Adding an existing project to the project manager

If the project, you want to work with, is not in the list of projects of Sitefinity Project Manager, you can add it by modifying the Projects.xml file of the project manager. The Projects.xml file is in the folder, where you have installed Sitefinity Project Manager.

Perform the following:

1. Open the Sitefinity Project Manager, to which you want to add the existing project, and create a project.
   Name the project Blank project.
   For more information, see Creating a project and installing a license.
2. Open the Projects.xml file of the project manager.
   The file is in the folder where the project manager is installed.

   In the Projects.xml file your new project node looks similar to the following:

   <project id="48b1a204-a800-434f-999e-7c87e56bd38c" Name="Blank project" BrowseUrl="Click Browse to resolve" SfVersion="4.1.1339.0" DateCreated="04/19/2011 13:49:25">

     <Location Type="FileSystem" Url="C:\Program Files (x86)\Telerik\Sitefinity Q1 2011\Projects\Blank project" LocalPath="C:\Program Files (x86)\Telerik\Sitefinity Q1 2011\Projects\Blank project" />

3. Modify the above project node by changing the following parameters:
   • Name
     Change Blank project to the name of the project, you want to add to the project manager.
     You can get the name of the project in the following way:
     1. Open the App_Data folder of the project you want to add.
     2. Click folder Sitefinity » Configuration.
     3. Open file ProjectConfig.
     4. Copy the value of projectName parameter.
   • SfVersion
     Enter the version of the project you want to add to the project manager.
     You can get the version of the project in the following way:
     1. Open the App_Data folder of the project you want to add.
     2. Click folder Sitefinity » Configuration.
     3. Open file systemConfig.
     4. Copy the value of version parameter.
   • DateCreated
     Enter the date and time when the project, which you want to add, was created.
     You can get the creation date of the project in the following way:
     1. Open the App_Data folder of the project you want to add.
     2. Click folder Sitefinity » Configuration.
     3. Open file ProjectConfig.
     4. Copy the value of dateCreated parameter.
   • Url and LocalPath
     Enter the path to the project you want to add.
     This is the folder where your project files are located.
4. Save and close the Projects.xml file.
5. Restart Sitefinity Project Manager.

The project that you added is in the list of projects.