I need clarity on the best use of SmartEdit and Spartacus Storefront.
e.g. If I have to create an Offer page (new page template) and add two different banner components, should I update SmartEdit CMS or Spartacus code?
You need to define the CMS in backend (SAP Commerce) and frontend (Spartacus). Then, you use SmartEdit as a WYSIWYG editor.
In SAP Commerce, you define the CMS (template, page, components).
In Spartacus, you get the page/CMS via OCC (web services) and display/render the CMS. If you created new CMS types and did not reuse existing CMS types (e.g. CMSParagraphComponent), then you need to customize Spartacus to render the new components properly.
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I am working on SharePoint Framework and have one take to do in this. I want to know that can we add our custom master page and page layouts in SharePoint Online using the SharePoint Framework ?
If yes, then can you guys please provide me some details or links to understand this ?
I have a requirement to have my own custom master page and layouts deployed in SharePoint Online using my custom client web part.
No, as of now there is nothing in SPFx to customize master page or page layouts. Also, Master Page and Page Layouts are old technique, which is not applicable for Modern Pages.
But SPFx framework comes with extensions (in preview as of now), which can be used to enhance UX of application. The SPFx extensions allow you to customize in following three direction:
Application Customizers: Overall page customization can be done using this like header/footers.
Field Customizers: For custom rendering of fields.
Command Set: For adding custom commands to the top ribbons or popup menus.
https://dev.office.com/sharepoint/docs/spfx/extensions/overview-extensions
I am using Kentico portal to make an E-commerce site.If I wish to change the design of available sample E-commerce site.Would it be a tidious task ?
Example : If I download e-commerce design templates (i.e html and css files) and I wish to change design of each page of sample kentico site (home page,product detail page etc.)then, what is the most suitable and quick way to achieve this ?
How should I update the html/css of each page of available site with downloaded templates? OR Should I create entirely a new e-commerce site in the portal ?
The out of the box sites are meant to be used as examples and references not to build a production site off of. The markup used on the Ecommerce site will also be different, considerably different than your purchased template. I've found it much easier and faster to start from scratch with a blank site and implement all of the design that way. Make sure you take advantage of shared layouts and templates, this will help make development and re-skins in the future easier.
Is there an easy way to use an MVC controller in Kentico; and, return a specific page that has been developed in Kentico, as opposed to referencing something like ~/Views/ControllerName/SomeView.cshtml?
I'm trying to use the MVC controller to provide some needed routing functionality, and already had a working page prior to using the controller. I would like the display to be pulled from the working page I had before using the controller.
I'm using Kentico 7.
Especially in Kentico 7, MVC support was more or less "you can use it, but it won't be usable with portal functionality."
You can have MVC pages, and have Portal pages, but there really isn't a way to pull in a portal style page into it. You're best bet is to try to either use some custom logic to render the elements you need and pull in that content dynamically into the page.
I could be wrong, my MVC isn't as strong as my kentico.
Trevor is right - there is an ASP.NET MVC support in Kentico v7 you can use but there is nothing like MVC Portal Engine or something like that. There are two possible ways how to achieve your scenario:
You can use Kentico as a 'model' and read (manipulate) data via API in your controller and view (typically in Razor). Then you need to:
a) register route to your controller in CMS Desk > Node > Properties > URls and choose proper Path type (route or MVC) - this is prefered way
b) create MVC page template in Site manager > Page templates
You can find example on Corporate Site (part of default installation) in CMS Desk > Corporate Site > Examples > Development Models > MVC
You can learn more in Kentico CMS 7 documentation (MVC development overview section).
Please note there is whole new MVC approach in latest version (Kentico 9).
Portal engine is based on web forms and components such as web parts, page templates or widgets are not supported by MVC itself so you wont be able to display your page using MVC.
Kentico 10 will contain many new features regarding MVC, but mixing portal engine with it will not be the case.
I've been developing an static website (just html, css and js files) for a client who now wants to load the site on to Kentico CMS.
I don't know anything about this CMS. Is this a practical way to import the completed code into this system?
Thanks.
I would do things the way Kentico expects.
Take your header/footer and put them into the master page (template).
Take individual template HTML and create Layouts and Templates from them.
Use Kentico Web Part where possible
For dynamic content areas, use the Editable Content Web Part.
For the menu use the CSS Menu Web Part.
Use the Portal Engine technique. Don't use ASPX pages unless you really have to.
Here is some documentation from version 8: https://docs.kentico.com/display/K8/Creating+portal+engine+master+pages.
I have developed a publishing portal in sharepoint.I have a requirement wherein I need to create sitemap for the entire web application.
This should be dynamic, in the sense, whenever we update the contents of any given page in our web application, it should be reflected immediately in the sitemap page. What are the possible ways to achieve this and which is the best possible solution considering the scalability and easy configuration?
Thank you.
If you don't want to use a custom webpart, you could use normal navigation list to create your sitemap and it is automatically updated. You only need to style it in a way to resemble some kind of sitemap.
Here are some links to get you started with customizing your navigation:
Custom Navigation in SharePoint - The Full Monty
How to: Customize Navigation
Also there is the portal site map which provides the data source for your custom menu. Just read up on custom navigation and stuff like PublishingNavigation:PortalSiteMapDataSource and SharePoint:AspMenu.
There is a nice PowerShell script to create a sitemap for SHarepoint 2010, if you want to submit your sitemap to Google: Generate A Sitemap For SharePoint 2010 Using PowerShell'.
You can also install and customize the SharePoint Web part ("Table of Contents") to your liking. Read up on it here...
Take a look at our ECS product, it is close to what you need
http://www.infowisesolutions.com/product.aspx?id=ECS
It was built as a system of cross site collection navigation, with security trimming and permissions inheritance between site collection.