Questions tagged [sitefinity-4]

Sitefinity 4 is Telerik's next generation Asp.net based web content management system for creating websites, intranets, portals and blogs. Use this tag for questions specific to Sitefinity 4. If you have question regarding previous versions use the 'sitefinity' tag instead.

About Sitefinity 4

Sitefinity is Telerik's latest version of one of the most user/developer friendly Content Management Systems available in the market.

This version of Sitefinity has pretty much been rebuilt from the ground up resulting in a new administration UI, API and improvements in a number of areas. Minor releases and service packs have followed in short succession no doubt because of the mammoth goals set out for version 4 and the short space of time it had to be done in.

Features of Sitefinity 4

Here are some of the features available in Sitefinity (from WikiPedia):

  • Fully documented API
  • Native .NET support
  • Support for SQL Server 2005 and 2008
  • XHTML and WAI compliance
  • Microsoft Word-like editor
  • Multi-lingual content
  • Many built-in applications and out of the box functions (blogs, forums, events,wiki, polls, lists, search)
  • Telerik products integration – Built-in RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight Media Player
  • Role-based security

Recent version updates have seen the product focus on Analytics and Usability.

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Trouble with jQuery/jQuery UI and Sitefinity 4.0

I am trying to use jQuery.hide("#whatever .class").hide("slide", { direction: "right" }, 750); to 'slide' previously hidden divs in and out (think scrolling portals)... In just a basic HTML template it works fine. When I turn this into a Sitefinity…
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Compiler problems with global.asax and web deployment project

I'm having a nightmare with a Web Application project which I'm using a Web Deployment project to deploy. For whatever reason, if I allow the Global.asax (and Global.asax.cs) file to be pre-compiled the events never fire. So, I set the Build Action…
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Get Page URL using Sitefinity 4 Fluent API

Okay, this seems like a pretty simple thing to do. But I'm trying to use the Sitefinity 4 Fluent API to query for a page and populate the Text/NavigationUrl properties of a HyperLink. The text gets populated fine - but it has a hard time getting the…
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How do you add an image picker into a Sitefinity custom widget editor?

On Sitefinity CMS 4.x or 5.x architecture, how do you add an image picker to a custom widget? Currently I have to enter an image path into a text field. I would prefer to be able to use the standard picker to select an image from a Sitefinity…
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Sitefinity 4 - Requiring Login

I'm extremely new to Sitefinity and I'm wanting to create a section of my website that will require a user to login for them to view it. I would like to be able to create a widget and drag it onto the page template I'm using for this section and…
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Unable to access using windows authentication on Telerik Sitefinity 4.1

I've to enable SSO authentication on a Sitefinity application that before was using Form Authentication with a custom provider. I've enabled it in the web.config