Testimonials module: Create the Submit testimonial view

After you Testimonials module: Create the widget designer for the Submit testimonial view, you need to create the Submit testimonial view itself. To do so:

1. In Visual Studio, in Solution Explorer, open the context menu of the Testimonials folder and click Add » New Item...
2. In the left pane, select Visual C# » Web.
3. Click Web User Control and in the Name input field, enter SubmitTestimonial.
4. Open the newly created file and clear its content.
5. Define the markup by pasting the following code:
   <%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="SubmitTestimonial.ascx.cs" Inherits="SitefinityWebApp.Modules.Testimonials.SubmitTestimonial" %>

   <%@ Register Assembly="Telerik.Sitefinity CMS, Version=6.3.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b28c218413bdf563" Namespace="Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.Fields" TagPrefix="sf" %>

    

   <h1>Submit a testimonial</h1>

   <p>Share your thoughts below. Your testimonial will be posted after being reviewed by an administrator.</p>

    

   <asp:Literal ID="Status" runat="server" />

    

   <ul class="submit">

       <li>

           <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" AssociatedControlID="Name" Text="Name" CssClass="sfTxtLbl" />

           <asp:TextBox ID="Name" runat="server" CssClass="sfTxt" />

           <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator1" runat="server" ControlToValidate="Name" Text="Required" />

       </li>

       <li>

           <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" AssociatedControlID="Summary" Text="Summary" CssClass="sfTxtLbl" />

           <asp:TextBox ID="Summary" runat="server" CssClass="sfTxt" />

           <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator2" runat="server" ControlToValidate="Summary" Text="Required" />

       </li>

       <li>

           <asp:Label ID="Label3" runat="server" AssociatedControlID="Text" Text="Testimonial" CssClass="sfTxtLbl" />

           <sf:formmanager id="formManager" runat="server" />

           <sf:htmlfield id="Text" runat="server" width="99%" height="370px" displaymode="Write" fixcursorissue="True" CssClass="testimonial_text" />

           <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator3" runat="server" ControlToValidate="Text" Text="Required" />

       </li>

       <li>

           <asp:Label ID="Label4" runat="server" AssociatedControlID="Rating" Text="Rating" CssClass="sfTxtLbl" />

           <telerik:RadRating ID="Rating" runat="server" Precision="Item" ItemCount="5" />

       </li>

       <li>

           <p><asp:Button ID="btnSave" runat="server" Text="Save Testimonial" OnClick="btnSave_Click" /></p>

       </li>

   </ul>

   <p><a href="<%= ResolveUrl("~/") %>">« Back to Testimonials</a></p>
6. Open the code-behind file SubmitTestimonial.ascx.cs and add the following namespaces:
   using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

   using SitefinityWebApp.Modules.Testimonials.ControlDesigners;

   using SitefinityWebApp.Modules.Testimonials.Data;

   using Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.ControlDesign;
7. Add the following attribute to the class definition:
   [ControlDesigner(typeof(SubmitTestimonialDesigner)), PropertyEditorTitle("Submit Testimonial")]
8. Provide property to control whether to auto publish the testimonial by pasting the following code:
   public static readonly string ViewName = "SubmitTestimonial";

    

   private bool autoPublish = false;

   public bool AutoPublish

   {

       get { return autoPublish; }

       set { autoPublish = value; }

   }
9. Handle the Click event of the btnSave control in the following way:
   private const string UrlNameCharsToReplace = @"[^\w\-\!\$\'\(\)\=\@\d_]+";

   private const string UrlNameReplaceString = "-";

    

   protected void btnSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

   {

       try

       {

           // create and save unpublished testimonial

           var context = TestimonialsContext.Get();

           var newTestimonial = new Testimonial();

           newTestimonial.Name = Name.Text;

           newTestimonial.UrlName = Regex.Replace(Name.Text.ToLower(), UrlNameCharsToReplace, UrlNameReplaceString);

           newTestimonial.Summary = Summary.Text;

           newTestimonial.Text = Text.Value.ToString();

           newTestimonial.Rating = Rating.Value;

           newTestimonial.Published = AutoPublish;

           context.Add(newTestimonial);

    

           context.SaveChanges();

    

           if (AutoPublish)

               Status.Text = "<p><strong>Your testimonial has been submitted successfully!</p>";

           else

               Status.Text = "<p><strong>Your testimonial has been submitted successfully! Please allow 24 hours for review by the administration.</p>";

    

           // reset form

           Name.Text = string.Empty;

           Summary.Text = string.Empty;

           Text.Value = string.Empty;

           Rating.Value = 0;

       }

       catch (Exception ex)

       {

           Status.Text = "<p><em>An error occurred while submitting your testimonial. Please try again.</p>";

       }

   }

In the markup above, you first register the necessary assemblies, so that they can be used in the template. In the SubmitTestimonial.ascx.cs file, you set the widget designer that the widget uses.

After you implement the markup above, you can handle the Click event of the btnSave control by creating and saving unpublished testimonial.

You can now Testimonials module: Create the module itself.