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1. All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 9 of 27 g Admin Control Panel Configurations This section is available for site administrators only Global Settings S Use global settings to manage general settings like video convert file storage local or Amazon S3 seo optimization Google web sitemap Google news sitemap Google Maps DNN built in journal integration article manage comment rating recommend roles thumbnail watermark generate Twitter credentials etc Author Roles Cross Article is multi author based here you can specify roles which can post articles and upload files in your site Note site administrators can post articles and upload files by default p Note 1 Cross Article allows you limit the Departments which author can post articles to So itis better to create departments first by click System Data Departments then configure author roles 2 You can use a store module like our Classified Pro 8 0 store auction classified ads to sell these author roles so user needs to buy subscribe a role first before post articles to your site You can also charge author roles based different conditions departments article count disk quota etc System Data Data Manager 5 2 Step 2 Create Department Click Admin Control Panel System Data Departments to create departments Departments are top level unit to organize data Each department has its own categorie2. Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 6 of 27 4 Quick Start with setup wizard V7 x introduces a new setup wizard to guide you to configure module step by step we strongly recommend new user to choose this method and it will save you a lot of time With it you only need 2 steps to setup Cross Article Step 1 Install module Step 2 Follow setup wizard to configure module 4 1 Step 1 Install Upgrade module If you already bought Cross Article module unzip package which you got you will see Cross Article 8 0 Pa standard zip or Cross Article 8 0 Pa enterprise zip if you bought enterprise edition choose it as install package If you want to trial module first you can download Cross Article 8 0 trial edition unzip me zip at http DnnModule com FreeDownload aspx Unzip it your will find Cross Article 8 0 Pa trial zip Click Host Extensions Install extension wizard to install module After installation you will see 13 sub modules ra x CrossArticle_AccountLink Display user account link for CrossArtice 6 7 0 No module Se KI Cross Article Admin Manage all data in Cross Article module You 6 7 0 Mo gL need only 1 instance per portal Vg E Cross rticle Archwe Display article archive list 6 7 0 No gt KI Cross Article Author Display article author list 6 7 0 No SI H Cross Article Category Display article categories
3. 4 DNN team has a detail blog about the Content Localization feature http www dnnsoftware com community blog cid 155042 content localization walkthrough we strongly recommend you to take a look at it Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 13 of 27 5 Now your site is ready for the Content Localization feature and Cross Article is also aware of that When you put any sub module of Cross Article to a page it will also show a setup wizard to help you to configure it The setup wizard looks the same as the first localization way but it will do more works create more pages put more sub modules etc Of course if you want to setup it by yourself please follow below steps Suppose you need to publish articles with both English and Chinese a For each language create a separate page and put CrossArticle Admin sub module on it For example create two pages one called Article Admin and its page culture is en US English the other called rH mr and its page culture is zh CN Chinese You can create them by click DNN built in control panel Pages Add New Page select Localization tab and choose Culture Type as Create Localized Versions of Page b Now you should have 2 instances of CrossArticle Admin sub module The data you entered in CrossArticle Admin sub module is shared across the whole portal That s to say even you put 10 instances of CrossArticl
4. 6 7 0 Mo x OC Cross Article Detail This module is used to display article detail 6 7 0 Mo ra x Cross Article List Display article list 6 7 0 Mo x gt Cross rticle ListDashboard Display article list dashboard via flash 6 7 0 ho 4 x Cross Article Search Provides search interface for cross article 6 7 0 Mo module x CrossArticle_TagDashboard Display article tag list via flash 6 7 0 Moa Lo Install via Ftp The install package size is about 8mb in size If you have problems uploading by click Host Extensions Install extension wizard there is an alternative installation option you can use Please use the following procedure 1 Upload Cross Article 7 9 Pa standard zip to Install Module folder of your site Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 7 of 27 using ftp tools 2 Click Host Extensions followed by clicking the Available Extensions tab Install CrossArticle Admin which is under the Modules section Click the Install button to install Cross Article Admin Manage all data in Cross Article module You need only 1 6 7 0 instance per portal Note if you upgrade from trial version to official version You don t need to uninstall trial version first simply re install official package to overwrite existing trial files your existing data will be kept after upgrade 4 2 Step 1 Follow setup wizard to configure module Add one of t
5. 8 11 CrossArticle Category sub module Display article categories with data list or tree control 8 12 CrossArticle AccountLink sub module Display user account link 9 Advanced Configurations Cross Article introduces a lot of powerful features which haven t been seen in other competitors modules Instead of write a long and complicated help document to explain every detail of them We choose to put this information directly into module interface Below are some important areas which you need to read before use this module 9 1 Google maps integration Check on Integrate with Google Maps option while edit a department then articles which belong to that department can have latitude longitude properties and show in Google Maps As follows Check this option to integrate with Google Maps Products belong to this departme is useful when you publish map related listings e g park city hotel etc ka Integrate with Google Maps Iv Note you need to provide a Google Maps Api Key if you want to integrate Google Maps with articles We have created an api key to our customers before but it is expired And since Google is blocked in our country we have no chance to register a new public api key again Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 18 of 27 9 2 Create vote survey with articles Check on Allow Vote option while edit a department then articles which belong t
6. settings must be the same as current article department You can click the Run type detail page settings wizard button to configure it 37 Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 27 of 27 Q I want to allow other roles not site administrator to manage articles how can I do that A Click GrossArticle Admin sub module Admin Control Panel Configurations Global Settings check on roles at General Data manage roles For example if you have a role named Article Manager and it is checked then when a user belongs to that role he can access CrossArticle Admin sub module Admin Control Panel Data Manager to manage data Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved
7. 7137 and its page culture is zh CN Chinese f There are 13 sub modules in Cross Article package Except the CrossArticle Admin sub module the other 12 sub modules are all used to display related data And these 12 sub modules will display content based their parent page Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 14 of 27 culture For example if current page culture is en US English they will display English content if current page culture is zh CN Simple Chinese they will display Simple Chinese content if page culture is neutral they will display content according to current context culture As you can see if you want to show categories to public you can put 2 instances of CrossArticle Category to 2 different culture pages 9 Now everything is ok An English visitor can view the English content of articles And a Chinese visitor will take the Chinese content If your site skin contains the language selection skin object visitors can switch English Chinese easily to view different content Above method requires you to create multiple pages and also put related sub modules for each language It is user friendly and straightforward but a little complex If you don t like this way you can try to create neutral pages and put sub modules on them As follows 1 Create a neutral page select its Localization Culture Type as Create Single Neutral Culture Page put
8. Article and Real Estate you can limit a role to post listings to Article department only 2 You can use a store module like our Classified Pro 8 2 store auction classified ads to sell these author roles so user needs to buy subscribe a role first before post articles to your site You can also charge author roles based different conditions departments article count disk quota etc 8 Introduce 13 sub modules As we can see there are 13 sub modules in Cross Article package We talk a lot of with CrossArticle Admin sub module in Quick Start section now let us check other 12 sub modules Note unlike CrossArticle Admin sub module these 12 sub modules can be put multiple times on different pages or on same page if you wish These 12 sub modules are all template based you can create your own templates to show related data if you don t like the default layout These 12 sub modules can also support responsive layout so in combination with responsive skins they will adjust to smartphone and tablet screens 8 1 CrossArticle Detail sub module Use this module to display article detail information you need to add a detail page and put a CrossArticle Detail module instance for every department However you don t need to worry about it Module will display a wizard page to guide you to create this page while add a department Article detail page General Detail Page Finish For each department module
9. Article to cn DnnModule com it will show a setup wizard to help you to configure it After that do same work to another portal en DnnModule com 3 Now you can publish Chinese articles on cn DnnModule com and publish English articles on en DnnModule com The second way is to offer multiple languages content in same portal For example publish pages articles with both Chinese and English when Chinese people visit your site show Chinese content of pages articles when English people visit your site show English content of pages articles For this situation DNN has a built in feature called Content Localization This feature allows a site owner to duplicate a site for each desired language give translators access to the language content they need and permit a seamless switch between the different languages This is today s popular trend and we strongly recommend you to choose this way to support multiple languages Cross Article works seamless with this localization way please follow below steps 1 Click DNN built in menu Admin Languages to install language packages if they are not available For example if you need to publish Chinese content you need to install Chinese Simplified PRC language package first 2 Click DNN built in menu Host Host Settings gt Other Settings check on Allow Content Localization option 3 Now return to DNN built in menu Admin Languages click Enable Localized Content button
10. File lf checked articles which belong to this department can create vote survey with them Department Tips why do we need to create department This is because department offers the best solution to organize variety data For example if you want to publish news article post job position and also list house rent information on your site It is hard to organize these data without departments But with department things become easy You can do it as follows 1 Create 3 departments like Articles Job House Rent 2 Create categories for each department 3 Create attributes for each department if necessary For example you can create an Area attribute for House Rent department and create a Salary attribute for Job department 4 Now you can publish listings for each department And you can then specify attribute values while edit a listing For example you can enter 300 square meter as Area when publish a new house For live demo please visit http dnnmodule com Modules CrossArticle aspx You will see that we have created a few departments Articles Real Estates Products Jobs Ads and Documents and publish variety data articles products jobs documents etc in same site using Cross Article 5 3 Step 3 Add Articles Now you can add articles at My Articles My Articles If you want to attach documents videos audio images to an article you can upload these files in My Co
11. article list templates under DesktopModules CrossArticle Template List default folder you can open them as a reference while create your own templates v MA v AR Be A ls es HR Y ziy T A App LocalResources HjArticleList ascx cs ArticleList_ImazgeAlternate ascx ArticleList_ImageRi ght ascx ArticleList_SimpleAd ascx E l ArticleList Standard ascx gt gt v Detail A List default Ak App LocalResources H e an 13 1 11 Uninstall module We recommend you to follow below steps to uninstall Cross Article module 1 Click Host Module Definitions click the button to uninstall Cross Article TagList to CrossArticle_Archive sub modules one by one Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved X Cross rticle Admin Cross rticle Archive Cross rticle Author Cross rticle Category Cross rticle Detail Cross rticle List Cross rticle ListDashboard Cross rticle Search Cross rticle TagDashboard X Cross rticle Taglist NN NAVNAANNN XS XX X X X X X 2 When uninstall CrossArticle Admin sub module check on delete files option to delete all files and data tables which are related to Cross Article package http DnnModule com The admin module provides the administration interface for the article module Display article archive list Display article author list Display article categories This module is used to display article
12. select Properties change its execute permission as Scripts and Execute 3 Contact your host provider if you can t access web server Ss asf e LE seter ix eae Gat fae Hageht age xl amnem arser Se HEN EF ee Date E EEN pri t Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 21 of 27 9 8 Upload large files and play flv mp4 video files Expand CrossArtcile Admin sub module Help mime type to see how to configure it E Help Video convert permission Ei Flash video flv H 264 mp4 and Silverlight upload control mime type Module needs a few mime type support to work You can add them as following if not available Take flash video flv as example 1 0n the Windows 2003 server open the Internet Information Services Manager 2 Expand the Local Computer Server 9 9 Other detail information We provide as detail as possible information for every fields via DNN standard help field Whenever you feel confusion click the left help button of field you will see more detail information Like below Enabled Specification Title Specifications are detail description of articles which belong to this department Module has a built in fields like Article for all departments Besides that module also support up 5 additional specification fields which you can customize You can enable them and specify their title and default value DN l ei e Mr For example if
13. templates AE 23 aa TR ee EE 23 WO OUI EEE EE EA E AE E E E E E 24 00 0 GEN 25 18 AKNOME MENS diieciz swosacccesacecatadacedissanatnsas suoncccuebnctessticeasauanateclacansnancsanswesesctgadeadenebavesedeneudcanstnee 25 VF 26 Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 4 of 27 1 Introduction Cross Article is an enterprise class DNN module that enables multi user to publish news articles blogs press releases and stories With the support of custom attributes it also allows you to publish everything else like real estate cars job listing product catalogs classified ads directory listings or anything else you can think of In addition to publishing text content adding videos audio pictures documents to an article are as easy as ABG Cross Article is the ultimate publishing platform for DNN it includes 13 sub modules which provide many cool features as follows 1 Powerful yet easy to use module introduces a new setup wizard to guide you to configure it step by step all you need to do is just click Next to follow this wizard 2 Publish everything include news articles blogs real estate cars job listing product catalogs classified ads and any content you can think of V7 8 also allows you to create vote Survey with articles 3 Content localization support you can publish information articles categories tags with multiple languages e g English and Chine
14. you don t like the default layout The frequently used sub modules are CrossArticle List show articles with data list or data grid CrossArticle_ Slideshow show featured articles with JavaScript slideshow CrossArticle Detail show article detail CrossArticle Search provide search function and CrossArticle Category show categories CrossArticle TagList show tags Other sub modules are also useful in some situations 6 Content Localization Multiple Languages Content Support Localization in DNN can be done in two different ways Cross Article supports both of them well Which way to choose depends on the content of your site and how you want to localize this content for different languages and countries Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 12 of 27 The simplest way to start offering your site in multiple languages is to add a portal per language This will create a completely separate environment for the new language which Is great if content is not really related and you have independent editors taking care of the content for the site Cross Article supports this situation easily using its setup wizard For example if you want to post articles to both English and Chinese readers you can do it as follows 1 Create two portals in same DNN instance one for Chinese e g cn DnnModule com and the other for English e g en DnnModule com 2 Put any sub module of Cross
15. CrossArticle Admin sub module on it to manage data 2 Create a neutral page put CrossArticle List sub module on it to show articles listings 3 Follow same method to handle other sub modules This method requires less pages and steps but it also works As we mentioned above if page culture is neutral Cross Article will display content according to current context culture show English content to English visitors show Chinese content to Chinese visitors The only problem is that the neutral page properties page name page title description keywords etc can t vary with languages So it is not user friendly and SEO friendly like the previous method 7 Multi Author Support By default only site administrator can post articles If you want to allow other users to post articles you can click CrossArticle Admin sub module Admin Control Panel Configurations Author Roles to add roles which can post articles You can specify their disk quota and article count limitation Cross Article_Edit Roles Add Role Return my account Registered Users Advanced Role Note 1 Cross Article allows you to limit the Departments which author can post articles to So it is better to create departments first by click System Data Departments then configure author roles For example if you have 2 departments Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 15 of 27
16. ation country state province city and town search based customers feedback 11 SEO friendly url Google web sitemap Google news sitemap support to let search engines index your articles more easily 12 Location country state province city and town Google Maps Amazon Simple Storage Services Amazon S3 support 13 There are 13 sub modules in package but all information are manage via 1 single module CrossArticle Admin the other 12 sub modules are all used to display data 14 Fully integrate with DNN built in journal When a new article comment is posted it will be automatic added into author s journals Visit http DnnModule com FreeDownload aspx to download 60 days trial version please read Cross Article 8 0 User Guide pdf before configure it And visit http DnnModule com Article aspx for live demo Note Cross Article v7 9 requires DNN 7 3 7 3 0 8 0 0 are all supported if your sites are still under DNN 5 x 6 x 7 0 7 1 7 2 please check other old versions at http DnnModule com 2 What s new in v8 0 1 Content localization support 2 Improve load speed now runs 20 fast than before 3 Introduce another upload control JavaScript based which supports iPhone iPad Android Mobile and PC 4 Other minor improvements based customers feedback 3 Requirements 1 DNN 7 3 7 3 0 8 x are all supported 2 Sql server 2008 2012 or sql express 2008 2012 3 Asp net framework 4 0
17. ccc ecccccccceeeceeeeeeeeeeeseeueeeaeuceceueeeeeeeeueueueuaueeeageeenaness 17 8 9 CrossArticle Archive Sub module cc ccccceccccceecceeeeceeeeeeeeueueesueeeeceueeeeeueeeuedeueueeeeeaneesnanens 17 8 10 CrossArticle Type sub module cccccccccecceseeeeeeceeeeeeeaeeseeeeeeeeeesaasaeeeeeeeeessaeaeeeeeeeeeeseaas 17 8 11 CrossArticle Category SUD module 17 8 12 CrossArticle AccountLink eubmodule cece ceccceeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseueeneeeeneeesaeens 17 9 Advanced ent e e e E 17 TG EN SEN 17 9 2 Create vote Survey with articles ccccccececccecceeeseceeecaeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeesseaseeeeeeeeaseeeeesaeeeeeeeeaas 18 9 3 Specify location properties for articles listings cccecccceccssseeeeeeeeesseeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeas 18 9 4 Disable unwanted Be E 18 9 5 Create extra fields for long Content 19 9 6 Create extra fields for short content 19 9 7 Convert video to Tv and h 264 mp4 online offline 20 9 8 Upload large files and play flv Mp4 video files 0 0 0 cee eececcceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeesaaeeeeeeeeas 21 Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 3 of 27 9 9 Olher deal WALOMMALION ME 21 10 How to write templates arvemasse 21 10 1 Templates are ascx files rrrrrrrrnnrrrrrnnnnorvnnnnrrrnnnnrrnrnnnnrnnnnnnrnnnnnnrnnnnnnsennnnnnrnnnnnnsnnnnnnsennnnnee 21 10 2 Template directory structure 22 10 3 Template create stenge 22 10 4 Reference existing
18. detail Display article list Display article list dashboard via flash Provides search interface for cross article module Display article tag list via flash Display article tag list Friendly Name CrossArticle Admin Description Manage all data in Cross Article module You need only 1 instance per portal Version 6 7 0 License Please check below preconditions before install module m 1 Dnn 6 0 a 2 Sql server 2005 2008 or sql express 2005 2008 a 3 Asp netframework 3 5 and above Version difference Delete Files iv Uninstall Package Return 12 About Us DnnModule com is built to provide quality modules and skins some of them are free some not We wish these stuffs free or not can be useful to you Following are part of our released module Classified Pro 8 4 e Commerce Store Auction Classified ads content localization Cross Bulk Mailer 5 5 Trial edition can be used on localhost domain only for test purpose Standard edition 1 dnn production site installation Enterprise edition unlimited dnn sites installation Enterprise Source edition unlimited dnn sites installation source code Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved du UI on ng OU Hp bb bk bh H on on KA Page 24 of 27 D om Gr E http DnnModule com Page 25 of 27 Cross Article 8 0 Cross Photo Gallery 5 8 Cross Video Gallery 6 6 Ultra Flash Player 8 0 24 in 1 Cr
19. e Admin sub module they are all used to manage the same data That s why in first localization way add a portal per language we only need 1 instance of CrossArticle Admin sub module per portal But in second localization way we need 1 instance of CrossArticle Admin sub module for each language so an English author can access English interface of CrossArticle Admin sub module and a Chinese author can access Chinese interface c Access your desired language of CrossArticle Admin page and continue to add data departments categories attributes articles tags etc Note the data you entered in the main edit interface is corresponding to the site default language e g English After update a item you will see a link button click it you can enter item multiple language content For example you can enter an article at CrossArticle_Admin sub module My Articles name it as Dell Computer t5200 then click the link button enter H K t f r 15200 as its Chinese title d Nearly all data departments categories attributes articles tags location etc in Cross Article supports content localization you need to localize all of them focus on article information only is not enough e For each language create a separate page and put CrossArticle_List sub module on it to show articles listings For example create two pages one called Article List and its page culture is en US English the other called i
20. es Content Support chapter 5 Quick Start without setup wizard Cross Article package contains 13 sub modules When you put any sub module to a page for the first time it will show a Cross Article Setup Wizard to help you to setup it We strongly recommend new users to follow this wizard to setup module it will save you Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 8 of 27 a lot of time However if you want to setup it by yourself for example you don t like the default data which are created by setup wizard you can cancel the setup wizard and please follow below steps Step 1 Add CrossArticle_ Admin sub module to manage data Step 2 Create department Step 3 Add article Step 4 Add CrossArticle_List sub module to display articles 5 1 Step 1 Add CrossArticle_Admin sub module to manage data First you may need to create a page before add CrossArticle Admin sub module to it Like below My Website gt Article Admin Page Details Permissions Page Name Article Admin Page Title Description Create Article Admin page After that add CrossArticle Admin sub module to the page CrossArticle Admin sub module is used to manage all data in Cross Article package In most cases you should put only 1 instance of it per portal if you want to support content localization you can put multiple instances of it per portal Copyright 2015 DnnModule com
21. follows 1 In CrossArticle Admin sub module click Help Register Module enter your invoice id while bought this module click Register 2 If you install module on test site don t register it 3 Unregistered copy of standard edition can only support up to 50 article items 4 Enterprise edition and enterprise source edition don t need to register Q I want to approve articles before display to public how can I do that A Click GrossArticle Admin sub module Admin Control Panel Configurations Global Settings check on General Approval article before display option Q I don t want to allow author to attach videos audio images document to his articles how can I do that A Click GrossArticle Admin module Admin Control Panel Configurations Global Settings you will see Enable attach documents Enable attach videos Enable attach audio Enable attach images options under General section uncheck them will hide related functions For example if you uncheck Enable attach videos option then upload related videos button will disappear while user edit his articles A Why the article detail doesn t display correctly Q In CrossArticle Admin sub module click System Data Department check its CrossArticle Detail sub module page settings There must have a CrossArticle Detail sub module instance on that page and its Article detail settings General Department
22. gs 1 Input Color as Field Name 2 Input Enter Color as Field Title optional 3 Input Enter a color like red green white as Help Text foptional 4 Click Update Then author will see a Enter Color field while edit articles He can specify its value for each article eg White You can also provide a list of value to let author choose For example if you input red green white as List of Val red green and white You can even specify a default value For example if you input red as Default Value t doesnt change it Data Type String D 9 7 Convert video to flv and h 264 mp4 online offline Expand CrossArtcile Admin sub module Help Online Offline Video convert permission for more details EI Help ii Video convert permission To convert videos first you need download execute packages 1 Visit http ry Onnmodules cn FreeDownload as for Classified Pro rele px download Execute package 2 Unzip your download files to your cumputer 3 Copy ffmpeg and mencoder folder to DesktopModule rossClassifiedyExe directory of your site Second web server must give execute permission to i DesktopModules CrosscClassified Exe folder see sample image below If you can access web server config it as followings 1 0n the vindows 2003 server open the Internet Information Services Manager 2 ES Dad your site directory to DesktopModules CrossClassified exe folder right click it
23. has a built in fields Article for all departments Besides that module also support up 5 additional specification fields which you can customize You can enable them and specify their title and default value For example if you publish information related notebook besides Article detail you may want add Technical Detail specification for it To do it you can check on Enable option for Specification 1 input Technical Detail as its title Then author will see a Technical Detail field while edit articles which belong to current department You can also specify default value for it so author can simply modify this default value while edit his articles Note use these specification fields for long content html based If you want to customize short specific content use Attributes feature in CrossArticle Admin module instead Enabled O E Specification Title Specification 1 J 9 6 Create extra fields for short content Different departments have different attributes For example when publish real estate you may want specify its Color and Area When publishing software you may want to specify its Version and Platform These attributes can be created at CrossArtcile Admin sub module Admin control panel System Data Attributes Attributes e g Color or Area are used to create these extra independent variations in your departments After create an attribute author can then enter specific att
24. he 13 sub modules to a page e g CrossArticle Admin CrossArticle Archive or any other sub modules it doesn t care which sub module you choose Cross Article will detect that you are the first time to run it on current site and will display a setup wizard to help you to configure it Like below Cross Article Setup Wizard Cross Article Module Setup Wizard General Data Admin Page Article List Page Article Detail Page Finish Before publish articles you need to provide some system data Depariments Categories and also specify a few pages to host related sub modules data admin page article list page article detail page first Would you like Cross Article module to create these data and guide you to specify related pages in this wizard Yes create system data and guide me to specify related pages Recommend for new users No am familar with Cross Article module will create these data by myself You can click the Run Cross Article Setup Wizard link later Setup Wizard All you need to do is to follow the wizard click Next module will generate necessary system data e g Departments Categories and create related pages After that it will show links to let you create articles and view them It is so easy Note this wizard also works if your site supports content localization publish multiple languages content in same site For more detail please check Content Localization Multiple Languag
25. http DnnModule com Page 1 of 27 Cross Article 8 0 User Guide http DnnModule com 7 5 2015 Cross Software China Skype xiaogi98 msn com QQ 35206992 Mail xiaogi98 msn com Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 2 of 27 Table of Contents Te AOU O EE NE 4 NUT 5 3 Requirements EE D 4 Quick Start with setup ward 6 4 1 Step 1 Install Upgrade module 6 4 2 Step 1 Follow setup wizard to configure module rrrnrnnnnnnnnnnrnvvrnnrnnnnnnrrrrrennrnnnnnrrrrerennrnnnnnn 7 5 Quick Start without setup wizard ann 7 5 1 Step 1 Add CrossArticle Admin sub module to manage data 8 5 2 Step 2 Create Department EE 9 59 Step NNN 10 5 4 Step 4 Use CrossArticle List sub module to display articles cccccsseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 11 6 Content Localization Multiple Languages Content Gupport 11 NAA SI Se 14 8 Introduce 13 SUB MOQUISS re 15 8 1 CrossArticle Detail sub module cece ccccceeccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeuceeeueeeeeeeeeeueeeeseueeneeenseneageees 15 8 2 CrossArticle_List sub Bn e Le VE 16 8 3 CrossArticle Slideshow sub module 16 8 4 CrossArticle ListDashboard sub module ccc cceccceeceeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeneeeeeeensensaeens 16 8 5 CrossAmicle Search SUD D e UE 16 8 6 CrossArticle Taglist sub module 16 8 7 CrossArticle TagDashboard sub module rrrrrrrnnnnnrrvrrnnnnnrenrrnnnnnrevnrnnnnnsennnnnnenrennnnnnsnsenn 16 8 8 CrossArticle Author sub module
26. list or data grid click Article List Settings to customize it This sub module also supports two search modes basic and advanced The advanced search mode allows you to specify any search conditions include custom attributes and location properties 8 3 CrossArticle Slideshow sub module Display articles with JavaScript slideshow supports up to 10 slideshow modes 8 4 CrossArticle ListDashboard sub module Display featured articles with Adobe Flash slideshow click Article dashboard settings to customize it 8 5 CrossArticle Search sub module Use this module to provide article search function provide two search style basic and advanced 8 6 CrossArticle Taglist sub module Display article tag list 8 7 CrossArticle TagDashboard sub module Display article tag list via Adobe Flash slideshow Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 17 of 27 8 8 CrossArticle Author sub module Display article author list it is useful if you have many users who post articles on your site 8 9 CrossArticle Archive sub module Display date month navigation for articles 8 10 CrossArticle_Type sub module Display article departments article types In previous version we called Department as Type and some customer suggested that the Department is more accurate so we change it But the CrossArticle_ Type sub module name can t be changed due to legacy support
27. needs a valid page to dispaly article detail which belong to it That page must have a CrossArticle_C Department property must be the same as current department Would you like module to create a new page and add CrossArticle Detail sub module instance for you Yes create a new page and add CrossArticle Detail sub module instance for me No want select a existing page and add CrossArticle Detail sub module instance on it by myself CI will consider it later You can click the Run detail page setting wizards button which in System Data Department later You can also add it manually if you like as follows A Create an article detail page Page Details K Page Name article listi K Page Title Dnnmodules cn Article News ahnut dnnmnadnles en Tnrlude module Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 16 of 27 Make sure this page can be accessed by all users If you don t want to this page displayed on menu you can uncheck include in menu to hidden it S Template Folder Templates 9 Page Template Default S Include In Menu ol KIT ag View Page Edit Page Permissions Administrators f E All Users Ce EI Reaistered A After page creation add CrossArticle Detail sub module to it And click Article detail settings to control its layout and content 8 2 CrossArticle List sub module Use this module to display articles with data
28. o disappear in CrossArticle List and CrossArticle Detail sub modules too Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 19 of 27 Module has some built in fields for article informations Like Quote Author lmage Source Summary LinkUrl Detail You c them for each deparment For example if you uncheck Enable Author Field option for current department then when po this deparment the Author field will be hidden Use this feature to hidden unwanted fields as your wish Enable Quote Field Enable Author Field Enable Source Field Enable Image Field Enable Summary Field Enable Link Url Field Enable Detail Field 23 ai d 909090 4 9 5 Create extra fields for long content Module has a built in filed Article Detail which lets you to enter long content text html content Besides that it also supports up to 5 additional fields to let you to publish long content text html content You can enable them in CrossArticle Admin sub module Admin control panel System Data Departments You can specify its title and default value If a field is enabled it will be displayed on article edit interface PA update Delete cancel Return my account Bindicates required f Basic Specification 1 Specification 2 Specification 3 Specification 4 Specification 5 Specifications are detail description of articles which belong to this department Module already
29. o that department can have a vote Survey visitors can vote while view article detail Detail Vote Ratings Comments About Creator Related Articles Which module do you like Classified Pro Store Auction 3 Votes 13 64 Cross Article KC 2 Votes 9 09 Ultra Flash Player mes 4 Votes 18 18 Silverlight photo gallery Seen 6 Votes 27 27 Cross Bulk Mailer 5 Votes 22 73 Cross Photo Gallery 2 Votes 9 09 13 people voted You have voted before 9 3 Specify location properties for articles listings Check on Allow Location option while edit a department then articles listings which belong to that department can specify location properties For example when publish a house you can specify its location and visitors can search listings based these location e g search State California Module supports 4 level of regionalism country state province city and town For example country USA state province California city Los Angeles town Bell or country China state province YunNan city KunMing town WuHua 9 4 Disable unwanted fields Article has some built in fields like author source image etc If you don t need these fields you can disable them in CrossArticle Admin sub module Admin control panel System Data Departments If a field is disabled then it will not be displayed on article edit interface which belong to current department And of course it will als
30. oss Image Slideshow 5 1 16 in1 Silverlight Photo Gallery 5 8 Silverlight Carousel Magazine 4 0 Classified Product 5 3 Google Analytics 4 0 Enterprise Free Flash Media Gallery 3 7 for dnn YouTube Sidebar 4 26 Skin Chameleon 3 5 Free Yahoo Media Player for DNN Free Flash Numeric Rotator 5 2 Free Carousel Flow Gallery 5 0 Free Silverlight Panorama Viewer 3 1 Please visit http DnnModule com Store aspx for more details 12 Support You can visit our support forum at http DnnModule com Forum aspx or mail to xiaogi98 msn com to get help Our Skype xiaogi98 msn com QQ 35206992 are also available for direct communication 13 Acknowledgments Video convert engine are based two GNU projects 1 ffmpeg at http www ffmpeg org 2 MPlayer at http AWwww mplayerhg hu Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 26 of 27 We learn a lot of from below modules while developing this module 1 Silverlight file upload module from Michael Washington 2 DNN official module Form and list Thanks 14 FAQs A How to upgrade from trial version to official version Q Simply re install official version to overwrite existing trial version then module will become as official version and also keep your existing data A How to register my copy Q If you bought standard edition of Cross Article module you need to register your copy by provide your invoice id As
31. pyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 11 of 27 Articles My Files V7 8 also allows you to create a vote Survey with an article Select Department Default sl rr Add Article X Delete Selected Return my account Category lt None Specified gt sl Status DR Page 20 v Title Search 5 4 Step 4 Use CrossArticle List sub module to display articles Now you can use CrossArticle List sub module to show articles First create a separate page and then add CrossArticle List sub module instance to it Page Details K Page Name article listi K Page Title DnnmModules cn Article l News ahnut dnnmadules en Include module You can add multiple instances of CrossArticle List sub module to same page or to different pages as your wish And there are many options available to let you to control the layout of data list There are 13 sub modules in Cross Article package Besides CrossArticle Admin sub module the other 12 sub modules are all used to display related data For example you can put CrossArticle_Tag sub module on a separate page to show article tags put CrossArticle_Category module to show categories etc Unlike CrossArticle Admin sub module you can add multiple instances of other 12 sub modules to different pages or on same page if you like These 12 sub modules are all template based you can create your own templates to show related data if
32. ribute values for an individual listing e g Red White Blue These attribute values can also be shown in CrossArticle List and CrossArticle Detail sub modules You can create attributes for varied data type like string date time decimal integer image url email and specify its title default value help text validate rules edit style etc You can also provide a list of values to let author to choose while editing These Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 20 of 27 lists of values can be shown via drop down list radio button list check box list etc You can also search articles listings based these attributes via CrossArticle Search or CrossArtcile List sub module For example you can allow visitors to search Color in CrossArticle List sub module after create it Note while GrossArtcile Admin sub module Admin control panel System Data Attributes feature can also be used to create text html filed we don t recommend to use it Instead if you want to create long content text html based fields we recommend to use additional fields in CrossArtcile Admin sub module Admin control panel System Data Departments feature See section 9 5 Attributes are used to create inter dependant article variations After creating an attribute you can then create spe For example ifyou wantto create Color attribute you can do it as followin
33. s attributes tags articles Each department needs a separate page to display article detail which belongs to that department That page must have a CrossArticle Detail sub module instance on it Module will display a wizard page to guide you to create that page when you add a new department You can also run that wizard by click Run detail page setting wizards button later Article detail page General Detail Page Finish For each department module needs a valid page to dispaly article detail which belong to it That page must have a CrossArticle C Department property must be the same as current department Would you like module to create a new page and add CrossArticle Detail sub module instance for you fe Yes create a new page and add CrossArticle Detail sub module instance for me No want select a existing page and add CrossArticle Detail sub module instance on it by myself CI will consider it later You can click the Run detail page setting wizards button which in System Data Department later Article detail page settings wizard Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 10 of 27 fr Update wv Delete Cancel Return to control pane Basic Google Map amp Location Specification 1 Specification 2 Specification 3 Specification 4 Specification 5 ticle Department Name H File Location Root File Name lt None Specified gt v Image Upload New
34. se in same portal 4 Multi user support authorized users can post their own articles listings and upload videos audio photos documents with them Module provides two upload methods MS Silverlight upload control allows uploading big size files and Java Script upload control PC and iPhone iPad Android Mobile support it also supports automatic conversion of user uploaded videos to flv or h 264 format 5 Organize data with departments and categories Site administrator can create unlimited custom attributes for article listing or disable unwanted built in data fields 6 Template driven layout and design All sub modules are template based module already includes 6 built in templates and you can create your own templates if necessary 7 Responsive layout support so in combination with responsive skins they will adjust to smartphone and tablet screens 8 Display articles listings with data list data grid JavaScript slideshow 10 effects Adobe Flash slideshow 9 Import articles from RSS feeds Twitter Search Twitter User Timeline Also can generate RSS feeds from site articles 10 The new advanced search feature allows you to specify the search conditions you Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 5 of 27 can search based every built in data fields and custom attributes which you create It also fully integrates with DNN built in search mechanism V7 8 adds loc
35. something else change its content Note you need to be familiar with asp net syntax before change it 5 Add CrossArticle List sub module instance to the page click Article list settings in General Template select MyList ascx 6 Now module will use your own template to display data Of course you can put your own templates under DesktopModules CrossArticle Template List default directory if you like Tips module provides a method GetUDFieldValue to let you to get a custom attribute values in CrossArticle List sub module template This method is helpful if you Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 23 of 27 want to show custom attribute in your article list template lts signature is protected string GetUDFieldValue string fieldName string articleld For example if you create a color attribute in CrossArticle Admin sub module Admin control panel System Data Attributes you can get its value for an article suppose its id is 10 as follows GetUDFieldValue color 14 This method GetUDFieldValue is also available in CrossArticle Detail sub module template However its signature becomes as GetUDFieldValue string fieldName in CrossArticle Detail module template doesn t require articleld parameter For more information please see our forum http DnnModule com 10 4 Reference existing templates Module includes 6 built in
36. you publish information related 7 notebook besides Article detail you may want add Technical Details specification for it Apply CSS Cla v F Note use these specification fields for long specification below WAG x EGGE iS LS 10 How to write templates 10 1 Templates are ascx files All templates are ascx files To write it you need to be familiar with asp net syntax Copyright 2015 DnnModule com All Rights Reserved http DnnModule com Page 22 of 27 10 2 Template directory structure I OD PET C Archive Category 7 Author Detail Category List E 0 Detail ListDashboard FE 7 default Search E D List r TagDashboard C default TagList gt ListDashboard default OCH Search EG default ES D TagDashboard 7 default EI G TagList E 7 default Template files should be put under related directories 10 3 Template create steps Take article list template as example 1 Create a folder under DesktopModules CrossArticle Template List name it as MyList as example 2 Copy DesktopModules CrossArticle Template List default App_ LocalResources directory and DesktopModules CrossArticle Template List default ArticleList Standard ascx file to MyList folder 3 Change ArticleList Standard ascx file name as your wish for example MyList ascx Of course you can keep its original file name if you like 4 Open MyList ascx file via Visual studio 2008 2010 or
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