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Overview
The "GoonDocks Sitefinity Controls" are a collection of various controls that you can easily plug-in & use within Sitefinity. The controls also serve as examples for how to accomplish various tasks within Sitefinity.
The following Controls are included:
- Document - this control allows you to upload document files. When the user visits the page they will be redirected to the document file.
- File - allows you to place a downloadable file onto a Sitefinity page.
- File Link - allows you to easily create a "download button" to a file contained in the Images & Documents Module.
- Format Code - this control allows you to post nicely formatted HTML, ASPX, C#, VB, and SQL code to your web pages.
- Links - this control allows you to select any page in your site map and the control will display links to that pages' child pages.
- Page Title - this control simply outputs the page's title. This prevents you from having to manually enter the page's title via a Generic Control.
- RSS Feed - this control is used for consuming (displaying) an RSS 2.0 feed.
- Site Map - this control displays a full Site Map tree onto a Sitefinity page.
- Tab Links - this control displays 2-levels of dynamic links within a RadTabstrip.
- What's New - this control displays links to recently updated pages.
Requirements
These controls are designed for use with Sitefinity 3.5 SP1. You can download the latest version of Sitefinity from Telerik.
Download
Goondocks Sitefinity Controls (ZIP)
1/1/0001 12:00 AM
11/4/2008 11:25 AM
Installation Instructions
To use these controls simply unzip the files into the root folder of your web site.
Once finished you must make the following changes to your web.config file:
| <configuration> |
| <system.web> |
| <!-- The following line is only needed for the FormatCode control. It can be ignored if this control is not needed. --> |
| <pages validateRequest="false" /> |
| </system.web> |
| <telerik> |
| <cms> |
| <toolboxControls> |
| <add name="Document" section="Goondocks" url="~/GoonDocks/UserControls/Document.ascx" /> |
| <add name="File" section="Goondocks" url="~/GoonDocks/UserControls/File.ascx" /> |
| <add name="FileLink" section="Goondocks" url="~/GoonDocks/UserControls/FileLink.ascx" /> |
| <add name="Format Code" section="Goondocks" url="~/GoonDocks/UserControls/FormatCode.ascx" /> |
| <add name="Links" section="Goondocks" url="~/GoonDocks/UserControls/Links.ascx" /> |
| <add name="Page Title" section="Goondocks" url="~/GoonDocks/UserControls/PageTitle.ascx" /> |
| <add name="RSS Feed" section="Goondocks" url="~/GoonDocks/UserControls/RSSFeed.ascx" /> |
| <add name="Site Map" section="Goondocks" url="~/GoonDocks/UserControls/SiteMap.ascx" /> |
| <add name="Tab Links" section="Goondocks" url="~/GoonDocks/UserControls/TabLinks.ascx" /> |
| <add name="What's New" section="Goondocks" url="~/GoonDocks/UserControls/WhatsNew.ascx" /> |
| </toolboxControls> |
| </cms> |
| </telerik> |
| </configuration> |
How to Help
Feedback! - please let me know if you encounter problems or bugs. I may not always be able to respond quickly, however I want to know about problems. In addition, if you make improvements to any of these controls, I would love to know.
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Donate - these controls are free and can be used for any purpose. However, this obviously takes time to create and maintain. There are also hosting fees for this web site. If you would like to contribute towards maintaining this, please use the "PayPal Donate" button below. Any amount will be greatly appreciated!