Hello Lee,

 

I need to show some links at left bar. In my website I have added links module into left content pane and it is showing properly. But when I click to any inner control or link I am not able to get the left link module.

 

Here I will explain more. First I added page (ABC page) into portal. Then I have added module ("Customer list") on that page, also added left link module on same page. Now Customer list and left links are showing properly. When I click to any customer name, I am opening its details in ‘view’ control. Now Details of customer showing into middle pane but no links module into left pane. Where it goes? How can keep it to all controls.

 

I can easily keep left links into all pages by adding LINKS module into left pane. But how can I add LINKS module into left inner controls. My module (Customer List) has many controls and I want some constant links at left pane for all.

 

Please let me know how can I do this. Or any hint will also do.

 

Thanking you,

 

Sandi

Hello Sandi,

Yes this is a problem I have come across in a few modules that I have reviewed, where they have set it up so that when you click on 'Details' the module just displays by itself without any other modules surrounding it.

Scott McCullochs News Articles module implements a fix for this. Within his module settings you can select a tick box to open the modules contents in a  separate page (ie. the module by itself) or to keep the module on the same page (ie. all of the modules surrounding the News Articles module still display).

I would suggest you visit: http://www.smcculloch.net and download the source code for the News Articles module. - You have to subscribe, but it is well worth the money for the modules that you get. You get full access to the source code for all of the modules, which is really handy for studying DNN coding practices.

Hope this helps,

Thanks

Hello Lee,
I have gone through few sites, where there are various Link modules found. (Free as well as to sell). I feel, all those I can upload from ‘upload new module’ use directly on my page. Still my basic problem will be there.
I want to show links on each control (In classic ASP architecture I would say - I want to show links on each page) at the left side. And DNN’s “Links” module is only showing at first page. On inner page I am not getting ‘Links’ module.

Please correct me if I’m wrong.

Thanking you,
Sandi

Hi Sandi,

You are correct, I will further detail what I meant in the previous post:

The problem is not to do with the links module it is to do with the module you have created.

Go through this example:

Visit this page: DotNetNuke Resources
On the left hand side you will see some links, now click on one of the titles of the articles listed eg: Rapid Module Development

You will see that even though we are in 'details' view of the module, we still can view the links on the left hand side.

Dependant on how you programme the module, you may find that 'details' view opens the details within it's own separate page and no longer displays the links on the left hand side, this is the problem you are experiencing.

- This is what you need to setup within your module. - The articles module in the example is the News Articles module by Scott McCulloch which is why I referred you to that source code as you will be able to take out the extract of source code that Scott has used and apply it to your module so that you can also open the 'details' within the same page.

Hope this helps,

Hello Lee,
Thanks for your quick reply. Yes, you have got my problem correctly and I was also thinking the same way initially.
Ok, lets go by your example. On first page “DotNetNuke Resources”, it opens this link
http://www.dnncreative.com/Resource...ault.aspx. It means that page number 74 is opening. On this module first control is, list of current articles. Now when we click to any title; ‘view’ control gets open with following link
http://www.dnncreative.com/Resource...Nuke.aspx. (If I am not wrong it is .aspx page and not .ascx, means simple .NET page and not DNN architecture’s compiled .ascx page. Will come to this later.)
For opening view control, you must have added control with ‘ArticleView’ as key.
(I don’t know, just guessing..what could you have done…) Similar to this we also show customer list on first page and then ‘view’ control with ‘CustomerView’ key. The control is opening but without left links. So can you tell me now, what else we have to do in coding to handle this.
I fully agree with you that it is not related to “Links” moduel.

Regarding Scott McCulloch’s site: I went through that too, but I am afraid that we cannot purchase anything right now. Basically we want to try it out some code or free module or hints first; and if there is no solution at all then we can go for this option. Hope you understand the matter.
So I would like to know what you have done into your site, did you use the same thing from Scott McCulloch’s module or ‘KEY’ concept of DNN.

Regarding aspx page: just to know can I call aspx page from DNN module. You know I am newbie to DNN and directly switched to DNN after classic ASP.

Thanking you,
Sandi

Hi Sandi,

I don't know how the module has been setup, all I have done is installed the News Articles module to the page, and it takes care of the rest. - I have not programmed any of this. - I've had a quick glance at the source code for the News Articles module and there are no aspx files, it is all created with .ascx.
I would also assume like you that the 'view' control is added, but I couldn't find the correct code to confirm this. - There are a lot of module controls and it will take me a couple of hours just to understand the structure of the module.

I would suggest you pop over to Scotts site and ask a question in his forum - ask how he has set up the 'launch links' feature - this is the tick box you can select in the settings of the module which allows you to open pages as separate pages, or to keep them on the same page & still view all of the modules, ie. the links module.

You could probably call a completely separate aspx page if you wished, but this would go outside the DNN page structure. - Remember that there is just one .aspx page which is the default.aspx page & from there we insert modules which are the controls within the default.aspx page.

Thanks,

Hello Lee,
Good News... found the solution... Thanks to you ..
Regards,
Sandi