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  • gilpt 33 posts 53 karma points
    May 26, 2011 @ 09:49
    gilpt
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    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

  • Sebastian Dammark 583 posts 1407 karma points
    May 26, 2011 @ 10:22
    Sebastian Dammark
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    Not quite ... :)

    In short uou need to build your document structure in umbraco, and then implement your design using templates, XSLT and/or Razor.

  • Rich Green 2246 posts 4008 karma points
    May 26, 2011 @ 11:23
    Rich Green
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    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

  • Michael Latouche 504 posts 819 karma points MVP 4x c-trib
    May 26, 2011 @ 11:30
    Michael Latouche
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    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.

  • gilpt 33 posts 53 karma points
    May 26, 2011 @ 11:33
    gilpt
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    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...??? 

     

     

  • Michael Latouche 504 posts 819 karma points MVP 4x c-trib
    May 26, 2011 @ 11:39
    Michael Latouche
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    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.

  • Daniel Bardi 927 posts 2562 karma points
    May 26, 2011 @ 11:49
    Daniel Bardi
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    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.

  • gilpt 33 posts 53 karma points
    May 26, 2011 @ 11:56
    gilpt
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    thnak you .... this helped me a lot

  • Michael Latouche 504 posts 819 karma points MVP 4x c-trib
    May 26, 2011 @ 12:13
    Michael Latouche
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    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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