How to create a new page and adding upload feature ?

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4/28/2011 11:05:13 AM

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How to create a new page and adding upload feature ?

I am just starting to understand mojoPortal. I want to create a page in which I want to add 3 or 4 file upload options so that members of my website will be able to upload their files and send it to me.

I will deeply appreciate if anyone can help me with the required steps , how to start and how to make this possible ?

4/28/2011 11:28:05 AM

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Re: How to create a new page and adding upload feature ?

mojoPortal has several features that support file uploads. I recommend get the source code and study the code for existing features to learn how to implement custom features. ie you could study the File Manager or Shared Files feature or Image Gallery for example code on file uploading. The source code is the best documentation of all and has examples for almost any common development tasks.

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thanks

4/28/2011 11:47:10 AM

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Re: How to create a new page and adding upload feature ?

one more question Joe - it means the project that I download is the web project only and doesn't include source code ?

Can I still make modification in the pages / code in web version or I need full source code to make any changes ?

4/28/2011 11:54:21 AM

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Re: How to create a new page and adding upload feature ?

You should not modify any mojoPortal code, you should only use it for learning, if you fork the code you will never be able to upgrade without losing your changes.

Re: How to create a new page and adding upload feature ?

Joe, if I am planning to add customer code in the mojoPortal project in a recommended way then I just have to re-build the project and upload web folder on the server ? or is there anything that needs to be done ?

4/28/2011 2:57:41 PM

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Re: How to create a new page and adding upload feature ?

Hi,

You should read the developer documentation so you can fully understand how to create modules for mojoPortal.

In direct response to your question, your changes shouldn't require that you deploy the web folder from your development machine to the server. Your module should be compiled and then the DLLs and supporting pages should be deployed to a running instance of mojoPortal. The training video "Dev Series 32 Feature Packaging and Deployment" discusses the concept.

HTH,
Joe

4/29/2011 11:04:02 AM

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Re: How to create a new page and adding upload feature ?

Hello Joe,

Like you mentioned above that it is not recommended to change the original code.

But if I have some requirement then I guess I have to make some changes. For upgrade, I can always undo the changes , then update, then apply back the changes, correct ?

Usually How changes works ?

I just have to recompile the full source code and update the required dll like moroPortal.web.dll on the web-server with the existing one, correct ?

4/29/2011 11:18:21 AM

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Re: How to create a new page and adding upload feature ?

Hi,

What kinds of changes are you wanting to make? Someone might be able to help you do what you want to do with out modifying the source code. You should be able to accomplish your goals by creating your own modules, without changing the source code.

HTH,
Joe D.

4/29/2011 11:32:26 AM

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Re: How to create a new page and adding upload feature ?

Hello Joe,

I did watch the video in "Documentation" but still it didn't help me with my situation.

I don't have much requirements. I only want to create a page in which I will be asking for regulalar information like Name, Address, Phone number etc. Along with that I want to add 3 or 4 <asp:Fileupload> options where the members / visitors of my website will be able upload the documents/files that I will be asking in that page.

I don't want this information to be stored in database, when anyone fills out this form and attach/upload documents/files, on the click event of submit button, that information with attached documents/files should be e-mail to the administrator e-mail mentioned in the administration area e-mail (or that's also ok to mention email address in the code).

So this is pretty much I am looking for. Plz Help.

I will deeply appreciate if you can give me step by step guidance how to go about it ?

4/29/2011 11:45:21 AM

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Re: How to create a new page and adding upload feature ?

Hi,

None of what you describe requires forking the code, if you go down that path you are making a big mistake.

We provide a lot of documentation to help developers get up to speed but no-one here is going to step by step help you with your custom development project. That is expecting a lot, we all are very busy and have our own work to do. We may help with specific questions if we are able and have time.

It is expected that people have a background in ASP.NET and already know how to do development enough that they can learn from the source code and documentation provided.

Best,

Joe

4/29/2011 11:57:53 AM

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Re: How to create a new page and adding upload feature ?

Joe,

By step by step I didn't mean code.

All I am asking is to tell me where to start and how to go about it , that's all I meant. I am an ASP.NET developer, it's just that I am new to mojoPortal so don't want to make any mistake that I am not aware of.

All I am asking is for guidance not asp.net classes/tutorials.

4/29/2011 12:00:08 PM

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Re: How to create a new page and adding upload feature ?

I really appreciate what you guys are doing by proving this application and working so hard on it.

But I guess you misunderstood what I wrote in my above post about asking help/guidance.

4/29/2011 12:05:25 PM

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Re: How to create a new page and adding upload feature ?

I've already provided a good deal of guidance and there is a lot of good documentation in addition to source code but I don't get the sense that you have really read it all or watched all the videos or understood the content.

You will need to ask more specific questions not open ended questions about how to proceed.

I suggest look also at the hello world tutorial and files, one (who is familiar with ASP.NET development) could easily expand on that to build a form that does what you want.

Best,

Joe

4/29/2011 12:12:43 PM

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Re: How to create a new page and adding upload feature ?

thank you

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