Installing a widget from the SDK in your website

1. Open the Sitefinity SDK Browser.
2. On Samples tab, select the widget, which you want to install.
3. In the right pane, click Run sample in browser button.
4. Select your license.
5. Select the folder where you want to extract your samples and click OK.
   On Database Management Tool window, your server is automatically detected.
   

   NOTE: If you are using SQL Server Express, in Server name, enter .\sqlexpress.

6. Click Test Connection button and, if the connection is successful, click OK.
   The sample widget opens a new project in the browser.
7. Click Go to the back-end.
   The credentials for the new project are automatically created. As username, enter admin, as password, enter, password.
   Sitefinity backend opens.
8. In your SDK browser, select the sample widget and click Open sample folder on the right.
9. Go to the root folder of the sample module.
10. Select and copy your module’s folder and folder Telerik.Sitefinity.Samples.Common folder.
    For example, if you are installing the DatePicker widget, copy folder DatePicker and folder Telerik.Sitefinity.Samples.Common.
11. From Sitefinity Project Manager, select your project and click Edit in Visual Studio.
    Your project opens in Microsoft Visual Studio.
12. Open the context menu of SitefinityWebApp and click Open Folder in Windows Explorer.
13. In folder Projects, paste the copied folders.
    Go back to the Visual Studio, where your project is opened.
14. In the context menu of your solution, click Add » Existing Project…
15. Open folder Telerik.Sitefinity.Samples.Common, select the project file and click Open.
16. In the context menu of you solution, click Add » Existing Project…
17. Open the widget’s folder, select the project file and click Open.
18. Under SitefinityWebApp, open the context menu of References and click Add Reference…
19. On Projects tab, select the widget and Telerik.Sitefinity.Samples.Common and click OK.
20. Build your solution.
21. Save and close Microsoft Visual Studio.
22. Run your project in the backend and register your widget.
    For more information, see Registering a new widget in Sitefinity.