I use asp.net for several sites, but can't figure out the small business kit. I work from webpages which use code at the top and html at the bottom, you can typically switch between design and source and add controls via a toolbox at the left. I can put
together a website in a couple hours and do so all the time with an odd item I call "web pages" joined together in a "web project".
so with Small Business kit, there are no pages with asp controls, no code, etc. so how do you decipher this? What is the organization of this? It looks nice, but I have to be able to deciper within a few years.
Just a pointer would help...where do you change the name of the company? I downloaded the site, they offer no help and directed me here.
The details are classes in the App_Code directory. There are class modules for Catalog, News, People, Testimonials.
Heres a snip....
Public Class Item
Private _id As String
Private _title As String
Private _visible As Boolean
Private _description As String
Private _price As Double
Private _inStock As Boolean
Private _imageUrl As String
Private _imageAltText As String
The Small Business website does infact use codebehind pages. They are labeled either CS (C#) or VB (Visual Basic). If you do not have Visual Web Developer Express 2008 I suggest you download it. It is free and will help with any logical associations :)
tommi
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Help- how does small business website work?
Dec 04, 2007 11:09 AM|LINK
I use asp.net for several sites, but can't figure out the small business kit. I work from webpages which use code at the top and html at the bottom, you can typically switch between design and source and add controls via a toolbox at the left. I can put together a website in a couple hours and do so all the time with an odd item I call "web pages" joined together in a "web project".
so with Small Business kit, there are no pages with asp controls, no code, etc. so how do you decipher this? What is the organization of this? It looks nice, but I have to be able to deciper within a few years.
Just a pointer would help...where do you change the name of the company? I downloaded the site, they offer no help and directed me here.
jeff@zina.co...
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Re: Help- how does small business website work?
Dec 04, 2007 11:22 AM|LINK
Does the starter kit use code behind files?
Jeff
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Re: Help- how does small business website work?
Jan 16, 2008 04:51 PM|LINK
The details are classes in the App_Code directory. There are class modules for Catalog, News, People, Testimonials.
Heres a snip....
Public Class Item
Private _id As String
Private _title As String
Private _visible As Boolean
Private _description As String
Private _price As Double
Private _inStock As Boolean
Private _imageUrl As String
Private _imageAltText As String
figgie
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Re: Help- how does small business website work?
Jan 29, 2008 10:23 PM|LINK
DaveCS
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Re: Help- how does small business website work?
Dec 05, 2008 10:20 AM|LINK
I would use some caution prior to "just downloading". See http://forums.asp.net/t/1219177.aspx
If you have a system that works use it.
kathleenw
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Re: Help- how does small business website work?
Dec 06, 2008 10:03 AM|LINK
The Small Business Starter Kit uses a Master Page for a lot of the personalization. Start there.
Downloading it and looking at it with Visual Studio will be very helpful to you. Also a lot of the personalization happens in the xml or sql files.
I'm using it at http://www.hillcresthsdallas.org