Custom basic settings for multisite Cancel

1. Glen

   

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   24 Apr 2015
   09 Mar 2016

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   Greetings

   We are using the multisite feature and have the need to create settings that can be controlled in the Admin back end on a per site basis. This should function like the existing ones - Time zone, Social sharing and Sitemap - in that you can break inheritance from global settings for each individual site.

   I have found this example on how to do basic settings and configurations. http://codeengage.com/blog/craig-holdheide/2014/11/03/getting-started-with-sitefinity-basic-settings-and-configurations

   Is there something that could be changed in that example that would allow for custom settings to be managed on a per site basis? Or is there another approach to doing that?

   Thanks.
2. Chris

   

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   14 Mar 2016

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   Hello,
   
   So one thing you may have missed in that article was in override the initialize method.
   
    and a Boolean value to determine whether the Basic Settings are global (false) or per site (true).
   
   There is also another article I think handles this a little better. 
   
   http://www.sitefinitytipsandtricks.net/2015/11/22/create-custom-basic-settings-section/
   
   In this case the setting is in SystemManager.RegisterBasicSettings("GoogleMaps", "GoogleMaps", "CustomResources", false);
   
   That final false is the flag to be set for multisite. Let me know if this helps and if not we can get back and I will see what I can get set up on my end.
   
   Regards,
   Chris
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3. Glen

   

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   14 Mar 2016

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   Hi Chris

   Thanks, I definitely missed that part of the article. It does show up in the per site section now, and reads/writes the setting just fine.

   However, I am having a problem reading the setting from widget code. I use this.

   var config = Config.Get<MyModuleConfig>();
   model.Message = config.ExampleConfigProperty;

   This is pulling the value from the global setting, not the value that was explicitly overridden in the admin UI for the site.

   Glen
4. Chris

   

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   15 Mar 2016

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   The basic way to do this in the current context with with the system manager.
   
   See: http://www.sitefinity.com/developer-network/forums/general-discussions-/multisite-custom-field
   
   There are a few code samples in that thread that hit the high points in using SystemManager and getting settings from the current context.
   
   SystemManager.CurrentContext.GetSetting<CustomContract, CustomContract>()
5. Yong Kit

   

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   22 Jan 2016
   20 Jan 2017 in reply to Chris

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   Hi Chris,
   
   I have read the link that you have shared and I noticed that the sample was in classic web form implementation. Do you have any sample implementation on MVC?

   Yong Kit