In the previous post we looked at how to install and use SignalR in Sitefinity with a really simple popup notification sample. This time we’ll look at how we can leverage SignalR to create a real-time count of readers visiting a blog post. Be sure you’ve reviewed the previous post as we’ll be extending the […]
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One of the more interesting technologies I discovered during my recent trip to Tech Ed 2014 is SignalR, which is a library for ASP.NET that allows real-time communication between the server and browser. This exciting platform enables bi-directional communication between a page and the server, allowing updates to be instantly pushed in either direction. Best […]
Sitefinity provides the ability to index all of your content so that it is easily searchable by your visitors. You can also partition the contents of the search into separate indexes based on the different content types, such as News, Blogs, Events, etc. However, what if you have multiple blogs but want your visitors to […]
The Code Reference of the Sitefinity Module Builder makes it simple to get started building custom widgets and components to interact with your Dynamic Modules. However, the generated code is specific to each module and type, requiring that you pass in the full type as a string, resolving the type at runtime. But what if […]
As we saw in the previous post, you can override the default MVC Views of the Falafel Dashboard Widgets for Sitefinity that are served from the Embedded Resources of the assembly. But how did we get the views there in the first place, and how do we serve them to the Sitefinity widgets while allowing […]
Last week, Falafel released the new Dashboard Widgets for Sitefinity, allowing you to easily add 11 new widgets to the administration dashboard for Sitefinity 6.2+. The widgets are easy to use and provide valuable information at a glance. But did you know they’re also highly customizable? Because these widgets are built with ASP.NET MVC, you […]
The Sitefinity Module builder allows you to create custom types on the fly for use as custom modules. In the 5.0 release back in February, a two new field types were added to the module builder: Guid and Array of Guids. These allow you to “link” content items using their Id properties, adding support of […]
Falafel Dashboard now available on NuGet The Falafel Dashboard has been updated today with new widgets, and better still, is now easily downloadable via NuGet! This release brings a few new widgets as well as some new features that will hopefully help developers more easily develop and add their own widgets to the dashboard. New […]