Like Sebastian says, you need to go the other way around and first make an Umbraco installation. But once this is done, if you don't feel like doing things all over again with XSLT etc., it is still "quite easy" to move your existing ascx controls to umbraco (by using macro's). Also, you can easily exclude some parts of your site from the "Umbraco engine" by simply updating a web.config setting.
Umbraco is it's own web application with it's own web.config... in order to "merge" with your existing asp.net application, you would need to install a new Umbraco instance then attempt to merge your web.config file with Umbracos (could break umbraco if not done correctly).
I would recommend not doing the above and instead, move your css and html from your existing site the new Umbraco instance and rebuild the site using doctypes and nodes.
Umbraco pages are dynamically created and not physical pages (.aspx).. i'm assuming your site uses .aspx files...
If you rely on on masterpages in your site, these can become the templates in Umbraco, but your physical pages that utilize these will need to become nodes based on doctypes. If you you rely on usercontrols (.ascx), they can be easily integrated as macros.
As above, I recommend review all videos and the beginners guide (http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/how-tos/a-complete-newbie's-guide-to-umbraco)
Post any other questions in these forums... they will get answered very quickly.. we all love helping out new Umbraco users.
I agree with Daniel that a "merge" is not a good idea and I would also recommend making a new installation of Umbraco.
What I meant in my previous post was that you did not have to go the xslt/razor path if youy did not feel like it and that it was quite easy to re-use your existing .ascx controls into the Umbraco system thanks to the macro concept.
hi i'm new to umbraco
i have an asp.net website , and i want to lnow how can i make the "connection" with umbraco...
and make my website editable.
should i just add the umbraco folder to my site????
hope i made myself clear ..
any help ....
thanks
Not quite ... :)
In short uou need to build your document structure in umbraco, and then implement your design using templates, XSLT and/or Razor.
Hey qilpt,
I'd grab a cup of tea and watch these free videos :)
http://umbraco.com/help-and-support/video-tutorials/introduction-to-umbraco
Enjoy
Rich
Hi,
Like Sebastian says, you need to go the other way around and first make an Umbraco installation. But once this is done, if you don't feel like doing things all over again with XSLT etc., it is still "quite easy" to move your existing ascx controls to umbraco (by using macro's). Also, you can easily exclude some parts of your site from the "Umbraco engine" by simply updating a web.config setting.
Hope this gets you on the right track.
Cheers,
Michael.
hi ... of course i wacth all the videos... but all i'm saying is i got my website ...
let's say www.blablabla.com how do i make my umbraco editable.. so i can use Umbraco
how can i go to www.blablabla.com/umbraco , and start creating my datatypes etc...???
Hi,
In that case, I'd suggest checking the codeplex page and reading the "getting started" and "installing umbraco" manuals:
http://umbraco.codeplex.com/releases/view/62573
http://umbraco.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?DownloadId=197051
http://umbraco.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?DownloadId=197052
Once installed, you should be able to access your /umbraco pages and start creating doctypes etc.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Michael.
Umbraco is it's own web application with it's own web.config... in order to "merge" with your existing asp.net application, you would need to install a new Umbraco instance then attempt to merge your web.config file with Umbracos (could break umbraco if not done correctly).
I would recommend not doing the above and instead, move your css and html from your existing site the new Umbraco instance and rebuild the site using doctypes and nodes.
Umbraco pages are dynamically created and not physical pages (.aspx).. i'm assuming your site uses .aspx files...
If you rely on on masterpages in your site, these can become the templates in Umbraco, but your physical pages that utilize these will need to become nodes based on doctypes. If you you rely on usercontrols (.ascx), they can be easily integrated as macros.
As above, I recommend review all videos and the beginners guide (http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/how-tos/a-complete-newbie's-guide-to-umbraco)
Post any other questions in these forums... they will get answered very quickly.. we all love helping out new Umbraco users.
thnak you .... this helped me a lot
I agree with Daniel that a "merge" is not a good idea and I would also recommend making a new installation of Umbraco.
What I meant in my previous post was that you did not have to go the xslt/razor path if youy did not feel like it and that it was quite easy to re-use your existing .ascx controls into the Umbraco system thanks to the macro concept.
Enjoy!
Michael.
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