Updated CPalm Multiple Page Picker for V3 + bugfix

Morten Bock — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:18:01 +0100

Inspired by this post on th umbraco forum (and the fact that I needed it) i downloaded the source for Christian Palms excellent Multiple Page Picker Via Source, and fixed it for V3 RC2 the way that Niels had so excellently described how to do in his screencast.

I also fixed a little bug in the datatype, that caused a null refference exception when saving a page without putting any items in the "selected" box. It would still work, but right after the "publish" the tabs would get mixed up in the umbraco layout because the error was written out in the html source.

So, here are the download links:

Binaries: v3_MultiplePagePickerViaSource_install_01.zip

Source: V3_multiplepagepickerviasource_source_01.zip

Enjoy :-)

Codegarden Session: Custom Datatypes

Morten Bock — Thu, 10 May 2007 15:08:34 +0100

Version 3 ships with a new datatype that functions as a Usercontrol Wrapper. This means that you dont actually have to think about saving the values to the Umbraco DB.

So when is this usefull?

Actually this makes it possible to apply security on document properties. Because you just make a usecontrol that defines the UI, you can actually check to see which type of user is logged in, thus deciding wether the user should be allowed to see to property.

It also makes it easier to make a datatype that uses external data to decide which data to display in the property.

Other usage examples from the session was making a usercontrol to list childnodes with paging for high volume areas of the site, and building a small messaging system where you can pick a user an let them know that the page needs to be reviewed.

Niels also commented on the possibilities of placing usercontrols in the dashboard, and mentioned that version 3 supports tabbed dasboard controls. Neat!