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MODULE 1:CONFIGURE YOUR SITE –INPUT CONFIGURATION

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INPUT CONFIGURATION

For content entry

ObjectivesIdentify fields

Create input template

Review the Input class and what it lets us do

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CROWNPEAK API: KEY CONCEPTS

Template CodeTemplates use C# syntax, but are not creating .net projects in the CMS

CrownPeak’s C# API is not a library for use on .NET sites or a web service

Developers can use C# functions and custom objects and classes

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CROWNPEAK API: KEY CONCEPTS

CMSAPI ObjectsObjects allow access to CMS database to add and edit content and variables

CMS abstracts database layer, no SQL statements are needed

Adding fields in template creates variables, stores valuesInput.ShowTextBox("Page Title", "page_title");

Developer can access / manipulate content with methods such as Asset articlesFolder = Asset.Load("/Site/Articles/");List<Asset> myArticles = articlesFolder.GetFileList();

Developers can create new objects for storing data

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Details on objects and methods available in API referencehttp://developer.crownpeak.com/

CMSAPI ObjectsAsset – User-entered data, Links, access content in multiple assetsContext – Methods, data, and properties particular to the environment, often determined by the active template filePanel, PanelEntry – Sub-assets either generated from a list of assets (as might be used in an index page) or from a collection of fields (such as a user-defined list of related links for a page)Additional object types: Images, uploaded files, etc.All object types listed in CMSAPI documentation under Crownpeak.CMSAPI Namespace

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CREATE TEMPLATE

In CDC, go to /Introduction to CrownPeak/IntroProject/Templates directory.

Create a folder with your initials

Right-click and select New > Template C#. Name it - Article

Double-click input.aspx to open Visual Studio(By default, it will include input.aspx and output.aspx template files.)

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CREATE INPUT FIELDS

Create a Title field –ServicesInput.ShowInputHeader();

Create an Image upload field –Input.ShowAcquireImage()

Create a WYSIWYG field –Input.ShowWysiwyg()

Create a panel –while(Input.NextPanel()){}

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CREATE TEST FILE

Navigate to /Introduction to CrownPeak/Introduction Site/US-EN and create a folderCreate a new file and select your templates (for example: /Introduction to CrownPeak/IntroProject/TemplatesPTTemplates/Article)Set Workflow to “Basic Workflow”Edit file to test input and enter contentSave and View content from Content properties

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(Input, Output, Post_Input, etc…)

Demonstration Highlights• New Tool • Consolidated Messages / Errors / Profile Data

VOLTE DEBUG TOOL

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(Input, Output, Post_Input, etc…)

Demonstration Highlights

• Show data in accordion• Show detail window and data points• List of API fuctions called • Number of time each function is called• Duration in milliseconds

VOLTE PROFILER TOOL

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Demonstration Highlights• Access to the FTP servers that mounted folders• Files available for download

FTP SERVER MOUNT

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ASSETS AND TEMPLATES

Template One

Post_input.aspx

Output.aspx

Input.aspx

Template Two

Post_input.aspx

Output.aspx

Input.aspx

Interchangable

Applied

Asset (data)keys values

Properties

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REFINING YOUR INPUT FORM

Separate Your input into Tabs –Input.StartTabbedPanel() …Input.NextTabbedPanel() …Input.EndTabbedPanel()

Create a Message, used for end user notes or instructions –Input.ShowMessage()

Remove the old panel fields and add a widget selection panel to the second tab –Input.ShowAcquireDocument()

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REFINING YOUR INPUT FORM

Use a library function to create meta fields on the third tab –InputHelper.ShowMetaInput()

Review the API documentation for other field types…

– Some are for input fields (Checkboxes, Dropdowns, ShowDate),

– others are for presentation only (e.g., Tabs, Headers, ExpandPanels).

– Some are both (e.g., DropDownContainer)

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