I am new to umbraco and all I need to do is create a new template with a form.
What I understand so far is when I create a new page I choose a document type for the page which controls what template the site can use.
Now. First, there is a lot of Document types in "Settings -> Document Types". Some of them I am able to choose, but not all of them. I am also able to choose Document types not under "Document Types". Where are they? If I create a new Document type, I am not able to select it when creating a new page.
I have read som tutorials and documentations and they all say to just right click "Document Types" and create new then select it.
TLDR; I need to find a document type not visible under "Settings -> Document Types" so I can set the allowed templates. How do I find it?
By default you can see all document types, or you can see no document types. Aren't you mixing up with data types?
A basic tutorial on where to start can be found here: http://our.umbraco.org/documentation/Using-Umbraco/ Have tried this one?
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I had a problem with umbraco richtext editor, it was not letting me insert images, so I followed a forum and deleted the richtext editor datatype in the developer section, then i recreated the richtext editor datatype with the same settings.
My problem is: all the properties in the node which were of type RichText editor have disappeared from the content pages. i cant see the text and the editor. But i can still see the content on the website!
so i cannot edit them from the content section but i can see them on the website!
Kindly, help!
Most likely you need to add the bodyText property (or whatever you were using) to the document type(s) again. It's possible that the data was also removed, so beware republishing a node until you have the text back in there.
The reason you can still see the content on the site is because when a node is published, it's properties are cached. When the site has to access a property for the front end, it pulls it from the cache rather than getting it directly from the database. This allows the site to perform faster.
So add the rich text editor back to the document type. Copy the text from the front end back into the backend (hopefully you don't have a million pages), and always perform a backup of the site, database and all, before attempting fixes of this nature.
Have you tried access Developer/Data Types/Richtext editor and set again the options that you want?
I recently upgraded to Excel 2010. I was working on a spreadsheet and wrote some code and went to save it and I get this box that pops up. I'm not sure what to do.
From Office 2007 on, Excel has two different file types: XLSX and XLSM. The former is just data and formatting without macros or anything "dangerous." The latter allows macros and other programmatic functionality. The reason for the split is mainly security as each one has a distinct extension and icon to better inform the user on whether or not the file could potentially contain dangerous content.
In this instance, you need to click No, then in the Save As... options select "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook." That will give you the full functionality of the original document.
How do I get an existing Document Type to show up in the Create dialogue of Umbraco 4.
I installed the BlogForUmbraco4_1.0.0 package, which I realize tries to install as the primary site, but it also installs all of the necessary Document Types, including Blog, and BlogPost. Why are they not an option when creating a new item within my site.
Umbraco uses a permission based Document Type Hierarchy, to ensure that editors doesn't create weird page types in wrong places (like a 'Homepage' beneath a blog or a 'News Item' inside a Gallery).
So you'll need to allow the Document Type that you wish to appear in your create dialog to the Document Type of the page you're using as the parent (this might sound like non sense ;-)).
So, say that you've imported the Blog4Umbraco package and wants to allow a blog below a Home page, you should find out which Document Type that home page is (look at the properties tab on the document and look at the 'Document Type').
Go to settings section and open Document types and click on that doc type (let's just say it's called 'Homepage')
Click on the 'Structure' tab and you'll see a list of all Document Types in your install. Some of them are already checked and those are the ones that are allowed beneath that type. To allow blogs, simply check the 'Blog' document type as well :-)
Is there a way to simply create folders in umbraco 4 for the purpose of organizing content? I've searched forums and did not find a reasonable answer.
This is an area where the documentation is somewhat lacking, however it is perfectly doable:
Create a document type called something like "Content Folder". (You can't use Folder as it's already in use in the system).
Give the new doc type the following property:
Name: Redirect to
Alias: umbracoRedirect
Type: ContentPicker
The important bit there is the Alias: umbracoRedirect. This is one of the undocumented built in umbraco features. It basically redirects one node to another (making it act like a folder).
If you want to hide the folder from the menu then you'll need to add another one of those undocumented properties: umbracoNaviHide, which is used in the default XSLT navigaiton examples.
More info: http://www.umbraco.org/documentation/books/converting-existing-site-to-umbraco/creating-folders
I have a document library with a workflow that dynamicly sets user permissions to edit these documents when certain criteria is met.
The users who need to edit these items are not the brightest users, so to make it failsafe and simple for them I am customizing the DispForm.aspx to only show 2 fields in the Document Library.
"Document" - Name of the document which is a link that opens the document in MS Word.
"Done?" - Yes/No tickbox.
The user gets an e-mail when they have a task assigned; the e-mail contains an URL to the custom DispForm.aspx, the user clicks the link and voila, they see the customized DispForm.aspx with only 2 fields, they know exactly what to do because they won't get distracted by an information-overdose and the only thing the user has to do is click on the document so it would open in Word, user makes changes to document, saves, ticks "yes" in the "Done?" tickbox and the next workflow starts.
Now I'm having this particular problem, when I customize the document library's DispForm.aspx in Sharepoint Designer and add a custom Sharepoint control (Custom Document Library listform) it does not contain the Name field (which contains the URL). I can manually add that link in Sharepoint Designer but then the document gets opened in the web version of Word and if the user wants to save it, it saves to the local harddrive, instead of the Document Library.
What am I doing wrong? How can I include the right URL to a document in a customized DispForm of a document library which opens the document in Word and saves to the Document library and creates a draft version?
Suggestions, tips or other solutions VERY welcome!
Erik
Currently using: MOSS 2007, Nintex, Sharepoint Designer
I wrote a blog on how to get an External Link for Editing a SharePoint Document. Maybe that can help.