BigCommerce Stencil Custom Layout - layout

I've been following how to add a custom layout template to BigCommerce's stencil based theme. Here are the directions: https://stencil.bigcommerce.com/docs/custom-layout-templates
In the store/merchant backend, the place where you would select a custom template is missing. I contacted customer service and they said there is nothing on their end that has to be made to change the account to a beta status as shown on the above link. Does anyone know how to make the page layout dropdown box reappear?

Currently, custom layout templates are in a closed beta for stencil. They will be made available to everyone on Stencil once we've completed the beta. At that time, you'll see the dropdown box reappear in the same location.

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Is there any possibility to create custom widget for Azure hosted API Management?

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/new-azure-api-management-developer-portal-is-now-generally-available/
Extensibility—The portal comes built into every API Management instance (excluding the Consumption tier). If you wish to extend the portal’s core functionality (for example, create your own widgets to fetch data from other sources), fork the GitHub repository, implement the code changes, and self-host your own modified version of the portal.
Is it so that we can't do custom widgets on Azure hosted Developer portal? If so, then this is a backstep from the legacy portal as there we could write custom HTML and JS to get custom features.
I believe still there are couple of things you can do.
Home page
The default Home page is filled with dummy content. You can either remove the whole sections with the content or keep the structure and adjust the elements one by one. Replace the generated text and images with your own and make sure the links point to desired locations.
Layouts
Replace the automatically generated logo in the navigation bar with your own image.
Edit the content of the portal, customize the website's look, and publish the changes.
Please refer https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-developer-portal-customize and let me know how it goes
You can submit a pull request to the repository.
If you create a custom widget and this will be useful for many users it can be included in the default set of widgets.

SharePoint Online Hub Sites Navigation - top level menu item with no hyperlink

On the hub site top navigation, I cannot find a way to add a menu item without a link.
On all of the other SharePoint online menu editors, you can leave the URL blank and it will make the new item a label without a hyperlink. However, in the hub sites top navigation, if you leave the URL blank, the "OK" button is disabled. If you add "#" in the URL, it links to the site home page. This is a problem because users automatically click on a menu item when they want to see the children, resulting in a page reload.
More details here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint/Hub-site-navigation-top-level-requires-URL/m-p/226427#M20428
Has anyone been able to successfully add a menu to their hub site with top level navigation items not linking to anywhere?
Yes, that is not supported OOTB. A valid URL seems like a must.
To get around this issue, you can make use of SPFx extensions based on links in term store.
After that, you can delete all the links in your hub site and then deploy this extension to sites associated to your hub. This will provide you will a consistent top navigation across site collections.
GitHub Link - Tenant Global NavBar Application Customizer
Use PS script from - Apply SPFx extensions to SharePoint Hub Sites using PnP PowerShell
When you deploy this extension, if the term has no link it acts like a label.
If the term has child links, it will open a dropdown showing those child links which can then be clicked.
Seems like an overkill but there seems to be no other option.
You can always guide and train your end users or content owners to hover the links and the dropdown for child links besides it before clicking, but it will require a mentality change on their part !

How to create templates in Kentico 9?

I need to create few templates for E-commerce site. Can anyone guide me as how to create templates in Kentico 9 ? There is an existing site and I need to create five other templates for the same. Am totally new to Kentico.
Please help.
There are many generic templates in Kentico, so you could clone any of them and modify to your needs - this might be easier for you to edit existing one as you'll have an example.
I'd recommend you to take following steps:
Go to Pages application in Kentico administration
Select any page in content tree on the left
go to properties -> template
Save as new template (so you do not screw up exting one) and save your changes
Switch to Design tab - this is where you build/configure you template
On the Design tab there is green line with template name and hamburger menu, where you can choose edit layout - this is where you can implement markup of the page as well as split your page into zones. After you accomplish html for you page save changes and close current dialog.
Now you should be back to Design tab. Here you can add web parts to zones you've specified in the layout. There is huge amount of different web parts (user controls). All they have different purpose and settings, so you should check documentation and figure out which one should be used in your particular case.
Try editable text, editable image, repeater, navigation in order to get an idea how it works.

Acumatica Customization (Framework vs ERP) not consistent with TXX guides

I was asked to create a new maint page where data could be added. Just like in the T100 series part1:Maintenance pages. Immediately a few issues arise, why in the Acumatica ERP project I am unable to complete the steps done in the Framework application? I tried to add a new item -> PXgraph option(as described in the instructions) was not available, I couldn’t even add my own c# class from scratch the option was not listed. Instead it just listed page options(will add screenshots below). I attempted to create a new .cs file outside the scope of the project and import it into the file and it wouldn’t recognize it as an available file to import. In the end I attempted to manually drag and drop the file into the Objects folder I wanted the file to be a part of.
VERSUS ERP Add new item
Secondly, I created a new ListView in the page. I was not able to choose my Typename:SO.SOusrPhoneExtMaint.cs file from the list of options. I have rebuilt the project numerous times to see if that was the issue. I manually added the TypeName by going into the source of the aspx and typing it my graph. When I tested the graph I got the following errors that “Invalid type PX.Objects.SO.SOUsrPhoneExtMaint specified for datasource.” My question is why is there a discrepancy between the framework and the erp application for customization and how do I customize the graphs and pages if they don’t take the same approach as the TXX development guides. If I am doing something fundamentally wrong I'd like to know what is the right approach.
I recommend that you use the Customization Project Editor for any customization of Acumatica ERP.
To add a custom form, perform the following actions:
Navigate to the Customization Projects form (SM204505; System > Customization > Manage)
Select an existing customization project or create a new project by clicking "+" on the form toolbar
Click the project name to open the project in the Customization Project Editor
On the navigation pane of the editor, select SCREENS to open the Customized Screens page
On the page, click ADD SCREEN > CREATE NEW SCREEN to open the Create New Screen dialog box
Fill all the required fields and click OK to obtain workable template of your custom form
The New Screen wizard creates the form template and includes it as the following items in the customization project:
two File items - .aspx page code for the new form
a Code item - code template for business logic controller
a Page item - the link to the new page content, which you can further develop by using the Layout Editor
a SiteMapNode item - the site map object of the new form
(For an example see Lesson 11: Creating a Custom Form of the T300 Acumatica Customization Platform Training Guide)
Further you can develop the items by using the tools you prefer.
The custom form will be added to Acumatica ERP after the project is published.

Custom Module Not Showing Under Widgets

I am creating a custom module for "latest news" type of functionality. I have been following the docs on the Orchard website (http://docs.orchardproject.net/Documentation/Getting-Started-with-Modules-Part-1) and despite following this tutorial I cannot see the widget show up when I click on the "widgets" from the admin in order to assign it to a layer.
I am able to enable/disable the module and it appears to be working correctly on this page, but it doesn't show up on the Widgets section of the admin.
I have spent hours trying to find any answers, but haven't been able to so I'm reaching out here in hopes someone can offer some advice. How do I get my custom module to show up under Widgets? All I have done at this point is followed along with the tutorial they have on their website.
You need to create a ContentType that - as #devqon stated - has the CommonPart and WidgetPart attached, and it's stereotype is set to "Widget".
Have look at Orchard Doc's tutorial on writing a widget.

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