Adding a .NET Web Control to a New Page Using Ektron

This section does not describe how to install Personify360 or Ektron. It is assumed both of these are installed and that there is some familiarity with Ektron, such as the page builder. See Configuring the Ektron Connector Setup for more information.  

To add a .NET web control to a page using Ektron:

1.    From the Folders menu, select the “Base” folder and select New > Page Layout, as shown below.

2.    Select “Template” and click Next.

3.    Enter a Title and click Next.

4.    Metadata does not need to be added. Click Finish.
The Add New Page window displays, as shown below.

5.    Click OK.
You are redirected to the page you just created.

6.    Enter the name of the .NET web control that you want to render for this page in the Filter Widget List field, as shown below.

7.    Drag the widget from the top widget bar to where you want it to display on your page, as shown below

8.    Select the Pencil Icon to configure the web settings for this control, as shown below.

This will load all the available settings for this web control.  For more information about each .NET web control and the control's setting, see Using Web Controls.

9.    Click Save.

10.  Navigate back to the Admin page, as shown below.

11.  From the Folders menu, select the "View" folder and select New> Page Layout, as shown below.

12.  Select the viewer version of the template from the build page and click Next, as shown below.
Please note if the template selected in the previous step was Personify_PB.aspx, the viewer version is PersonifyPBViewer.aspx.  

13.  Enter a Title and click Next.
Please note that the page title does NOT have to be the same as the base title page.

14.  From the Base Page Builder Content Item section, click Edit, as shown below.

15.  Select the “Base” page, that you just created.

16.  Click Insert and Save, as shown below.

17.  To complete “View” page, click Finish, as shown below.

The Add New Page window displays, as shown below.

18.  Click Cancel.

See Also:

·            Adding a .NET Web Control to an Existing Page