There are several different ways to map Sitefinity widgets to external templates, including globally using the ViewMap. You can also use the built-in Sitefinity Widget Template editor and even Sitefinity Thunder to modify templates and copy them to external files. However, did you know that a copy of every single widget template is included in […]
Category: Customization
We previously looked at how you can enforce minimum and maximum product quantities on the Sitefinity product details page. However, users can still override the quantities in the shopping cart, defeating the restrictions. Fortunately, the shopping cart template also includes a validation control for each item. By mapping this control to an external User Control […]
Sitefinity offers a simple way to customize the various interface labels and messages presented throughout the site. This includes content like validation errors, input field labels, and status notifications. These are available in the Administration Menu under Interface Labels & Messages. For convenience, the interface labels are grouped by type along the right side, and […]
Adding a content block to a Sitefinity page with a Content widget (such as News, Events, Blogs, etc.) displays that content for both the master list and single item details view for the content. This video demonstrates how you can easily inherit from this control to make a hideable content block that only renders when […]
When working with Sitefinity Intra-Site Modules, all your module’s logic, code, and markup is contained in User Controls. This allows you to inherit all the styles from the default Sitefinity backend theme. However you might want to add additional styling to your admin controls. You can accomplish this easily by adding a custom stylesheet for […]
The ViewMap is a Sitefinity setting that globally maps Sitefinity control types to specific custom templates. You can use this go override the default templates for virtually any Sitefinity control. In this video I’ll demonstrate how the Viewmap, along with a little help from Telerik’s free JustDecompile utility, allow you to remove the Social Links […]