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JAA - 1/16/2014 4:35:21 PM

Changing Sites

I apologize if this question should be obvious, ive been RTFM for at least 30 minutes and Im just missing it. Im also new to the Kentico API ...

When I call CMSContext.Init() it sets my siteID to 0. How can I change sites within my program?

For example, lets say I wanted to insert an EventLogInfo into each sites Event Log. How could I get the list of sites and do this? If fine doing more reading if someone wants to point me to it.

Thanks in advance

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Brenden Kehren - 1/16/2014 9:45:52 PM

RE:Changing Sites

If you look in the database you will see the tables named

CMS_<tablename>

or

COM_<tablename>

The standard practice of the Kentico API is the <tablename> is the Info object. So if we take CMS_Site for example and create a new site object in code you'd write

SiteInfo si = new SiteInfo();
si.SiteName = "Your site name";

If you want to get or update data you use the Provider. Each <tablename>Info object has a provider.

DataSet sites = CMS.SiteProvider.SiteInfoProvider.GetAllSites();

Here is a full code example

// create a new site object
CMS.SiteProvider.SiteInfo si = new CMS.SiteProvider.SiteInfo();
si.SiteName = "MySite";
si.DisplayName = "My Site";
si.DomainName = "localhost";

// insert the site object 
CMS.SiteProvider.SiteInfoProvider.SetSiteInfo(si);

//get a list of the sites
DataSet sites = CMS.SiteProvider.SiteInfoProvider.GetAllSites();

So to follow suit, look at the user table, CMS_User. The User object is UserInfo. To get user info you use the static method UserInfoProvider.GetUserInfo(56);

Good luck!
Brenden

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JAA - 1/17/2014 8:30:41 AM

RE:Changing Sites

FroggEye wrote: If you look in the database you will see the tables named
CMS_<tablename>
or
COM_<tablename>
The standard practice of the Kentico API is the <tablename> is the Info object. So if we take CMS_Site for example and create a new site object in code you'd write
SiteInfo si = new SiteInfo();
si.SiteName = "Your site name";
If you want to get or update data you use the Provider. Each <tablename>Info object has a provider.
DataSet sites = CMS.SiteProvider.SiteInfoProvider.GetAllSites();
Here is a full code example
// create a new site object
CMS.SiteProvider.SiteInfo si = new CMS.SiteProvider.SiteInfo();
si.SiteName = "MySite";
si.DisplayName = "My Site";
si.DomainName = "localhost";

// insert the site object 
CMS.SiteProvider.SiteInfoProvider.SetSiteInfo(si);

//get a list of the sites
DataSet sites = CMS.SiteProvider.SiteInfoProvider.GetAllSites();
So to follow suit, look at the user table, CMS_User. The User object is UserInfo. To get user info you use the static method UserInfoProvider.GetUserInfo(56);

Good luck!
Brenden

This is great, code worked perfect, thank you.

So site 0 would be something nebulous like 'global'? When I post events to site 0, they come up in site manager Event Log, but nothing site specific. Is there a practical application for site 0?


Kentico Legend	Brenden Kehren - 1/17/2014 8:54:29 AM RE:Changing Sites Not that I know of. Typically 0 or -1 is the equivalent to nothing within Kentico.