I'm attempting to configure URL routing in my ASP.NET 3.5 WebForms app. Setting up routes has always been confusing to me, so I was hoping I could get some direction.
My requirement is fairly simple. I'm setting up different "brands" of my application, and I'd like the brand to be specified in the URL. For example, http://www.mysite.com/brand1/Default.aspx would bring up one brand (code behind would look up brand1 in the db and load specific text, images, themes, etc) and http://www.mysite.com/brand2/Default.aspx would bring up another brand, etc.
I'm fairly flexible with how the URLs are displayed, with the exception of keeping the http://www.mysite.com/brand1 prefix. That cannot be changed.
Thanks for any help!
I do this by using http://www.UrlRewriter.net, as explained here by Scott Gu:
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/02/26/tip-trick-url-rewriting-with-asp-net.aspx
The trick is to use URL rewriting rules (Regular Expressions) in your web.conifg to get a request for /brand1/default.aspx to actually execute /Processor/Default.aspx?brand=brand1, for example.
NB: The Form.browser trick worked a treat for me when doing postbacks.
Another possible answer from me...
If you're using IIS 7 there is a handy built in module for URL Rewiring, all controlled through a GUI if that's your preference:
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/460/using-the-url-rewrite-module/
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Is there a way to get the current username in a formula (the v1(data, context) new stuff)? And other DNN tokens as we would on a view.
Current date is easier, since it dependends only on c#, but I can't any documentations for username.
If you are working with Razor templates, yiu can call and and all DNN methods. Also, while editing a template, the dark left column of the edit screen gives you access to all sorts of snippets that you can use by clicking on them.
This feature is still experimental and doesn't do much outside of its context in the browser. We've done a few tests and could not reach outside the Angular app's scope (which makes sense). I do believe there are plans wire up things like that. Daniel will probably chime in.
In the mean time, there is no reason you can't write your own API to get the answers you need from the backend. The formulas aren't limited in any way, so there is no reason not to do it like this (assuming writing your own C# 2sxc WebApi code is something you are familiar with):
async function api()
{
let tmp = await sxc.webApi.fetchJson('/api/2sxc/app/myapp/api/score/progress');
console.log(JSON.stringify(tmp));
}
Just fyi: 2sxc 13.10.02 will have a context.sxc which is great for calling APIs, as well as a context.user.id which will give you some user info. Using this you should be able to get this to work.
I have a content type and C# Razor template for a simple page hero built using 2SXC. I also have a DNNSharp MyTokens with a simple token that looks like this: [DBQ:EligibleForExam]
Using the regular DNN HTML module, I can put my token in the source and it renders the value of the token.
I want to display the value of this DNNSharp MyToken inside of the C# Razor template but it doesn't show the value. Furthermore, I want to perform an if else statement on this value.
Here's what I want to do:
#if [DBQ:EligibleForExam] = 1 {
<p>You are eligible for the exam</p>
}
How can I use DNNSharp MyTokens in 2SXC?
In this case you can choose between going all the way 2sxc or all the way DNNSharp :
- scenario 2sxc: translate the DNNSharp token to 2SXC. I don't know what's behind that code but I guess it is some kind of SQL select and/or filters. In 2SXC you can create content types with SQL as a source. In the query designer, you can filter these results.
- scenario DDNSharp: in MyTokens you create a razorscript or HTML and make a token out of that. I don't think you hit any barriers soon following this path.
The core problem is that tokens are not well architected in DNN, there is no officialy "global" token system which knows about the DNN Sharp tokens.
I believe it should be easy to do though: I'm pretty sure there will be some documentation on DNN Sharp how to use their tokens in any c# or MVC page. Probably just 2-3 lines of code. So best check their docs.
2SXC does not render DNNSharp tokens like html module or EasyDNNSolutions do.
It would be an awesome thing as MyTokens and 2SXC are both very powerfull.
But maybe we can fix your problem within 2SXC itself or within DNN Sharp/HTML
What are you trying to accomplish? You can share the case / code here. Or if you feel this is beyond the Q&A setup that Stackoverflow is, you can send me an email.
Cheers
Tycho
I am working on integrating a 2sxc content WebAPI feed into a ReactJS application.
I have managed to get a JSON feed of data into the application, and am in the process of mapping out the data.
I'm wondering what the best practice would be to "resolve" a URL which is coming through as a DNN Page/ Tab ID.
Below I will showcase the various points this is referenced...
First the Setup of the entity / data types...
Then this is an example entry with the data filled out... The page link / URL is set up to point to another internal page on the DNN website:
Finally you can see this data item come through as a JSON feed via the 2sxc API:
What is the best way to convert this piece of data into a URL which can be used in a SPA type application?
There isn't any "server-side" code going on, just reading a JSON feed on the client side...
My initial idea would be to parse this piece of data in JS, to extract the number then use something like this:
http://www.dotnetnuke.com/tabid/85/default.aspx
http://www.dotnetnuke.com/default.aspx?tabid=85
I was hoping someone with more experience would be able to suggest a better / cleaner approach.
Thanks in advance
If you were server-side in Razor you'd be doing something like this:
#using DotNetNuke.Common
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XXXX = Dnn.Tab.TabID or define a string with the tab id you want
I seem to have a vague memory that I saw somewhere that Daniel (2sxc) has a way to use Globals.NavigateUrl() or similar on the client side, but I have no idea where or if I did see that.
The Default.aspx?tabid=xx format will certainly work, as it's the oldest DNN convention and is still used in fallbacks. The urls aren't nice, but it's ok.
The reason you're seeing this is because the query doesn't perform the automatic lookup with the AsDynamic(...) does for you. There is an endpoint to look them up, but they are not official, so they could change and therefor I don't want to suggest that you use them.
So if you really want a nicer url, you should either see if DNN has a REST API for this, or you could create a small own 2sxc-api endpoint (in the api folder) just to look that up, then using the NavigateURL. Would be cool if you shared your work.
I've recently switched from developing wordpress sites to learning angular, express, mongo, passport etc etc. Wordpress obviously provides a (relatively) simple interface whereby the user can manage their own page content.
My question is, is there a standard procedure for achieving this using the above technologies? I'm currently building my first site proper using MEAN for a friend and I want to give her the means to go in and update images, text, add pages, remove pages etc etc but via a user friendly interface.
I've a feeling I'm going to have to build it myself but before I launch into doing that I was wondering if there was anything glaringly obvious that I'm missing?
Thanks in advance
I want to implement a web-based API (using ASP.NET Web API 2) and consume it by the client Side library (Sencha Ext JS).
My application should include
A simple user registration form.
A login page for admin.
CRUD operations for users' submissions.
Notes:
I do not want to include any backend code (i.e C#) in the we application, I want to implement it using the HTML/Javascript only, that is Ext JS.
I want the Web API to be RESTful.
I want to protect admin pages.
I want to use the SQL Server to store users' submissions.
All of that requirements should be implemented using the ASP.net Web API 2 and Ext JS only.
So far, I did initial search and I got a lot of learning for either the ASP.net API 2 or the Ext JS. But I couldn't have a guide that help me to fulfill the above requirements or help me to have both technologies work together.
Pleas help me on either way.
Or generally, can you help me get started work in combining both: Asp.net Web API 2 and any client side that consumes it, such as Sencha Ext JS or any other client side. It is not necessarily to be Ext JS.
Thank you so much.
Thanks to StackOverflow.com
If it were me, I'd use the DirectAPI for asp.net https://github.com/elishnevsky/ext-direct-mvc
You create webapi controllers, just like you normally would. The only difference is the the controllers that need to be used by EXT should inherit from DirectController.
If you follow the directions on that page, you'll end up with a globally available proxy object that matches the name of the controller and the public methods hanging off of the controller become methods of that object.
That is, server side controller MyAwesomeController with method DoSomething() becomes MyAwesome.DoSomething.
If you attribute the method as [NamedArguements] you can create methods such as
DoSomething(int id, int foo)
and pass from javascript as DoSomething({id: 20, foo: 30});
Since it is still just a controller, you can attribute permissions and return json as you would in any other situation.
If you get stuck, use the debugger and spend the time to figure out what's really going on. This all works in 4.x and I've tried it in 5.x and it still works there as well. But I wouldn't jump into 5.x just yet as there are still several bugs that need to be worked out by the sencha team before it is ready for prime time.
ExtJs has a REST proxy for the data. So what you try to do should be possible. The proxy can be configured and be finetuned.
I used the JSON proxy. ExtJs has very powerful filter and sort capabilities, both server and client side. In my experience difficulties arose when filtering and sorting server side. There is only sparse documentation on how the parameters are passed and which configurations have what effects.
Since you also develop the REST api, you can adapt to those details. You just have to do some research.
Here is not the place to ask about guides. For Asp I cannot help you, I never touched it. If you use ExtJs, you are free to choose you backend. For ExtJs, the start is pretty straight forward :
get Sencha cmd and generate a skeleton app.
follow the tutorial
create one file per class definition.
the API docs are great. If you still lack something SO is great too.
what you have to find out by yourself is the exact way parameters are passed to the backend and how to format the response.