In the Workbox we have “Open” and “Preview” functionality.
Is it possible to modify the “Open” functionality to open the content editor item in a new browser tab, rather than displaying the “Content Editor” in a pop-up?
That's possible:
First, find out what code is used for the workbox. This can be done by opening the Workbox.xml (located in webroot/sitecore/shell/Applications/Workbox) file.
You'll see something like
<CodeBeside Type="Sitecore.Shell.Applications.Workbox.WorkboxForm,Sitecore.Client"/>
By using Reflector on the WorkboxForm class I can see that the following happens when you click 'Open' in workbox:
webControl["Click"] = string.Concat(new object[] { "Open(\"", item.ID, "\", \"", item.Language, "\", \"", item.Version, "\")" });
So you'll need to create your own version of a WorkboxForm, inheriting Sitecore's WorkboxForm class and override the Open method, something like so:
protected new void Open(string id, string language, string version)
{
// Your code goes here
}
In Workbox.xml, change the CodeBeside to point to your new class.
For more information on custom functionality in the Workbox, I can recommend reading through this article, which has a lot of detail in it, also on other methods in the Workbox.
There's also another useful question on StackOverflow already. The comment on the accepted answer points out you can put your Workbox.xml file into /sitecore/shell/override.
Please note that this is based on Sitecore 6.5 update 5, it might differ a bit in other versions.
In the Appconfig/Commands.config you can find commands and classes related to them.
I have reflected some commands like preview, open and understood what's going on internally.
e.g. name="item:open" type="Sitecore.Shell.Framework.Commands.ContentEditor.OpenItem,Sitecore.Kernel"
And I have overridded the "Open" mwthod in the workbox as follows to open the content editor item in the new tab,
...
UrlString urlString = new UrlString("/sitecore/shell/Applications/Content%20Editor");
urlString.Append("id", id);
urlString.Append("vs", version);
urlString.Append("ro", sectionId);
urlString.Append("la", language);
urlString.Append("fo", id);
SheerResponse.Eval("window.open('" + (object)urlString + "', '_blank')");
...
It works!!!!!
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Is there any way to parametise the Datasource for the 'source' field in the Template Builder?
We have a multisite setup. As part of this it would save a lot of time and irritation if we could point our Droptrees and Treelists point at the appropriate locations rather than common parents.
For instance:
Content
--Site1
--Data
--Site2
--Data
Instead of having to point our site at the root Content folder I want to point it at the individual data folders, so I want to do something like:
DataSource=/sitecore/content/$sitename/Data
I can't find any articles on this. Is it something that's possible?
Not by default, but you can use this technique to code your datasources:
http://newguid.net/sitecore/2013/coded-field-datasources-in-sitecore/
You could possibly use relative paths if it fits with the rest of your site structure. It could be as simple as:
./Data
But if the fields are on random items all over the tree, that might not be helpul.
Otherwise try looking at:
How to use sitecore query in datasource location? (dynamic datasouce)
You might want to look at using a Querable Datasource Location and plugging into the getRenderingDatasource pipeline.
It's really going to depend on your use cases. The thing I like about this solution is there is no need to create a whole bunch of controls which effectively do he same thing as the default Sitecore ones, and you don't have to individually code up each datasource you require - just set the query you need to get the data. You can also just set the datasource query in the __standard values for the templates.
This is very similar to Holger's suggestion, I just think this code is neater :)
Since Sitecore 7 requires VS 2012 and our company isn't going to upgrade any time soon I was forced to find a Sitecore 6 solution to this.
Drawing on this article and this one I came up with this solution.
public class SCWTreeList : TreeList
{
protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(Source))
this.Source = SourceQuery.Resolve(SContext.ContentDatabase.Items[ItemID], Source);
base.OnLoad(e);
}
}
This creates a custom TreeList control and passes it's Source field through to a class to handle it. All that class needs to do is resolve anything you have in the Source field into a sitecore query path which can then be reassigned to the source field. This will then go on to be handled by Sitecore's own query engine.
So for our multi-site solution it enabled paths such as this:
{A588F1CE-3BB7-46FA-AFF1-3918E8925E09}/$sitename
To resolve to paths such as this:
/sitecore/medialibrary/Product Images/Site2
Our controls will then only show items for the correct site.
This is the method that handles resolving the GUIDs and tokens:
public static string Resolve(Item item, string query)
{
// Resolve tokens
if (query.Contains("$"))
{
MatchCollection matches = Regex.Matches(query, "\\$[a-z]+");
foreach (Match match in matches)
query = query.Replace(match.Value, ResolveToken(item, match.Value));
}
// Resolve GUIDs.
MatchCollection guidMatches = Regex.Matches(query, "^{[a-zA-Z0-9-]+}");
foreach (Match match in guidMatches)
{
Guid guid = Guid.Parse(match.Value);
Item queryItem = SContext.ContentDatabase.GetItem(new ID(guid));
if (item != null)
query = query.Replace(match.Value, queryItem.Paths.FullPath);
}
return query;
}
Token handling below, as you can see it requires that any item using the $siteref token is inside an Site Folder item that we created. That allows us to use a field which contains the name that all of our multi-site content folders must follow - Site Reference. As long at that naming convention is obeyed it allows us to reference folders within the media library or any other shared content within Sitecore.
static string ResolveToken(Item root, string token)
{
switch (token)
{
case "$siteref":
string sRef = string.Empty;
Item siteFolder = root.Axes.GetAncestors().First(x => x.TemplateID.Guid == TemplateKeys.CMS.SiteFolder);
if (siteFolder != null)
sRef = siteFolder.Fields["Site Reference"].Value;
return sRef;
}
throw new Exception("Token '" + token + "' is not recognised. Please disable wishful thinking and try again.");
}
So far this works for TreeLists, DropTrees and DropLists. It would be nice to get it working with DropLinks but this method does not seem to work.
This feels like scratching the surface, I'm sure there's a lot more you could do with this approach.
Anyone knows how to generate links in sitecore with ID instead of item path?
If you use GetMediaUrl method from the API, I can get this URL:
/~/media/Images/Archive/content/News and Events/News_and_Events_Level2/20070419162739/iwhiz3.jpg
The problem with this approach is that if someone changes the media item name, removes it somewhere or deletes it, the above link will break.
I notice if I insert a media link from rich text editor, I get the link as below:
/~/media/14BDED00E4D64DFD8F74019AED4D74EB.ashx
The second link is better because it's using the item id, so if the actual media item is renamed, removed, or deleted, all related links will be updated too. On top of that, when Sitecore renders the page, it will actually convert the above link and display the item path so it's readable.
I'm using Sitecore 6.5 and currently doing content migration so I need to make sure all internal links are updated properly.
May I know if there is a method to generate the second link by using sitecore API?
Thanks!
The GetMediaItemUrl extension method seems to give you what you want.
public static class ItemExtensions
{
public static string GetMediaItemUrl(this Item item)
{
var mediaUrlOptions = new MediaUrlOptions() { UseItemPath = false, AbsolutePath = true };
return Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaManager.GetMediaUrl(item, mediaUrlOptions);
}
}
[TestFixture]
public class when_using_items_extensions
{
[Test]
public void a_url_based_on_media_item_id_can_be_generated()
{
// Arrange
Database db = global::Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master");
Item item = db.GetItem("/sitecore/media library/Images/MyImage");
// Act
var mediaUrl = item.GetMediaItemUrl();
// Assert
Assert.That(mediaUrl, Is.EqualTo("/~/media/17A1341ABEEC46788F2159843DCEAB03.ashx"));
}
}
These are called dynamic links and you can normally generate them using the LinkManager e.g:
Sitecore.Links.LinkManager.GetDynamicUrl(item)
.. but I'm not sure of the method to do this with Media links (there probably is one but I cant seem to find it and its not on MediaManager) but the basic syntax is:
"/~/media/" + item.ID.ToShortID() + ".ashx"
If you always want to use ID's instead of paths, you can change this setting in webconfig to false (like this):
<setting name="Media.UseItemPaths" value="false"/>`
Here is what the webconfig describes about it:
MEDIA - USE ITEM PATHS FOR URLS
This setting controls if item paths are used for constructing media URLs.
If false, short ids will be used.
Default value: true
Then you can use the default implementation (without additional parameters):
Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaManager.GetMediaUrl(item);
This is what I use:
var imgField = ((Sitecore.Data.Fields.ImageField)currentItem.Fields["Icon"]);
MediaUrlOptions opt = new MediaUrlOptions();
opt.AlwaysIncludeServerUrl = true;
// Absolute Path works as well. So either use AbsolutePath or AlwaysIncludeServerUrl
opt.AbsolutePath = true;
string mediaUrl = MediaManager.GetMediaUrl(imgField.MediaItem, opt);
I'm using sitecore 6.5 with two languages installed, en (default) and fr-CA. There are items in the tree with content in both en and fr-CA.
The problem is that the French url has 'fr-CA' in it and we want that to be 'fr', for example:
http://website.com/fr/page.aspx instead of http://website.com/fr-CA/page.aspx
I tried renaming the language from 'fr-CA' to 'fr' and that fixed the url but the content still points to the old language 'fr-CA', so the item shows three languages: en, fr and fr-CA. It's not recognizing the name change.
Any suggestions are much appreciated.
Thanks,
Tarek
The problem is you have created fr-CA versions of your items which cannot be fixed by renaming the language .. you can now make a fr version but, like you are seeing, this means there are now 3 possible versions.
One suggestion is to leave the languages in Sitecore alone and alter how links are served and processed instead.
You would probably need to look at adding your own method into the httpRequestBegin pipeline in Sitecore. This would follow the LanguageResolver entry. You can then parse the RawUrl and set Sitecore.Context.Langauge' to French if the first element in it matched/fr/`.
Extremely quick & dirty example:
public class MyLanguageResolver : HttpRequestProcessor
{
public override void Process(HttpRequestArgs args)
{
string languageText = WebUtil.ExtractLanguageName(args.Context.Request.RawUrl);
if(languageText == "fr")
{
Sitecore.Context.Language = LanguageManager.GetLanguage("fr-CA");
}
}
}
You would probably also have to override the LinkProvider in the <linkManager> section of the web.config to format your URLs when they are resolved by Sitecore.
Another extremely quick & dirty example:
public class MyLinkProvider : LinkProvider
{
public override string GetItemUrl(Sitecore.Data.Items.Item item, UrlOptions options)
{
var url = base.GetItemUrl(item, options);
url = url.Replace("/fr-CA/", "/fr/");
return url;
}
}
Another way (slightly more long-winded as it will need to be executed via a script) is to copy the data from the fr-CA version to the fr version and then delete the fr-CA version of each item.
Rough helper method that encompasses what you're trying to do
private void CopyLanguage(ID id, Language sourceLanguage, Language destinationLanguage)
{
var master = Database.GetDatabase("master");
var sourceLanguageItem = master.GetItem(id, sourceLanguage);
var destinationLanguageItem = master.GetItem(id, destinationLanguage);
using (new SecurityDisabler())
{
destinationLanguageItem.Editing.BeginEdit();
//for each field in source, create in destination if it does not exist
foreach (Field sf in sourceLanguageItem.Fields)
{
if (sf.Name.Contains("_")) continue;
destinationLanguageItem.Fields[sf.Name].Value = sf.Value;
}
destinationLanguageItem.Editing.AcceptChanges();
////Remove the source language version
ItemManager.RemoveVersions(sourceLanguageItem,sourceLanguage, SecurityCheck.Disable);
}
}
Another way to update the languages on your content items is:
Export the fr-CA language to a .xml file (Using the Control Panel)
In the .xml file replace all and tags with the and
Rename fr-CA language in the master database to the fr
Import language from the .xml file
Run Clean Up Databases task (from the Control Panel)
Also you can create a sql script that will change fr-CA language with the fr for all records in the UnversionedFields and VersionedFields tables.
If you need any more information or examples please let me know. :)
I had a similar requirement to rename a language while retaining the content. I decided to migrate content from one language to another by using Unicorn:
1: Create a predicate telling Unicorn to track all of your content. In my case:
<include name="site content" database="master" path="/sitecore/content/mySite" />
Reserialize the content, writing it to disk as YML files
Using a tool that can perform a find & replace in multiple files at once, such as Notepad++, replace all instances of "Language: fr-CA" with "Language: fr" in your yml files.
Run a Unicorn Sync
You will find that all of your content is now associated with the "fr" language instead of "fr-CA".
my question is basically the same as #Bob Black's Cannot access sitecore item field via API but I agree with #techphoria414 that the accepted solution is not necessary and in my case does not work.
In my own words, I have a template Departure that I have been using for about a year now creating and updating items programmatically. I have added a new field Ship to the template. When I create a new item the field comes up as null when I try to access it using departure.Fields["Ship"]. If I step over the line causing the exception then after calling departure.Editing.EndEdit() I can then see the Ship field if I call departure.Fields.ToList(). If I add the template to a content item via the Sitecore GUI I can see the field and use it, and if I look at a content item which is based on the template I can see the new field too. So it is only when I access the template/item programmatically that it is null.
I have sitecore running on my local machine with a local sqlserver, and publish to my local machine.
Here is my code
String ship = "MSDisaster";
foreach (Language language in SiteLanguages)
{
departure = departure.Database.GetItem(departure.ID, language);
departure.Editing.BeginEdit();
try
{
departure.Fields["StartDate"].Value = GetSitecoreDateString(xDep, "StartDate");
departure.Fields["EndDate"].Value = GetSitecoreDateString(xDep, "EndDate");
departure.Fields["Guaranteed"].Value = xDep.SelectSingleNode("./Guaranteed").InnerText;
departure.Fields["Status"].Value = xDep.SelectSingleNode("./Status").InnerText;
departure.Fields["Currency"].Value = ConvertLanguageToCurrency(language);
departure.Fields["Market"].Value = ConvertLanguageToMarket(language);
departure.Fields["TwinSharePrice"].Value = GetPrice(xDep, "twn", language);
departure.Fields["SinglePrice"].Value = GetPrice(xDep, "sgl", language);
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(ship))
departures.Fields["Ship"].Value = ship;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
departure.Editing.CancelEdit();
log.Error(ex);
throw ex;
}
departure.Editing.EndEdit();
}
So, how do I get the field be picked up?
Thanks,
James.
Firstly do you see the field in the web database in the sitecore administration.
If you do the item has the fields, you then should check the template assigned on the item and double check that the field is actually called "ship" and check the case as ive seen this as an issue before.
Also check the security on the item and field just in case anyone changed anything.
Next try and get the data from the item but instead of using the field name, use the field ID.
Let me know how you go?
Chris
Sorry Chris, StackOverflow, and the others who looked at my questions. It was a stupid typo. It's even there in my question
departure.Fields["SinglePrice"].Value = GetPrice(xDep, "sgl", language);
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(ship))
departures.Fields["Ship"].Value = ship;
}
departure is the item I am working on, departures is the collection it belongs to... doh.
So what is the protocol here? Do I delete my question now because it isn't really going to help anyone code better?
James.
From another forum I found the following example:
"I was looking for a way to pull node data via ajax and came up with the following solution for Drupal 6. After implementing the changes below, if you add ajax=1 in the URL (e.g. mysite.com/node/1?ajax=1), you'll get just the content and no page layout.
in the template.php file for your theme:
function phptemplate_preprocess_page(&$vars) {
if ( isset($_GET['ajax']) && $_GET['ajax'] == 1 ) {
$vars['template_file'] = 'page-ajax';
}
}
then create page-ajax.tpl.php in your theme directory with this content:
<?php print $content; ?>
"
This seems like the logical way to do it and I did this, but the phptemplate_preprocess_page function is never called ... any suggestions?
I figured it out for myself from a Drupal Support Theme Development page:
"Maybe this helps
leahcim.2707 - May 29, 2008 - 05:40
I was trying to get the same thing done and for me this works, but I'm not sure if it is the correct way as I'm still new to Drupal:
in "template.php" I added the following function:
function phptemplate_preprocess_page(&$vars)
{
$css = $vars['css'];
unset($css['all']['module']['modules/system/system.css']);
unset($css['all']['module']['modules/system/defaults.css']);
$vars['styles'] = drupal_get_css($css);
}
I think after adding the function you need to go to /admin/build/themes so that Drupal recognises the function."
The part in bold is what did the trick ... you have to re-save the configuration so it recognizes that you've added a new function to the template.