Datalist web parts are one way to display data within Kentico CMS. These web parts are designed to offer flexibility for easily changing the selected item view using sorting, paging and transformations. Sorting and paging provides a way to change the default display items using the “order by” option and built in names. In this video we will use the Product Datalist web part to sort and page products using Kentico CMS 5.0 E-Commerce sample site.

Providing company information allows end users to quickly find address and support information and provides a face to the company on your e-commerce site. Kentico CMS 5.0 provides a built in set of pages that minimize the amount of time needed to create and maintain this information.In this video we will look at how to maintain your company information and add new locations to your site using Kentico CMS 5.0 E-Commerce sample site.

Kentico CMS 5 introduces widgets that provide support for page personalization. From a designers point of view widgets are a basic building block of page templates in the same way as web parts. For end users widgets allow them to add, remove, modify properties, and determine page placement on the live site. In this session we will examine how this exciting new feature is used within your Kentico CMS 5 site. We will cover the basics of technical implementation, design concerns, extensibility and security for this feature. People attending this session will be able to implement the basics of widgets in their Kentico CMS 5.0 site.

Kentico CMS 5.0 introduces a new feature called UI Personalization. This new feature enables site designers and administrators to create and deploy intelligent user interfaces. These interfaces are designed to provide a personalized and extensible user experience that empowers users to get things done. In this session we will examine how this exciting new feature is used within your Kentico CMS 5.0 site. We will cover the basics of technical implementation, design concerns, extensibility and security for this feature. Users attending this session will be able to implement the basics of UI personalization in their Kentico CMS 5.0 site.

Extending your application is an important part of meeting the needs of your site visitors. In this video we will look at extensibility with Kentico CMS 5. While there are many ways to extend your application we will look at using the Kentico CMS controls, Global Events and Custom Modules within your Kentico CMS environment.

In this brief article, I will show you an example how you can very simply make yourselves the support for web part zones which content automatically refreshes with given period of time.