Add an MVC Widget To a Page Programmatically

Posted by Community Admin on 30-May-2015 00:00

Question is pretty straightforward: how do you add mvc widgets to pages programmatically? Something like this: Add control to a page

Posted by Community Admin on 01-Jun-2015 00:00

var pageNode = manager.GetPageNode(pageId);

var template = manager.GetTemplates().Single(x => x.Name == "TicketOmaha.home");

AddPageTemplate(manager, pageNode, template);

AddContentBlockWidgetToPage(manager, pageNode, "Content");

private static void AddContentBlockWidgetToPage(PageManager pageManager, PageNode pageNode, string placeholder)

//pageManager.Provider.SuppressSecurityChecks = true;

using (var mvcWidget = new Telerik.Sitefinity.Mvc.Proxy.MvcControllerProxy())

mvcWidget.ControllerName = typeof(ContentBlockController).FullName;

mvcWidget.Settings = new Telerik.Sitefinity.Mvc.Proxy.ControllerSettings(new ContentBlockController()

Content = "[Placeholder Example For Control Associated With This Production]"

);

CreateControl(pageManager, pageNode, mvcWidget, "ContentBlock", placeholder);

private static void AddPageTemplate(PageManager manager, PageNode pageNode, PageTemplate template)

var pageData = pageNode.GetPageData();

var temp = manager.EditPage(pageData.Id);

temp.TemplateId = template.Id;

manager.PagesLifecycle.CheckIn(temp);

manager.SaveChanges();

private static void CreateControl(PageManager pageManager, PageNode pageNode, Telerik.Sitefinity.Mvc.Proxy.MvcControllerProxy mvcWidget, string widgetCaption, string placeHolder)

var page = pageManager.EditPage(pageNode.GetPageData().Id, CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture);

var draftControlDefault = pageManager.CreateControl<PageDraftControl>(mvcWidget, placeHolder);

draftControlDefault.Caption = widgetCaption;

pageManager.SetControlDefaultPermissions(draftControlDefault);

draftControlDefault.SiblingId = GetLastControlInPlaceHolderInPageId(page, placeHolder);

page.Controls.Add(draftControlDefault);

pageManager.PagesLifecycle.CheckIn(page);

pageManager.SaveChanges();

private static Guid GetLastControlInPlaceHolderInPageId(PageDraft page, string placeHolder)

var id = Guid.Empty;

var controls = new List<PageDraftControl>(page.Controls.Where(c => c.PlaceHolder == placeHolder));

while (controls.Count > 0)

var control = controls.SingleOrDefault(c => c.SiblingId == id);

id = control.Id;

controls.Remove(control);

return id;

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