Programatically updating admin menu and creating groups?

Posted by Community Admin on 17-Jul-2012 00:00

I've created a custom pluggable module and added it to the administration menu using the following code (straight from an example) but one thing I cant seem to find out is how to programmatically update the menu once the module is installed.

protected override void InstallPages(Telerik.Sitefinity.Abstractions.SiteInitializer initializer)

var pageManager = initializer.PageManager;

var backendPagesNode = pageManager.GetPageNode(SiteInitializer.SitefinityNodeId);

var landingPage = pageManager.GetPageNodes().SingleOrDefault(p => p.Id == this.LandingPageId);

if (landingPage == null)

var pageInfo = new PageDataElement()

PageId = this.LandingPageId,

IncludeScriptManager = true,

ShowInNavigation = true,

EnableViewState = false,

TemplateName = SiteInitializer.BackendTemplateName,

Name = "Contacts",

MenuName = "Contacts",

UrlName = "Contacts",

Description = "Contacts Module",

HtmlTitle = "Contacts Module"

;

pageInfo.Parameters["ModuleName"] = "Contacts";

var html = new Literal();

html.Text = "<h1>Contacts</h1>";

initializer.CreatePageFromConfiguration(pageInfo, backendPagesNode, html);

It would also be nice to create a navigation group specific to this and other modules I want to create so as to separate them in the menus?
Is it a case that I have to remove the module and reinstall it every time or is there a programmatic way I can achieve these things?

Posted by Community Admin on 25-Jul-2012 00:00

Hi,

There is a way to edit the pages backend menu. Here is a code example how to do it:

SiteInitializer siteInitializer = new SiteInitializer("myEdit");

Guid landingPageId = new Guid("19BCC56D-B04C-409C-847B-458F6A21BDB9");

PageManager pageManager = PageManager.GetManager(null, "myEdit");

PageNode backendPagesNode = pageManager.GetPageNode(SiteInitializer.SitefinityNodeId);

PageDataElement pageInfo = new PageDataElement()

PageId = landingPageId,

IncludeScriptManager = true,

ShowInNavigation = true,

EnableViewState = false,

TemplateName = SiteInitializer.BackendTemplateName,

Name = "Contacts",

MenuName = "Contacts",

UrlName = "Contacts",

Description = "Contacts Module",

HtmlTitle = "Contacts Module"

;

pageInfo.Parameters["ModuleName"] = "Contacts";

var html = new Literal();

html.Text = "<h1>Contacts</h1>";

siteInitializer.CreatePageFromConfiguration(pageInfo, backendPagesNode, html);

siteInitializer.SaveChanges();

Another way to edit this is on module upgrade like this:

public override void Upgrade(SiteInitializer initializer, Version upgradeFrom)

if (upgradeFrom.Major == 10 && upgradeFrom.Minor < 2)

//your code goes here

The best way to organize your pages is to create group and child pages. Here is an example how to do it on module install:

protected override void InstallPages(SiteInitializer initializer)

initializer.Installer

.CreateModuleGroupPage(MyModule.ModulePageGroupId, "MyGroup")

.PlaceUnder(CommonNode.TypesOfContent)

.SetOrdinal(1)

.SetTitle("ModuleTitle")

.AddChildPage(MyModule.HomePageId, "MyHomePage")

.SetTitle("MyHomePage")

.SetHtmlTitle("MyHomePage")

.Done()

All the best,
Ivan Georgiev | Sitefin1ty
the Telerik team

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