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Use this tag for questions related to Sitefinity development including those related to templates, API, widget designers, Thunder, etc. Sitefinity is a CMS developed by Progress Software

Sitefinity is a CMS developed by Progress Software using .NET. It's an ASP.NET-based web content management system that is used for the construction and management of commercial websites, community portals, intranets, etc.

The product's architecture leverages the .NET development patterns, including Master Pages, templates, standard and user controls, themes and CSS. It also supports an array of database systems, unlimited page layout freedom and the ability to integrate custom external applications. These externally pluggable applications can vary in complexity from custom .NET controls and ASP.NET MVC controllers to complete web applications. Sitefinity has been designed for both the developer and the end user, providing a comprehensive development platform.

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Data paging with a data table

I've got a datatable that stores a number of records. There is a column called ID which is autoincrememted with a seed of 1. I have implemented a paging control. I know the ID of the first and last record that I need to display, but I don't know how…
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Sitefinity multilingual site image (not translated) issue

I am currently working on Sitefinity multilingual (English & Arabic) web application where I am getting a very strange issue regarding document (image) upload. In my News module, I have a custom field for upload image. When I am adding an Arabic…
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Sitefinity widget: Action with relative route not displayed in page where the widget is located

I have an MVC widget with Index method that has RelativeRoute attribute, but when calling the route relative to its page, the content is rendered alone and ignored the template/page, which is against what is mentioned in this docs…
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Issue in form authentication using sitefinity and asp.net

I have integrated Sitefinity with my asp.net application. When I am executing below mentioned code , it is setting 3 cookies. TelerikSecurity.SecurityManager.AuthenticateUser(Membership.Provider.Name, username, password, isRememberMe) A_authCookie…
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.ToList on IQueryable causes NullReferenceException when executed in background

My code works fine when executed synchronously, but fails when triggered via QueueBackgroundWorkItem. UPDATE: the issue seems to be with the Sitefinity dynamic module manager I am using requiring HTTP context within the thread created by…
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sql server driver name

How do I find what string is to be put in my ASP.NET application config file in the 'driver' attribute for the dataAccess node? So here is the node to be clear:
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Does Sitefinity support SAML 2.0?

We have developed an Identity Provider to perform Single sign on using SAML 2.0. I just want to know whether Sitefinity gives support for SAML protocols ? I came to know sitefinity supports only Claims based authentication(using WIF). And found…
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How should I handle async API calls using a CMS that does not allow async controller actions?

I have been getting my feet wet using async/await and most of what I have been reading states "Don't Block on Async Code" with the exception of the main function in a console application. I find myself unable to follow this simple rule :( My…
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How to debug Sitefinity MVC Widget

I am trying to debug a MVC widget in sitefinity 8 but the debugger doesn't hit the breakpoint. The widget works but I cannot debug it. What is wrong? It seems like sitefinity compiles the widget first then renders the compiled one at run time. Am I…
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"InvalidOperationException: Stack Empty" when open Sitefinity project in Visual Studio

I created new Project, new Website, in Sitefinity Project Manager, opened it in Visual Studio, started debugging. As no pages were created before it offers to log in to the backend. But when I'm clicking login instead of login form it gave me…
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HttpApplication.Context null in Global.asax

Referencing this answer regarding regenerating new SessionID I created this code in my Global.asax.cs: protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) { Bootstrapper.Initialized += new…
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Importing into SiteFinity

I just finished installing SiteFinity 3.7 standard version on windows server 2008. Is there a way to entirely/partially import an already existing .NET project (ASP.NET) into SiteFinity with some minor changes in the code of course (may be by…
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Upgrading from Sitefinity 3.7 to 4 - what are the defining pro's?

I have a number of Sitefinity sites, running on 3.7. I am looking to hear pro's / cons for updating to version 4. Why would, or wouldn't you? Edit: forget the cons. Can anyone list convincing pro's that will make a difference for them? I'm not just…
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Ajax Request Randomly Fails

whats hapenning is that my ajax request randomly fails, and I don't know why. I've been testing only in chrome and when the error callback gets called the controller returns successfully so i think that the problem is not in the server side.but i'm…
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BeginFormSitefinity form disappears after submitting

When I use the BeginFormSitefinity helper the form disappears after submitting, and then the postback is done. The expected behavior would be only the postback to be done. I went to the browser and investigated and I found out that when you use…
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