Weird thing is, in earlier version umbraco opened the 'root node associated page' automatically (or the last opened page).
Why is this behavior gone?

Lee, how do I add one of these? I found a link to a tutorial earlier during my searches, but it was broken. I did find the dashboard.config, but was unable to find documentation concerning it.

-Ferdy

Hi Ferdy,

Here's a quick step-by-step...

Firstly you'll need to register the dashboard control in the "/config/Dashboard.config" file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<dashBoard>
    <section>
        <areas>
            <area>custom</area>
        </areas>
        <tab caption="Custom Section">
            <control>/usercontrols/redirect.ascx</control>
        </tab>
    </section>
</dashBoard>

Modify the "area" (the alias of your custom section).

Then create a user-control (ASCX file) in the "/usercontrols" folder called "redirect.ascx" (you can call this whatever, be sure to modify the Dashboard.config too).

Add the following code:

<%@ Control Language="C#" %>
<script runat="server">
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Response.Redirect("~/path/to/custom/section/start/page.aspx", true);
    }
</script>

Modify the path to wherever your custom section page is.

Any questions, let me know.

Cheers, Lee.

Thanks a lot Lee! That helped me a great deal, there is either one small mistake in your explanation, or I understood it wrong. You say to modify the area part with the alias of my custom section. So I looked up the appAlias. This however does not work, you need to use the appName. After figuring that out, it worked liked a charm!

-Ferdy

PS: How can I set up Umbraco to use my new section as the default section to open when logging in? It opens content by default, even if my section has a lower order number in the app table.

Not sure about how to set the default start section.  If a back-office user has access to the Content section, then that would load first - to my knowledge.

Yes, it does. But I don't want that, nor do I want to remove their acces to the content section. Or well, the client doesn't want it. I just have to find a way to make it work :P

-Ferdy

is working on a reply...