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  • yang 21 posts 33 karma points
    Mar 20, 2010 @ 15:21
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    Independent content boxes like asp.net webparts

    Hi,

    I am very new to Umbraco platform and maybe now asking a question that was asked before. What I need is to create content panels independent from the page the panel is used on. A photo panel that shows a random photo from a gallery, an article summary panel that pulls a random article from published articles and shows the title and summary or a comment list panel that lists the latest comments etc...

    What is the best approach to create such features, macros with xslt or usercontrols? Is there a guide or tutorial about this anywhere?

    Thanks in advance.

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  • David F. Hill 122 posts 242 karma points
    Mar 21, 2010 @ 22:40
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    Yang,

    One approach is to create an ASP.Net user control that renders your custom content.

    After you have the user control working - create an Umbraco macro for it.

    Then add the macro your Umbraco template. Many people put the macro within <div></div> tags and control the styling with CSS.

    Check out this video called, "Using .Net User Controls" http://umbraco.org/documentation/videos/for-developers/foundation/using-net-user-controls

    Hope this helps,

    David

    (please mark this as the solution if you found it helpful - thanks)

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