Port Elizabeth.NET

​Welcome to Port Elizabeth.NET!            

 

Portal Website Development (Content Management Systems)
This is a workshop so please feel free to bring your own laptop to work through the CMS creation with us
 
Introduction:
What is a CMS?
Technology we will be using (.NET 3.5 or higher, Serialization & LINQ)
Difference between backend & front end
A Quick intro to LINQ
 
Users:
Design the User table
Create a Folder Structure
Develop an Admin login
Create a Default User
Secure your Administration backend
Distinguishing between admin and non admin users
Global error management using global.asax
 
Page Management:
Designing the Page, & widget tables
What is a widget?
Create the page management control
Design widget data types for content scenarios.
URL Rewriting using the Global ASAX page
 
Front End:
Develop a widget zone with toolbars
Defining the folder structure
Develop the main page
Drag and drop using the Google prototype framework
Develop a web service for dragging and dropping widgets
Develop a default widget property page
 
Your First Widget (Wysiwyg):
Develop a WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) widget
Using the widget to define your default content.
Link up content
Create a link system for the editor
Content template management

Forum Widgets:
Create forum tables
Develop a forum widget
Managing which widgets contain which forums
 
Deploying and Extending the System:
Create advertisement widgets
Deploying the system on IIS
Domains & hosts file and how it works
3rd party application development tools to enhance the system
 
Presented by: Le Roux Viljoen, Innovizion


A BIG thank you to DevExpress who will be giving away CodeRush Licenses again this Month