Questions tagged [c1-cms]

Orckestra C1 is a free open source Content Management System (CMS). It's ultimately aimed at marketing/communication professionals who need to easily manage corporate website content with a consistent visual identity. The system focus heavily on the web professionals building web sites and allow developers of varying skills to customize and utilize the system. Good support for ASP.NET Razor, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web Forms, XSLT. Top rated CMS at CodePlex.

Orckestra C1 is a free open source Content Management System (CMS). It's ultimately aimed at marketing & communication professionals who need to easily manage corporate website content with a consistent visual identity. The system focus heavily on the web professionals building web sites and allow developers of varying skills to customize and utilize the system. Good support for ASP.NET Razor, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web Forms, XSLT. Top rated CMS at CodePlex.

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Composite C1 - Accessing global datatypes in razor functions

I have been attempting to implement functions to display global datatypes in a composite c1 site. I understand how basic razor functions work but they only seem to use local data. I am looking to create a razor function that accesses and filters(in…
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Composite C1 - develop locally, sync to live site

I have a couple of Composite C1 CMS websites. To edit them currently I use the web based CMS on the live site. However - I would like to update the (code & content) in Visual Studio locally - then sync to the web. However, if my local copy is older…
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How do QueryString parameters get bound to Action method parameters?

I have a webforms project, and am attempting to run some code that allows me to make a call to an MVC route and then render the result within the body of the web forms page. There are a couple of HttpResponse/Request/Context wrappers which I use to…
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Handle content in usercontrols through CMS?

Is there a way in Composite C1 to manage static text in ASP.NET usercontrols used on pages through the backend?
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photo gallery using Composite c1 cms

I just started using composite C1 CMS. And I have built one sample site where I need to build the photo gallery. I was able to upload single single picture but confused to create gallery. I also need to upload multiple pictures one at a time. So,I…
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Change Composite C1 standard admin URL for security - best practice

As C1 has a standard admin path ~/Composite/top.aspx - this is an easy vector for an attacker to focus efforts. Is there a best practice way to move this - either by changing the top.aspx file name and or the folder without breaking code, and…
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Use .cshtml pages in Composite C1 that aren't strict XHTML

I need to include some .cshtml / razor pages in a Composite C1 site that do not enforce strict XHTML / XML. ie - any unclosed tags at the moment, for example, prevent the page loading. A client requires this; is it possible? Thanks
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ASP.Net GUI/CMS Framework for managing external data

I am looking for a framework or system that provides a good looking user-interface to manage external data, mostly REST APIs. We have looked at various CMS'es especially Orchard, Umbraco and Composite, but they all focus a lot on their own…
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The extension manifest is invalid, CompositeC1WebFormExtensions.vsix

I just downloaded the CompositeC1WebFormExtensions.vsix from the official composite CMS C1 documentation website and I'm getting an error when trying to install this. I'm on Windows 8 using Visual Studio 2010…
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MvcPlayer function - how to reference controllers from imported assemblies

I have dropped in an assembly containing an MVC Controller I would like to use as the target for my MvcPlayer function. When I try to render the page though the function output states that my controller could not be found. Is there a special…
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In Composite C1, How to apply same blog application/module to multiple pages

I have successfully added a blog application to a new page called "Blog". Now I have a different "AboutUs" page on which I want a list of latest five blogs postings. For this I created a new XSLT function similar to Community.Blog.Renderer which can…
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Unable to delete template

I was trying to delete a template from the backend, but I always get this error message: The type is referenced by another type that does not allow cascade deletes. This operation is halted This message appears for any template I try to…
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Package Creator - Require a Dependency

What is best practice for the Package Creator to either require a dependency of another package, i.e. the Forms Rendering package, or install the required dependency. The configuration packages are available from Package Creator but that appears…
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Composite meta types choice field

Is it possible to render a meta type field as a choice field? For example, I'd like editors to choose an option from a list of available items. There is no control like this, but I seem to be able to do this with a Data Reference type, but I don't…
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Orckestra C1 - what is the tipping point to decide to use SQL?

I have built and deployed Orckestra C1 sites and really loved the framework. The last site was kind of a hybrid of C1 XML for the content, and some SQL DB calls to get client data on some select pages. This worked perfectly. Site is fast and easy to…
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