Archives Widget

Posted by Community Admin on 09-Jul-2014 00:00

Hello There, I am using archives widget for my blog posts in a page I am getting the results of Month and year in a list. I want those results needs to be display like drop down navigation.

Posted by Community Admin on 12-Jul-2014 00:00

Hi Nagesh,

You can extend the ArchiveControl widget, however notice that you won't be able to remove the default repeater from the control template to replace it by a DrowDownList since the ArchiveControl will expect the repeater.

An easy approach consists on just adding the DropDownList to the template and setting Visible=false for the repeater as you can see in this short video. Then populate the DropDownList with the repeater data.

The control template could be like this:

<%@ Control Language="C#" %>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="sitefinity" Assembly="Telerik.Sitefinity" Namespace="Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI" %>

<script type="text/javascript">

function redirect(url)

this.window.location.href = url;

</script>

<asp:PlaceHolder ID="plhTitle" runat="server" Visible="false">

<h2 class="sfarchiveTitle">

<asp:Literal ID="titleLabel" runat="server"/>

</h2>

</asp:PlaceHolder>

<asp:Repeater Visible="false" ID="rptArchive" runat="server">

<HeaderTemplate>

<ul class="sfarchiveList">

</HeaderTemplate>

<ItemTemplate>

<li class="sfarchiveListItem">

<sitefinity:SitefinityHyperLink ID="linkArchive" runat="server" CssClass="selectCommand sfarchiveLink"></sitefinity:SitefinityHyperLink>

</li>

</ItemTemplate>

<FooterTemplate>

</ul>

</FooterTemplate>

</asp:Repeater>

<div class="sflanguagesDropDownList">

<asp:DropDownList runat="server" ID="newsSel" CssClass="sflanguagesDropDown" onchange="redirect(this.value)"></asp:DropDownList>

</div>

The custom ArchiveControl:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.GenericContent.Archive;

using Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.PublicControls;

namespace SitefinityWebApp.MyControls

public class CustomArchiveWidget : ArchiveControl

public override string LayoutTemplatePath

get

return "~/MyControls/CustomArchiveTemplate.ascx";

public DropDownList NewsSelector

get

return this.Container.GetControl<DropDownList>("NewsSel", false);

protected override void ArchiveRepeater_ItemDataBound(object sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e)

base.ArchiveRepeater_ItemDataBound(sender, e);

ArchiveItem archive = e.Item.DataItem as ArchiveItem;

if (archive != null)

NewsSelector.Items.Add(new ListItem(ResolveDisplayText(archive.Date), ResolveUrl(archive.Date)));

if (IsDateInRange(archive.Date)) NewsSelector.Items[NewsSelector.Items.Count - 1].Selected = true;

Kind Regards,
Junior Dominguez
Telerik

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Posted by Community Admin on 14-Jul-2014 00:00

Thank you so much Junior Dominguez

Posted by Community Admin on 14-Jul-2014 00:00

Dear Junior

I have used the same code what u have suggested but how can I use this for BlogPosts.

When I placed it in a blog page i am getting just dropdown there is no results of the blog post dates.

Please help me on this

Posted by Community Admin on 14-Jul-2014 00:00

Hi Nagesh,

Set the widget property ContentType to Telerik.Sitefinity.Blogs.Model.BlogPost as described in our documentation.

http://www.sitefinity.com/documentation/documentationarticles/user-guide/widgets/navigation-widgets-group/configuring-the-archive-widget

Kind Regards,
Junior Dominguez
Telerik

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Posted by Community Admin on 15-Jul-2014 00:00

Dear Junior

First of all thank u so much for your continuous support.

I can not able to get the content type field in edit archives widget option.

I used the same code and process and registered widget in tools.

Am i doing any wrong?

Posted by Community Admin on 15-Jul-2014 00:00

Hi Nagesh,

Notice that for blog posts you need to use the BlogPosts widget. Following the same procedure described in the previous message will work on your end. I recorded this other video for reference.

Best wishes,
Junior Dominguez
Telerik

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Posted by Community Admin on 16-Jul-2014 00:00

Thank u so much Junior

I appreciate your help.

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