Comments for Brian Pedersen's Sitecore and .NET Blog

Comment on Applying datasource to sublayouts on Sitecore items by Paul

Paul — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:53:12 +0000

Great article! This has been very helpful for me, so thank you. The issue I’m encountering with this code however is when I attempt to place multiple instances of the same SubLayout on a page, each with their own unique Datasource definitions. I can’t get each instance of the SubLayout to recognize its own unique Datasource. It seems like it should be simple to fix this, but I’m stuck!

Comment on Running YetAnotherForum inside Sitecore by briancaos

briancaos — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:42:11 +0000

Sitecore 5 uses a different security model (a homebrewn model), as opposed to Sitecore 6 which uses the standard .net security model. Therefore it is not possible to integrate YAF into Sitecore 5.
You should read this article instead: http://briancaos.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/using-sitecore-users-in-yetanotherforum/

Comment on Running YetAnotherForum inside Sitecore by Stefan Hammer

Stefan Hammer — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:00:08 +0000

Hi Brian

the guide to the integration is for sitecore6. Is it possible to integrate YAF into sitecore5? If so, is there a giude for doing this?

Stefan

Comment on Running YetAnotherForum inside Sitecore by briancaos

briancaos — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:18:11 +0000

The permissions in YAF follow the domain in which Sitecore is running in, even though the domain is not visible from YAF.
Maybe the users or groups you are using does not exist in the correct domain.

To test this, you can use the old YAF login screen that still exists in YAF. As far as I remember you can call it using the ?g=login parameter.

In the old login dialog you can log in any sitecore user. Just remember to include the domain name in the username when logging in (user “brian” in the domain “extranet” is logged in as “extranet\brian”).

You can use the login dialog to test your users against the YAF security setup.

Have you also noticed that YAF collects membership roles (groups) in security profiles, and it is these profiles that sets the security? To add security to a forum, you create a security profile (or use any of the existing ones).

Comment on Running YetAnotherForum inside Sitecore by TW

TW — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:41:01 +0000

Hi Brian,
I was able to use your code to integrate YAF into sitecore. However, I can’t get the forums to show up for anybody (Anonymous or registered user) except for the admin. Any ideas? I’ve tried setting every possible combination of permissions on the forum through the admin without luck.
Thanks,
TW

Comment on Running YetAnotherForum inside Sitecore by briancaos

briancaos — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:49:37 +0000

The “object reference” sounds like a null pointer somewhere. Maybe the code compilation has failed, or you have forgotten to put the compiled DLL’s in the /bin/ folder of Sitecore.
I admit that having YAF to tun inside Sitecore is not an easy task, which is why I wrote the Documentation guideline (http://trac.sitecore.net/YAFIntegration/export/7/Trunk/YAF%20Integrated%20into%20Sitecore.docx) which you need to follow very carefully.

Comment on Running YetAnotherForum inside Sitecore by Jessica Hart

Jessica Hart — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:48:31 +0000

Hello Brian,

I have successfully set up YetAnotherForum inside Sitecore before but this time it is has not gone so well.

I have copied all the files in to my website and was able to go to the install page and create a forum and a new admin user.

I now try to browse to http://mywebsite/yaf and I receive the following error

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
YAF.Classes.Utils.SitecoreMembershipUser..ctor(MembershipUser innerUser) +41
YAF.Classes.Utils.YafContext.InitUserAndPage() +2733
YAF.Classes.Utils.YafContext.get_Page() +60
YAF.Classes.Utils.YafContext.PageValueAsInt(String field) +46
YAF.Classes.Utils.YafContext.get_PageUserID() +43

Do you have any idea why?

Thanks Jess

Comment on Create a Google style paging component in XSLT by cowgod

cowgod — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:33:23 +0000

this helped me out a ton, although it’s not exactly “google style.” i think having the next button go to the next page that isn’t visible is a little disorienting. it should go to the next page after the one you are currently viewing. thanks for the groundwork though!

Comment on Creating a tree like left menu in Sitecore using XSLT by briancaos

briancaos — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:53:09 +0000

$selectedItem is the current item (current page). In Sitecore, $selectedItem equals the standard variable $sc_currentitem.

I use the $selectedItem for styling purposes only:
If my current item is in a sub-level of the menu, I would like the parent to be styled with the class name “open”. This class could for example be an arrow pointing downwards.
Also, I would like to render the current item with the class name “selected”. This could for example make the text bold, or colored diffrently from the other items.

Comment on Creating a tree like left menu in Sitecore using XSLT by Eric

Eric — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:43:50 +0000

Where did the variable $selectedItem come from and what does it look like?