Best way to allow users to add content via .ascx user controls?
Hi All
I have an umbraco site with public facing content, in which I want to provide a series of private pages containing user controls that will capture information, some of which I want to push into umbraco as content to be displayed in the usual way. This is all within one site, one deployment.
In short, I want to programmatically add content to my site outside of the admin backend.
You can use the API offcourse but did you take a look at CMSImport? The free version can add the content as you describe. With the Pro version you can even schedule the imports for a certain day/time and depending on the datasource you are importing from you don't need to program a single line of code.
This sounds like a job for Contour to me. Countour allows you to create forms which can do any number of things from creating nodes, to emailing someone, or saving in a database, all done via an admin UI, so very little programming needed. It's also very extenable, so if it doesn't do something you need, you can always add the functionality, but from what you have said you need it to do, it sounds like it would be a great, out of the box, solution for you.
Manwood, we are looking for some help with an Umbraco project. Are you interested? If you are interested please respond via the contact form on our website: www.mediacontour.com. I would give you my email, but I'm hesitant to disclose that information on the forum.
Best way to allow users to add content via .ascx user controls?
Hi All
I have an umbraco site with public facing content, in which I want to provide a series of private pages containing user controls that will capture information, some of which I want to push into umbraco as content to be displayed in the usual way. This is all within one site, one deployment.
In short, I want to programmatically add content to my site outside of the admin backend.
How should I go about this?
Hi Manwood
I'd suggest that you take a look in the Wiki here: http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/reference/api-cheatsheet/creating-a-document
There's a fine description on how to create nodes through the API. Depending on which information should be determined from the user who creates the node, you can combine the article with another article in the Wiki: http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/reference/api-cheatsheet/modifying-document-properties
/Kim A
Hi,
You can use the API offcourse but did you take a look at CMSImport? The free version can add the content as you describe. With the Pro version you can even schedule the imports for a certain day/time and depending on the datasource you are importing from you don't need to program a single line of code.
Cheers,
Richard
Hi Manwood,
This sounds like a job for Contour to me. Countour allows you to create forms which can do any number of things from creating nodes, to emailing someone, or saving in a database, all done via an admin UI, so very little programming needed. It's also very extenable, so if it doesn't do something you need, you can always add the functionality, but from what you have said you need it to do, it sounds like it would be a great, out of the box, solution for you.
Matt
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Manwood, we are looking for some help with an Umbraco project. Are you interested? If you are interested please respond via the contact form on our website: www.mediacontour.com. I would give you my email, but I'm hesitant to disclose that information on the forum.
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