serve a cached page is equal to the time needed to serve a Static HTML file The output cache is cleared when a page is published That ensures that all changes made to a cached page are effected immediately on the live site Search Indexing Mark yes to enable this page to be searched by an index If marked to no this page cannot be searched anywhere in the system 36 a sitetinity USER MANUAL stelerik Page URLs Enter in additional URLs for a page These URLs can redirect to any other one in the list Search Options Index this pager Yes O Mo Page URLS for a languages Generated JEL Homepage aspx Default Another URL MyPage aspx Set as Defaut fif Example contacts 250 Redirect to the default URL Add Url Add head tags Additional Tags base link and meta tags 5 When you complete the required fields click Create this page Adding an External Page You can add any page created outside Sitefinity to your Web application
28. er activities that change the content status Create new Page amp fm Approver Administrator Modify existing Review Staged Waiting to be content cubrmit for modifications Approve Shitor published Pinch approval publishing Decline Modify further Modity further Work in Progress Staged Content Live Content 46 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik All Sitefinity pages pass through a series of states in a fixed workflow A page can be in one of the following pre defined states Draft For Approval Declined Approved Published Sitefinity provides the following stages in page workflow management Create anew page or start to edit a new one Save the changes to the page as a draft or cancel the changes and leave it as it is Send the draft page for approval to an administrator or user with approval permission granted The draft page can be declined and sent back to the user for more changes The draft page can be approved for publishing to the live site The approved page can be published to the live site The page can be edited at any of the stages in the workflow Cancelling an edit causes the page to remain at the same stage in the workflow Saving changes to the page reassigns its status as a draft Changes to the page are not seen in the live site until the page is approved and published The page remains in the staging site until the workflow process has been completed All page
29. erik For an image library you can edit the Title and Alternative text properties For a document library you can edit the Title Author and Description properties Images amp Documents gt Docs 4 Back to all library items ka Save chang es P or Cancel Batch edit Mandatory fields Add common tags Edit the key properties of items _ SiteTemplatesFAQText Tite SiteTemplatesFAQTer Author knut Description right pane create project O FAQ Title Faq Author knut Description 113 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik 2 Edit an image item You can perform the following actions at this screen e edit the name of the item e open the original file in anew window e reupload the file to replace the image this replaces the thumbnail automatically Images amp Documents gt Images alien or Cancel Mandatory fields Content View original 87 x 87 px File size 4 96 Re this im e edit the item s Author Alternative text Width and Height properties and associate a category or tags to the item Author josh Alternative text jumping green alien The alternative text describes the image for visually impaired people and search engines The text is not visible to others Width Height z 87 4 114 a sitelinity USER MANUAL telerik 3 Edita file You can perform the following actions at this screen e edit the name of the item e download the original file e reuplo
30. es General Language espanol Dashboard settings Fage editor settings Start screen Pages gt Site Map Show FAQs everywhere 3 lt 4 Save General Settings _ a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik Dashboard Settings 1 Itis easy to hide this area of the Dashboard Dashboard Pages Modules Files Administration Live Site Welcome to your dashboard Dont wal Main Sections Dashboard Pages You are here Use Dashboard to view a Click and start interacting with pages and summary of the current state of your web site templates In Templates upload master Go through all novelties prioritize tasks and pages and define the common Structure of roll up your sleeves to get it all done pages In Site Map author and edit web pages Files Administration Run to the File Manager to view and work with Here you add and manage users and user folders upload and manage all the files you roles set permissions etc need for this project a Hide this panel ee What s been up lately To do this clear the Show the Main Sections panel checkbox APRE Main section panel My Preferences if E General E Dashboard settings Page editor settings l Show the Main sections panel Recently modified items 2 Customize your Dashboard further by selecting which items to show in the What s been up lately area What s been up lately My latest changes Title home es 32 Ma
31. groups of controls that work together to form some business logic They are not required to use the same provider or configuration model as Sitefinity The only interface that is required for a module to be hosted by Sitefinity is the IWebModule See also Intra site Modules Pluggable Modules Inherits the appearance of a master page and template and places its own content where the master page has defined a ContentPlaceHolder control a sitelinity Page Alias Friendly URL Page Name Page Navigation Page Template Page Title Pluggable Modules RadControls RSS 17 USER MANUAL Stelerik A friendly name that maps part of a URL to a physical directory on the server This name appears in the URL bar A page can have several aliases leading to it Friendly URLs are essential to search engines The name which this page uses for its URL for example if the page name is History and it is a subpage of About the URL looks like this http domain com About History aspx Specifies whether this page should be shown in the site map by navigation controls such as a SiteMenu and SiteTabStrip In Sitefinity an abstraction for the master page Defines the common layout and content that is used for several pages The Template is based on the master page markup together with the theme and the controls added to its placeholders Any changes made to a template will affect all the pages associated with it The p
32. gsList Properties TagsList t Misc Accessibility Appearance t Behavior Data t Layout t Obsolete members 55 a sitetinity USER MANUAL Stelerik The following images represent the Basic and Advanced tabs of the Image control Image Bl x Advanced Select an image Images alieni005_qif Select Alternative text Green jumping alien Altemative text is important Search engines and blind users cannot see the image This text alieni005 gif Will be the only info they will have about this image s I m ne or Cancel 56
33. ing development IDEs to their full potential source control software architecture and refactoring Industrial placements are a part ofthe core curriculum Sports Science This content is shared All changes will affect all other Generic Content controls linked to it 1 a a NN E E E E E a aE A EN a E E E E EO E E REE E EEE E RS E E E a a a Ra E CA CE Ce fa a E E E E ER RS ER RS RE Fs RG oA DRA ts SS AA SES EAS E E a oa I Branch this content Select shared content or Cancel 11 Click I m done 71 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik B To branch shared content and create an item that will be stored only with the page static content do the following 1 Goto Pages gt Site Map 2 Select a page and click Edit this page 3 Find the Generic Content control with the content you want to branch 4 Click Edit in the control header 5 Click the Branch this content link Generic Content E x Content Properties ee O c G eOoHae Apply 055 Class Paragraph Style a z Major Programs Our philosophy to work hard play hard means that our major courses are inherently applicable to today s world and concentrate on issues and topics that are relevant to today and the future both inside and outside of work Our minor programs meanwhile are a little more esoteric allowing students to further their approach into more theoretical subjects Again though our minor programs are de
34. ite Map tab and click the All Pages link a grid view with all Web pages available for this project is displayed View only pages with status Draft ForApproval Declined Approved Published Archived or View all a Name Template Modified 4 MyTestPage en 3 Inner 01 Apr 2009 10 45 joe_as4 Published Preview ig al Homepage en main 31 Mar 2009 03 49 admin Published Preview ig al Homepage es main 27 Mar 2009 10 01 admin Published Preview ig Homepage fr 3 Inner 26 Mar 2009 02 36 admin locked by admin Preview T Here you can filter pages to show only those with a given status Draft For Approval Declined Approved and Published and perform a group operation for example mass approval or mass publication For more details about managing the page workflow please refer to Page Workflow You can also sort pages in the grid by last modified last modified by a certain user or status alphabetically When you go to the Permissions tab you can set the permissions for all pages If you do that by default all the pages will have the same permissions For more details about setting sitemap permissions please refer to Site Map Permissions 41 a sitelinity USER MANUAL telerik Editing Page Properties To edit the properties of a page 1 Click to select the page in the site map 2 Click the Properties tab on the right 3 On the More Options section you can now add other URLs and or change the default URL 4 When
35. ite across multiple servers which handle various web requests This type of setup is commonly required for larger sites that generate large amount of traffic The user a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik requests are handled by the different servers Workflow Defined series of tasks that occur between content origination and its publication on the live site At each stage of the workflow an individual or group is responsible for a specific task such as saving or publishing a page Once the task is complete the workflow ensures that the individuals responsible for the next task are notified There is page and content workflow in Sitefinity and they are both disabled by default 20 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik 5 The Sitefinity Workspace Six main Sitefinity sections are accessible through the tabs listed below Depending on your permissions you may or may not be able to view all of them The Dashboard is where you enter once you log in This is your log of recent activities It is meant to help you keep track of the latest changes to the Web site It also provides quick access to the most commonly used administrative tools The Pages area allows you to create edit and delete pages and page templates You can easily check the pages status and manage page and site map permissions The Modules area allows you to create edit and delete various content items It is divided into the following modules Generic Content News
36. logs Lists Module Allows users to create and manage all kinds of lists Polls Module Allows users to quickly create and publish online polls on a Web site Forums Module Allows users to create and moderate forums on a Web site Images amp Documents Allows users to upload shareable images and documents stored in libraries Events Provides users with ability to schedule and announce events through their website Newsletters provides basic functionality for creating newsletters and management of emails and subscriber groups Each module has an administrative and public side The administrative side is seen by clicking on the Modules tab in Sitefinity The public side consists of the controls that users should insert on the page such as the Blog Posts control to show the module s data on the page ContentView Controls The News Blogs Images and Documents and Events modules use ContentView controls to display data on the public side These controls allow end users to display content within certain categories change the display mode if applicable remove fields change date format and assign labels next to fields To demonstrate this functionality here are some screenshots of the ContentView for the News module 58 a sitelinity USER MANUAL telerik News View Basic Advanced How to organize news Oo Which news to display Display all news Display only news in specific categories ee
37. manage all content items All Content Items E Categories Hame Description Create manage and edit Edt J i Test R ETE i Ir categories for content aa a Eat iB k Content 2 Add description here Published Tags 1 Tags are like keywords for each item Manage all tags for Generic content from here Permissions Define who is allowed to read edit and delete content items Create a shared content item To create shared content and edit your own items you need to be granted the View and Create permissions for the Generic Content module as shown below 61 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik Dashboard Pages Modules Files Administration Live Site Generic Content News Blogs Lists Falls Forums Images amp Documents Explore Generic Content Generic Content gt Permissions Content tems Here vou can read sort edit and manage all content items Set permissions for Generic Content Select arole Set permissions for this role Categories Create manage and edit categories for content items Tags Tags are like keywords for each item Manage all tags View for Generic content tram here Create Modi Allow Deny Fil Permissions Y Define who is allowed to Delete AUE Sait read edit and delete Change Permissions Alloy Deny content items AE ee eee oe oe er eee ee Save before selecting another role a ee ee ee eee ee ee ona nao ono Even if you do not have any
38. news articles to a page do the following 1 Go to Pages gt Site Map 2 Inthe site map click to select the page where you want to insert the full text of the news articles 3 Click Edit this page 4 Expand the Add Controls toolbox 5 Select the NewsView control 6 Drag and drop the control to the desired page area 7 Click edit on the control 8 Adjust the properties to fit your needs 9 On the top left of the screen click save if workflow is turned on If it s off click publish to save your changes To display archived news articles follow these steps 1 Follow steps 1 4 for displaying news articles 2 Select the News Archive control 3 Drag and drop the control to the desired page area 79 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik Images amp Documents This module provides a shared storage medium for images documents videos and other types of media This module ensure that this content is stored in one place so it can be easily reused and shared The module s goal is to provide end users with an easy to use option to create edit and share content and select it for use in public controls The benefits for web site administrators are automatic handling of permissions and automatic storage and retrieval from and to the project database When migrating the project for example it is much easier to transfer the whole project database instead of transferring and managing the image and documents files separately Moreover
39. on the ContentPlaceHolder properties the user can drag and drop controls and preview the page in a full browser window A page consists of Name the URL of the page Alias different names and URLs for the same page Metadata general settings such as Title Meta tags Reference reference to a page template Controls controls assigned to the content placeholders defined in the referenced template Creating a New Page When you first go to Pages gt Site Map you will see a message Stating that there are no pages available for this project You can either create a new page or add an existing external page To create a new page in Sitefinity complete the following steps 1 Goto Pages gt Site Map and click Create a page in the left navigation pane 2 Set the General properties of the page 35 Page name The actual file name system name of the page Visitors of the page will reference this name along with the entire URL The page name cannot contain spaces or special characters The name of the page cannot be Default Menu label Determines the link name of the page that appears in the navigation controls for example menu Page navigation Specifies whether this page should be shown by navigation controls like menu treeview panelbar etc If Show in navigation is set to No for a page that has subpages the subpages will still be shown in the site navigation This setting is not inherited Page typ
40. oose a container to add the control to or drag and drop the control into a placeholder 4 Click the Add button Deleting Controls To delete a control 1 Click to select the page in the site map 2 Click Edit this page 3 Click the trashcan icon Content Generic Content Edit Setting Control Properties The Control Properties Grid is a powerful tool that allows developers and end users to configure controls placed in a particular page directly from within the browser and eliminates the need for offline configuration and upload of the control files The property modifications are reflected immediately To set the control properties 1 Click to select a page in the site map 2 Click Edit this page 3 Click Edit in the control header to access the Control Properties grid Content Generic Content Edit a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik Some controls use content view designers such as the Images and Documents module s download list shown below which allow end users to check off boxes and use other UI controls to adjust properties Basic Advanced Back File list settings Paging settings Divide the list into pages if there is too many files Display 0 files per page For every file display File title L Author Lpload date Tags isize Description CExtension Download link Some of the controls such as a tags list use just have a properties tab instead Ta
41. piration Date O4 01 2009 9 00 A Pe 5 Click Create this news item 73 74 a sitelinity USER MANUAL telerik Edit news To edit a news item follow these steps 1 Goto Modules gt News 2 Find the news article you want to edit in the list of news and click Edit next to it All News This will open the News editor dialog 3 Modify the article and click Save changes Delete news 1 Goto Modules gt News 2 Find the news article you want to delete in the list of news and click the trashcan icon next to it All News Source a sitetinity USER MANUAL Stelerik Search News Select the search criteria from the dropdown list and click Search All News Items Title Publication D Source cca Expiration Date Mike Scores Again anspor 120 0 Ublication Date 202007 12 00 00 AM Published Expiration Date Breaking news 2 1 4 200F 12 00 00 AM 2 1 9 200F 12 00 00 AM Published Set permissions for the News Module To set permissions on the news module click the Permissions link in the left pane When you are done click Save Changes For more details about permissions please refer to Module Permissions 75 a sitelinity USER MANUAL telerik Localization Localizing news content is almost identical to localizing content in the Generic Content module This topic outlines the steps you need to follow to create different language versions of news 1 Create a news item in the default site language
42. r 2008 home en 32 Mar 2008 Show items 5 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik To do this select from the items in the list My Preferences My Preferences Main section panel C Show the Main sections panel Recently modified items Which items do you want the dashboard to show If My latest changes if Last modified pages New users Last modified generic contents Last modified news Last modified blogs Last modified blog posts Last modified lists i Last modified forums y New forum posts The list changes according to the View permissions granted to the currently logged user If page workflow is enabled there will be an option to show pages in every workflow status available such as last published pages and last pages submitted for approval 26 27 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik Page Editor Settings The link below is visible to users who are granted the Modify page permission For details about permissions refer to Page Permissions Here you can change the default page edit mode In the web config file it is initially set to Overlay My Preferences My Preferences Default edit mode E General Dashboard settings l Which is the default mode to edit page C Overlay mode Classic mode w i l For more information about personalization please refer to Personalization in our Developer Manual a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik
43. rd H i access to the administrative functions the user can view Dynamic Content Dynamic content is independent of the page Content items that you create and edit in the different modules are dynamic content They can either be published on a page or not If you delete a page where such items are published the items remain in the module s content repository Dynamic content takes care of its presentation on the site For example when you write a new blog post it is automatically displayed on the live site if you have blogs enabled Dynamic content is very convenient when running a large site because information used by many pages can be updated in one place For more info see also Shared Content below Exposed API Sitefinity exposes a comprehensive set of methods and events that allow developers to handle and customize almost every aspect of the application programmatically create users and set permissions build templates and pages detect and set content etc History Sitefinity supports content history Each time a user modifies content a copy is created in the database The old version is stored in the database together with the new version in a list so the newest version is on top of the oldest version This helps the site administrator track all content modifications together with the user identity and the time of the modifications Intra site Modules A module class and a collection of ascx files within an existing Sitefinity
44. ries boxes and list Boxes Generic Content News Blogs Lists Polls Forums Images amp Documents qP Upload Libraries gt All Libraries Create alibran iew as Boxes List CrnmoN a I_C ESN q e7 L 7 Y j ey P Been there done that Docs Da Vinci Custom Library Document Library image Library a E T Sitems f 8 documents fo 4images iw 4 List All Libraries Creat View as Boxes List Name Owner Treate ter Settings 21 Feb 2008 03 43 4 Change Settings 21 Feb 2008 02 20 Change Settings 20 Feb 2008 06 37 Change Settings The operations that can be performed from the All Libraries screen are described below 108 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik 1 Delete a library click the trashcan icon to delete the library the items are also deleted from the database 2 View all items in a library click the name ofa library in the list 3 Check how many items are currently uploaded in a library Clicking the number displays all the items in the library in a list 4 Change library settings click Change Settings to open the key properties of the library For more details refer to section Create a library above 109 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik Manage items You can view the uploaded items in an image library either as thumbnails or list Thumbnails Libraries gt Da Vinci ap Upload Batch edit tiles and tags Search items by Nam
45. signed notto lock students down to a library if they don t wantto be Modern Software Development Focussing on real world application development candidates are invited to study and improve code in their preferred language The program includes courses on known design patterns different development techniques TOD Scrum Pair programming etc using development IDEs to their full potential source control software architecture and refactoring Industrial placements are a part ofthe core curriculum Sports Science Branch this content content Branch this content Select shared content A I m done oF Cancel 6 When you finish editing the content click I m done 72 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik News The News module is based on the Generic Content module so it shares a common user interface with it The News module provides a comfortable way to incorporate news articles and display them on your web site Administrative End To access the News module go to Modules gt News Dashboard Pages Modules Files Administration Live Site Generic Content News Blogs Lists Palls Forums Images amp Documents Create news To create a news item follow these steps 1 Goto Modules gt News 2 Click Create a new item 3 Complete the form that appears on screen 4 Schedule when the news article should go public and its expiry date with the integrated calendar as shown below Publication Date 3 4 2009 9 22 AM oO Ex
46. st news P gt g To view all news items created for a particular site language go to All news items and select the language in the dropdown list in the upper right corner of the screen 78 vtelerik sitefi n ity USER MANUAL User admin My profile Logout All news items Title Publication Date Expiration Date Status 22 Jan 2008 12 00 31 Dec 2099 12 00 Published 22 Jan 2008 12 00 31 Dec 2099 12 00 Published 22 Jan 2008 12 00 31 Dec 2099 12 00 Published By clicking Edit you open the German version of the news article for editing If you click the trashcan icon all language versions of the news item are deleted a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik Public End The news module uses a single control to display news stories called the NewsView F lags amp Laregqones Hews 9 News Archive be Fil rarm To display news articles to a page do the following 1 Go to Pages gt Site Map 2 Inthe site map click to select the page where you want to insert the full text of the news articles 3 Click Edit this page 4 Expand the Add Controls toolbox 5 Select the NewsView control 6 Drag and drop the control to the desired page area 7 Click edit on the control 8 Adjust the properties to fit your needs 9 On the top left of the screen click save if workflow is turned on If it s off click publish to save your changes To display archived news articles follow these steps 1 Follo
47. t To share this content you need to fill in the form below Mandatory fields are marked This information is not public Itis for your reference only aE Majors Description Aradermics Author Jay or Cancel et ohare this content Select shared content g2 I m done or Cancel 6 When the dialog opens type the name of the content item It is advisable to give unique names This field is required 7 Add some description of the item This field is optional 8 Type the name of the author This field is optional 9 Click Share this item Click I m done to close the Generic Content Properties grid Edit a content item 1 Goto Modules gt Generic Content 2 Search for the item you want to edit and click Edit next to it 65 66 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik All Content Items Name Author Description Status Edit ij More Info Blog Sitefinity Administrator Shared Content i Contact Details Locked by admin 3 Modify the content item and click Save changes If you are using this item across many pages your changes will affect all pages and will be visible on the live site after publishing Delete a content item 1 Goto Modules gt Generic Content 2 Search for the item you want to delete and click the trashcan icon next to it When you go the page s using a content item that has been deleted you will see the following message This content has been deleted All Content Items Name
48. t first When page workflow is disabled the duplicated page is published immediately 45 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik Page Workflow Please note that this feature is not available in the Sitefinity Community Edition The main purpose of every Content Management System is to provide an easily managed workflow process ensuring that the correct content appears at the right place and at the right time A series of pre defined workflow tasks allows for tracking Web pages through the entire process from authoring review and approval to publication In addition workflow facilitates the movement of work to the individuals responsible for the various tasks Every user gets real time status of where work is in the workflow process which tasks are complete or pending etc We define workflow as the cycle of steps that occur between the content origination and its final appearance on the live site Those steps are the particular actions that the users perform with the content in order to change its status and move it further along the workflow cycle Telerik Sitefinity CMS uses a linear workflow cycle facilitating expedient processing of content modifications while at the same time provides adequate levels of control and administration During one workflow cycle the content passes through three distinct stages Work in Progress Staged Content Live Content The diagram below illustrates these three stages along with the respective us
49. tems from the module are used in public pages there should be easy ways to select which item to include in a page When an item has to be inserted in a Generic Content item for example this will be done through the rich text editor The module provides its own implementations of dialogs which retrieve items from the module and include them in the Generic Content For more information please refer to the online FAQ 115 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik 8 Working with Controls Adding Controls Sitefinity allows users to add tools from the toolbox which is located on the right hand side of the edit a page screen To edit a page click the Edit this page button if localization is turned off If it s turned on click Edit this language version button The demos instructions below assume that localization has been turned off in Sitefinity To add acontrol to a page follow these steps 1 Expand the Add Controls toolbox P 1 Select a control a x Most popular F Generic Contents Image t Image gallery Videa i Navigation i F RadControls d r SideBarContent t Images amp Documentg t Data No controls have been added to this K Logi Ea container Snie a Drag controls here iniii j J j i Misc Generic Content Tags amp Categories f new a 2 Select a control from the list Generic Content Image etc 53 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik 3 From the dropdown list ch
50. theme you can give the pages in your Web site a consistent appearance Themes are defined in special directories in a Web site or on a Web server Acronym for Uniform Resource Locator The Web address you use to access a specific Web page A rewrite engine that modifies URLs before fetching the requested item This is a useful SEO tool as you can create user and search engine friendly Web site URLs A group of one or more server controls or static HTML elements that encapsulate a piece of functionality A user control typically resides on a page with other elements but the NET framework treats it as a standalone object By exposing properties of the control through the code behind or in the HTML other elements can easily interact with the user control programmatically It has an interface that can be completely edited and changed It can be manipulated at design time and runtime through properties A role defines a group of users associated with the same permissions Roles determine which parts of Sitefinity are accessible to users The web config file in ASP NET is the central location for your Web application configuration When you want to change some setting you just edit this XML file and do not need to modify the code It is formatted in XML and can be opened in Notepad or Visual Studio Many properties for controls such as a true or false value for enabling workflow is set in this file A Web farm is a setup of a single Web s
51. tilingual Content Management gt Module Localization for more details about localization of meta fields To view all items created for a particular site language go to All Content Items and select the language in the dropdown list User admin My profile Logout Generic Content All Content Items Name Author Description Status Add description here Published Add description here Published description here Published If you click Edit you are redirected to edit item mode for the respective language If you click the trashcan icon all language versions of the content item are deleted Public End A To add existing shared content to a page do the following 1 PA 68 Go to Pages gt Site Map In the site map click to select the page where you want to insert content Click Edit this page Expand the Add Controls toolbox Select the Generic Content control a sitelinity USER MANUAL telerik 6 Drag and drop the control to the desired page area 7 Click Edit in the Generic Content control header Generic Content Edit ii 8 Click the Select shared content link to view all available items GenencContent ey El x Content Peers Or SR RE 9 C HOOMRAaR B 2 UES SSF S amp L EO Apply C55 Class Normal z Ed f amp Share this content A l m done or Cancel 69 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik In the Select Shared Content Dialog you can filter items
52. videos etc Every item has associated metadata depending on the type of the library it belongs to These are the properties of each library item some of them are kept as metadata e Name the name of the item appearing in the user interface by default it is the same as the filename if a file with the same name is uploaded a number is appended to the name e Size the size of the file on the disk the original size of the item e Author the name of the user who created the item e Description an explanatory note about the item To upload items to a library 1 Atthe All Libraries screen click Upload 2 Select the library in which you want the item to reside 3 Browse to select the item to upload A message is displayed if the maximum number of items to upload in the library is reached Click Add to select more items This button is disabled when the maximum number of items for the library is reached 4 Click Upload when you have selected the items to upload 106 107 sitefi n ity USER MANUAL 1 Where to upload Select a library Da Vinci gt 1 or create a new library 2 Select files C Documents and Settings gpetrovalDeskiop io Bere C Documents and Sethingsiqpetrovaiily Docume Wocument and Settingsigpetrovalily Docume i a ED Ada Or Upload a zip file containing many files Stelerik a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik Manage libraries There are two view modes available for libra
53. w steps 1 4 for displaying news articles 2 Select the News Archive control 3 Drag and drop the control to the desired page area 79 a sitelinity USER MANUAL Stelerik ImageUrl saad BorderWidth 7 CasClass 7 BackColor BorderColor 7 BorderStyle 7 AlternateText 7 ForeColor 7 t Accessibility t Behavior t Layout t Misc A I m done fhr oF Cancel 4 After adjusting properties click I m done to save your changes To exit the Control Properties grid without saving your changes click Cancel 9 Working with Modules Modules are reusable self contained units you can easily integrate in many different applications You can use them to present content on a Web site or to extend the functionality of your Web site such as logical grouping of user controls that provide common functionality and business logic Sitefinity provides the structure to integrate modules and offers two options 1 User controls Developed by the user and easily integrated in the Sitefinity Modules section as an assembly 2 Pluggable modules A set of pre built pluggable modules offering the common functionality that comes with Sitefinity 57 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik Generic Content Allows users to create manage and reuse separate content items News Module Allows users to manage features and articles on a Web site Blogs Module Allows users to easily create and manage b
54. you are done click Save changes We do not recommend setting optional URLs to Default aspx Sitefinity uses a URL rewriter and when it comes across Default aspx in the application root it will actually load the page that has been set as home page and displayed bold in the site map Edit Page Mode To open a web page for editing 1 Click to select the page in the site map 2 Click Edit this page There are two edit page modes available Overlay and Classic ET niversity a a a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik To change the default edit page mode to Classic go to My Preferences gt Page editor settings or 1 Open the application web config file 2 Find this section and set the pageEditorUIMode attribute to Classic lt cms defaultProvider Sitefinity pageExtension aspx pageEditorUIMode Classic disabled false gt 3 Refresh the page Setting the Default Page To set a page as Default Home page 1 Click to select the page in the site map 2 Click Set home page The default page is displayed in bold type in the site map aP Create a page Site Map El All Pages i Home About Us Selecta page above and w Set homp page i i li Ali ar i Ne Meret tne Selected pave as home page 4 hove page down id Delete 43 a sitelinity USER MANUAL stelerik Reordering Pages Sitefinity allows users with sufficient permissions to reorder pages Once you move a page all navigation
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